A major new study has looked at the impact of the Australian welfare system on the rates of suicide
It concludes that effective suicide prevention would mean raising JobSeeker payments & replacing punitive mutual obligations (such as Work for the Dole)
adelaide.edu.au/about/news/2...
#OTD in 1963, engineer & cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to fly in space in Vostok 6. She was just 26.
The only woman to ever fly a solo space mission. She spent 3 days alone in space & orbited the Earth 48 times...inside the little pod in the pic. Extraordinary. #WomenInSTEM
Jeremy Poxon
🇺🇸 🇦🇺 The US military is planning a permanent war-ready weapons stockpile for its Marine Corps on Australia's southeast coast beyond the range of most Chinese missiles, tender documents show and officials confirmed to AFP.
➡️ u.afp.com/Szg3
For the authorities in the back:
We have to stop telling those who walk/bike/roll to be safe and instead focus all efforts on eliminating every opportunity for the driver to be dangerous.
Better street = better local economy!
In 2010, Lancaster, a city in California, invested $11.5 million to revamp its unattractive five-lane street into a greener, more inviting main thoroughfare.
This transformation gave a substantial lift to the local economy, boosting it by $280 million!
It's a shame when your sign is incomplete for the want of one more r, a, i, s, and t.
Admirable Women
Sydney's Bus Network is Changing especially around the Metro. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyND...
The importance of public space & how best to use it.
Ridiculous that school grounds locked away as ‘enclosed’ lands - all schools facilities, both public & private (so funded by our $ after all!) should be open for community use after hours & on weekends.
#publicsydney
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Full changes -> transportnsw.info/news/2026/bu...
Also
transportnsw.info/news/2026/tw...
Route 52 bendy-buses 24/7 Parra-CBD via Victoria Rd
night 30 min
T80 now Route 80 24/7 Parra-Liverpool via T-way
night 60 min
both
day 10 min
off-peak 20 min
AFP News Agency
Tom Flood
Avant / Après le réaménagement de la Place de la Porte de Saint-Cloud dans le 16ème arrondissement de Paris. Une piste cyclable y a été peinte en 2021 puis pérennisée en 2023. La station de taxi a été déplacée plus à l'intérieur du rond-point dans l’îlot arboré de protection de la piste.
