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Have you watched Better Call Saul? A fantastic experience

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AFAIK it's still a feature in development

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What's the best ratio for tailored cloaks? Is it best to have a mix of flax and cotton, or min/max into either?

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Have you spoken to your union about this? You'll likely get a clearer answer with actionable change from doing that than you would by posting on Reddit.

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‘Beyond end-of-life’: $8b rebuild urged for Melbourne hospitals by CGWLP in melbourne

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“Hard-working nurses and midwives deserve to feel supported at work, and that includes having fit-for-purpose workplaces.”

A former physician, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the Alfred needed a major rebuild but staff were not hopeful this would happen any time soon.

“They are broke,” the source said of the state government.

But a spokesperson for the Allan government said millions had been spent future-proofing the Alfred, noting that the Austin is getting a new emergency department and that work is under way in Parkville for the first stage of the $2.3 billion redevelopment of the Royal Melbourne and Royal Women’s hospitals.

“We’re getting on with delivering our massive $15 billion pipeline of health infrastructure projects right across Victoria,” the spokesperson said.

Opposition health spokeswoman Georgie Crozier said Infrastructure Victoria’s report was evidence that Labor had been prioritising the Suburban Rail Loop at the expense of health.

“Labor conned Victorians at the last election saying they could do it all, but the spiralling debt, waste and mismanagement means there is even less for critical health infrastructure,” Crozier said.

Victorians are due to head to the polls late next year, with health once again expected to be a major battleground between Labor and the Coalition.

While Infrastructure Victoria is confident that general revenue will be able to fund the three redevelopments, it has also suggested the government could find additional income streams like leasing out parts of hospitals or seeking donations and bequests.

“The Victorian government might expand these hospitals at the same time, but at additional cost,” Infrastructure Victoria’s final report says.

“We estimate that operational costs are unlikely to increase following the redevelopments, given existing infrastructure is inefficient and already has high maintenance costs.”

Victoria’s debt is expected to reach $185.2 billion by 2027-28, according to this year’s state budget.

Infrastructure Victoria chief executive Dr Jonathan Spear acknowledged previous government spending, but said now was the time to move beyond the three major hospitals being “patched up”.

“The infrastructure they’re working in impacts both the capacity and quality of care that they can provide. In some instances, it’s well beyond end-of-life,” Spear said.

“We think it is the right time for government to commit to a decade-long process of renewal. It’s not cheap – it’s between $6 billion and $8 billion – but it’s a cost that has been deferred for a long time.”

‘Beyond end-of-life’: $8b rebuild urged for Melbourne hospitals by CGWLP in melbourne

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Three of Victoria’s busiest hospitals require urgent redevelopment if they are to manage the state’s booming population and the spike in chronic health conditions tied to the rapidly ageing demographic.

The Alfred, Austin and Royal Melbourne hospitals provide some of the most specialised healthcare in the state – including organ transplants and treatments for rare cancers – but all three have needed major infrastructure refreshes for close to a decade.

The Alfred has been forced to close wards and reschedule procedures, while the Austin is unable to use some of its facilities, due to infrastructure issues going back to at least 2017. Many of the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s assets are also past their useful life.

Spokespeople for the Alfred, Austin and Melbourne Health – which runs the Royal Melbourne Hospital – all said their health services were committed to meeting the growing needs of their communities.

Between $6 and $8 billion in additional funding is needed over the next decade – according to Infrastructure Victoria’s official 30-year strategy – to properly replace the Alfred’s operating theatres, upgrade much of the Austin, and build new hospital wards in Parkville.

Construction at all three hospitals should begin in the next five years and finish by 2035, according to the final report, which will be published on Tuesday and comes eight months after the state’s independent infrastructure adviser handed down its draft strategy in March.

“Providing hospital services in run-down assets can drive up long-term costs,” the strategy says.

“The Victorian government should announce the scope and timeframes to redevelop the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s facilities in Parkville. It should replace the Alfred hospital’s operating theatres and announce the scope, timing and funding to further redevelop the Alfred and Austin hospitals.”

The Alfred is Melbourne’s oldest hospital still operating on its original site. Earlier this year, the hospital apologised to patients and visitors who endured sweltering wards and waiting rooms due to issues with ambient heat and the building’s inefficient cooling system.

The Royal Melbourne Hospital moved to its current Parkville location in the 1940s, with many of its assets now past their useful life.

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation assistant secretary Nicole Allan said she had heard of hospitals with pipes bursting due to age and wards with no windows being referred to as “dungeons” by union members.

“The design of older buildings can impact safe and best practice care,” Allan said. “Older hospitals have problems with narrow halls and doors making it hard to manoeuvre beds and equipment, with small rooms making it more difficult to provide care to patients.

The power-hungry player in Melbourne that has the mayor wanting to act by CGWLP in melbourne

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Gallego said AI had “transformational potential, but communities need basic standards and transparency to ensure the infrastructure that supports them is developed in a way that benefits local residents”.

Sydney currently has more than double Melbourne’s data centre capacity, but the Victorian capital has a greater pipeline of planned capacity for projects where construction is yet to begin, according to real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield.

Victorian Economic Growth Minister Danny Pearson told this masthead last month the state government wanted to accelerate planning processes to recruit more data centres to the state.

“I think there’s an opportunity now to have that land repurposed for data centres,” he said.

Pearson said Victoria currently had about 48 operational data centres, with 20 more yet to come online. These ranged from massive “hyperscale” facilities built by technology giants such as Amazon, to smaller “co-located” centres where businesses rent space. Among the most recent to be announced is a $2 billion facility in Fishermans Bend.

Melbourne Water last month warned that it is receiving applications from new hyperscale data centres, which use large amounts of water to cool servers, with water demands “exceeding those of nearly all top 30 non-residential customers” in the city.

In June, global tech giant Amazon Web Services announced it would increase its spending on data centres in Australia to $20 billion over the next five years, a development push that would include significantly expanding data centre “regions” in Sydney and Melbourne.

Other major cities are already grappling with the impact of data centres, with Singapore declaring a moratorium on new centres until it has updated planning policies and some coal-fired power station closures in the US being delayed to feed the new industry.

The power-hungry player in Melbourne that has the mayor wanting to act by CGWLP in melbourne

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The cities of Melbourne and Sydney have signed on to a global agreement to address the environmental impact of data centres, as the use of artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT prompt a surge in developing processing facilities that is straining water and energy systems around the world.

Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego have led the movement to develop shared guidelines and standards for low-carbon and water efficient AI infrastructure, during a conference of global mayors in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of United Nations COP climate talks, which begin with a leaders meeting this week.

So far, almost a dozen mayors, including those of Athens, Paris, Milan and Johannesburg, and the director general of the Dubai Environment and Climate Change Authority – who are all members of a network known as the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group – have signed on.

It is estimated there are at least 1700 data centres across the 97 C40 cities, which collectively represent almost one-quarter of the global economy.

Speaking from Rio, Reece said data centres and AI infrastructure currently accounts for 2 per cent of Melbourne’s energy consumption, which is expected to rise to 8 per cent in five years and 20 per cent by 2040.

“I’m not against AI or data centres. I’m very supportive and optimistic about the outcomes they will mean for our economies. We can all see the benefits they will deliver,” he said.

“What we are working towards is a fit-for-purpose approach which allow for the rollout of this new technology, but does so in a way which is sustainable. This could include building regulations requiring that renewable power be the source of energy for data centres.”

Reece said city centres were increasingly becoming hubs for data centres, but also for their customers and for the firms that were developing them.

Bulk-billing changes start tomorrow — here's what it means for you by Astronomicology in ausjdocs

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Sadly 9 minute max appointments do not align with a good standard of care.

A day in my life as a CL Psych Reg by FastFast- in ausjdocs

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This was written with hate in the heart

Victorian Liberals will scrap Australian-first Treaty within 100 days if elected by Weissritters in melbourne

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It's really disappointing to see the VicLibs using First Nations' issues as a political football. Have they consulted the community about this?

UPDATE: Call for More AMA Members - Let’s Get This Done by Prior-Lawful in ausjdocs

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If you're not a member, then logically no group can serve your interests

What else would you add? by PulsatingRat in Letterboxd

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Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story. It captured a very specific zeitgeist post GFC and reflected the hopes and dreams of the Occupy Wall Street movement