MIL-OSI New Zealand: Witnesses sought after man arrested in Kilbirnie, Wellington
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Kevan Verry: Acting Officer in Charge, Crime Squad: Wellington Police have arrested a 41-year-old man in relation to a series of incidents in Kilbirnie on Sunday 3 February. Between midday and 6pm, several women reported being indecently assaulted in the Kilbirnie Plaza and Bay Road […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: Sarah Ferguson Appointed ABC China Bureau Chief
Source: Australian Department of Communications Sarah Ferguson, one of Australia’s most respected journalists, has been appointed China Bureau Chief as the ABC expands its commitment to covering this increasingly powerful nation, and the Asia-Pacific region, at this fascinating and crucial time. Ferguson takes over the role later this year, joining fellow China Correspondent Bill Birtles […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: Victoria’s 2019 Rural Women’s Finalists Announced
Source: Premier of Victoria Three Victorian rural and regional women will take centre stage for the coveted 2019 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award to be announced in March in recognition of their inspirational ideas to support Australia’s rural and regional communities. The award inspires and supports Australian women to use and develop their skills to benefit […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: A million airbags still to be replaced
Source: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Australia’s largest ever recall is nearly two thirds progressed with 2.8 million faulty Takata airbags replaced with around 1 million still outstanding. More than 70 per cent of all affected airbag inflators have been replaced nationally since the Federal Government put manufacturers on notice in February last year. “Despite […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: More care needed to prevent workplace deaths
Source: Government of Victoria 3 WorkSafe is urging employers to make sure they do everything they can to protect their workers in 2019 after 23 people died as a result of workplace incidents last year. Tragically, seven of these deaths were workers aged 25 and under. The number of workplace deaths last year was four […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: Melbourne Writers Festival moves to State Library Victoria
Source: Government of Victoria 3 Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) and State Library Victoria today announced a major partnership that will see our city’s biggest and best literary arts festival take up residence in Australia’s busiest library. The creation of new public spaces as part of our ambitious Vision 2020 redevelopment will now make it possible […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: Chevron Announces Senior Leadership Appointments
Source: Chevron Pierre Breber named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mark Nelson named Executive Vice President, Downstream & Chemicals Colin Parfitt named Vice President, Midstream SAN RAMON, Calif., Feb. 4, 2019 – Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) today named Pierre Breber vice president and chief financial officer, effective April 1, 2019. Breber replaces Patricia Yarrington who […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Report: Māori punished with world’s highest rate of tobacco excise
Source: Taxpayers Union EMBARGOED FOR 12PM FEBRUARY 5 With tobacco excise slamming the country’s most vulnerable communities, the Government needs to urgently deregulate reduced-harm products, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union upon the release of its new report, Ka Tukuna Atu, Ka Tukuna Mai. Key findings: The Government annually takes $120 million more from Māori via tobacco excise […]
Read More →New Zealand Tertiary Sector – University of Canterbury Connect lecture: Quake kids – After 10,000+ quakes, how do we help our tamariki?
Source: University of Canterbury How do we improve learning and behaviour of school children after a natural disaster? After 10,000+ quakes, how do we help our tamariki? On the eve of the eighth anniversary of the deadly 2011 Canterbury earthquake, a panel of mental health and education experts will discuss ways to help quake-affected children, […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Knighthoods around the board table
Source: Auckland University of Technology (AUT) 05 Feb, 2019 A sizeable number of New Zealand’s listed companies feature dames and knights around the board table, but it’s an honour bestowed on a carefully chosen few. According to a study by AUT Business School accounting academic, Associate Professor Tom Scott, and fellow researchers Diandian Ma and Michelle Li, just over 17% of […]
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