AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoForensic mental health crisis: Victoria’s Thomas Embling Hospital is under fire after a leaked report says the secure mental healthcare provider is inefficient with funding and struggling with a junior workforce that’s burning out, alongside violence and drug abuse—while a Fairfield expansion adding 82 beds is due in September. Climate–peace policy shift: A new Pacific policy brief urges countries to move from a “climate–conflict” focus to a climate–peace approach built on social cohesion, cultural continuity, relational security and ecological stewardship. Health safety warning: Victoria’s health watchdog issued an interim ban on an alleged unregistered practitioner accused of pretending to be a doctor and charging over $20,000 for unapproved medicines for a chronic illness. Tobacco quitting support: An Aboriginal mother’s postpartum smoking relapse is spotlighted in the “Bad Smoke” campaign, highlighting ReadyQuitSolid support for young mothers trying to quit for their babies. Pacific climate finance learning: Palau is using Vanuatu’s experience to improve how climate projects are chosen, funded and delivered as it builds its climate finance systems. Bird flu precautions: Victoria tightens poultry rules as H5N1 spreads in wild birds, with forced housing measures to protect flocks.
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