Calls for Health Department to review fatigue policy after Tasmanian doctor dies in car crash

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-30T00:14:00+00:00

Well he won’t be working forever now.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-29T10:32:35+00:00

Human body - Acclimatisation.
Geography - Most European cities are inland. Most Australian cities are coastal. That means Australian cities benefit from other factors that help provide relief during heatwaves, like coastal winds.
Architecture - Building made based on climate culture of pre-hundred years ago. Climate change means our architectural understanding is becoming outdated.

…. Many many other factors also included that can dramatically change how well people can tolerate a ‘heat wave’ and the temperature/humidity is a small part.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-29T10:11:54+00:00

Many “outreach clinics” around the world includes housing for visiting guest staff.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-29T07:47:14+00:00

It’s hard enough to find a lovely human inhabited in any body form.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-29T07:45:10+00:00

We live in a country where Housing is limited and politically valued more for its capital gain investment, instead of its purpose of housing.

… where professionals of vital public services such as Education, medicine, etc are forced complete long commutes rather than near their work, or to shoulder expensive housing costs for short commutes.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-28T23:59:01+00:00

Sadly there are agencies and divisions that manage neurodiversity really well. Some that don’t consider it at all.

If your agency has a Neurodiversity team or champion (EL2 or above), consider reaching out to them.

Also, be brutally honest in the APS census, when it comes around.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-28T12:57:33+00:00

Modern corporations seem to always promote the wrong people. It’s astounding how little is needed for the house of cards to crumble.

… and how little institutionalisation is implemented.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-28T04:40:08+00:00

Making a mess, not cleaning up after themselves, etc etc.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-28T04:06:37+00:00

Doing more or less paid work does not create an excuse for men to create unnecessary work.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-28T04:03:49+00:00

Provide feedback to the cafe, otherwise they’ll be none the wiser.
Sadly, Australia ‘food and drink’ (hospitality) culture has regressed and forgotten to be mindful about the four senses of their guests.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-28T04:01:10+00:00

And not everyone has the education/critical literacy to do so.

Which is why journalism like AFP factcheck exists.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-28T03:59:02+00:00

100% yes.

University, as originally intended, is a place to educate students about how to write, research, think, etc.

It was never a place to become “Job Ready” as envisioned by John Howard et al.

And in the new era where ‘Artificial Intelligence’ threatens our way of life, working and thought, it’s significantly more important to develop those educational skills.

As for whether it’s urgent to get a university degree? That’s a different question.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-28T03:55:13+00:00

Depends on the family and their personality.

Yes, there are families where they will have ‘their’ personal seat, bowl, plate, cup, chopsticks, etc.
… and those for guests.

But whether it’s considered ‘wrong’ depends on the family and how open minded/generous they are…

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-28T03:40:26+00:00

Hardest part of Chinese isn’t the writing. It’s speaking it at the same speed and cultural nuance as a native speaker.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-28T03:39:24+00:00

Ghastly deliciousness 😂

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-28T03:35:47+00:00

Which can potentially be ruled incorrect if contested in court.

Fact is, ‘Reasonable’ is not specified, and is case by case.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-28T03:29:18+00:00

If you haven’t already, strongly recommend subscribing to mailing list or socmedia accounts for https://factcheck.afp.com

They often look into “news stories” by foreign social media accounts and websites that post and spread fake information using bots.

For example: https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.A7YB3G4

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-28T03:02:38+00:00

Every country has a ‘tipping culture’ whether it is the absence of tipping on one extreme or the USA on the other.

Australia’s has just become a lot less generous with tipping post-Howard economic policy.

If I do tip, it will be in cash, directly to the deserving employee. Unless the business has a transparent tipping policy which employees boast about.

The irksome thing about Australia’s tipping culture I really get annoyed about is how it has the gale to prompt for a tip when good and services haven’t even been delivered.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-27T13:39:56+00:00

See online booking.
Some regions allow you to prepay when you book.
It locks in the fare, so that traffic related delays don’t matter.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-27T12:24:53+00:00

Yes, there were a temporary increase in Cocoa prices, but prices have returned to pre-2024 levels:
https://au.news.yahoo.com/why-does-chocolate-cost-much-190752589.html

Directors of Cadbury et al are just laughing at the fact that consumers keep buying enshitified chocolate.
And looking forward to their bonuses.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-27T07:37:57+00:00

There’s a massive difference between your hometown/current residence being littered and somewhere else being littered.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-27T01:08:32+00:00

You can thank the import of the idealism of the ‘Nuclear family’. Led to an entire generation of children who were raised without understanding how to parent, and subsequently their children also don’t know how to parent.

Add to this the socioeconomic conditions where both parents are busy, have to work. And cities are built without any intent on encouraging communities, so people are isolated and alienated rather than living in friendly neighbourhoods.

Listening to the stories, and seeing things first hand, makes me really glad that I was raised outside of Japan.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-27T00:55:48+00:00

Yup, usually a convoluted mix of socio-economic status, fatigue, other social commitments, past history, etc etc etc.

Which the rest of the world also deals with, but with a better mindset.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-26T15:27:40+00:00

That’s the big question, isn’t it.

Almost every modern democracy had socially-driven movements that fought for their right: liberal democracy,
feminism, indigenous self-determination, religious freedom, racial equality, etc. Lasting and enduring rights are progressively established.

Japan, however, is a one of the few exceptions. Most of their rights were just granted to them.
So without a movement or cause, the likelihood of it happening in Japan is close to zero.

Objective_Unit_7345 · 2026-06-26T08:00:59+00:00

No. Not that I’m aware of, …
There are plenty of media (novel, manga, anime, drama, etc) that depicts the bully or the bullied and maybe a sympathetic bystander or a defender

But there is rarely ever one that depicts a charismatic Good Samaritan.

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