DWELLING PORTABLY

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DWELLING PORTABLY

Cool Tools: Dwelling Portably

Practical advice about being homeless or low-budget in-motion by choice -- camping on the edges, living simply, getting by on the road and loving it. This old-fashioned zine crams tons of tips onto a few sheets of paper printed in minuscule 6-point type

Cool Tools: Dwelling Portably

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Lend Lease to upgrade Cairns Hospital

tage one of the project is due for completion in October 2013, and will double the size of the intensive care unit, special care baby nursery and birthing suites.

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The second stage, involving refurbishment of existing buildings and expansion of the mental health unit, and is due to be completed by March 2015.

Lend Lease to upgrade Cairns Hospital

Parents face trial in Supreme Court over charges of starving twin babies to death | News.com.au

THE criminal trial for a mother-of-six charged with the starving murder of her 18-month twins more than three years ago had been adjourned to refer her case to Queensland's Mental Health Court.

The mother, 33, and the twins' 31-year-old father were scheduled to stand trial in Brisbane's Supreme Court on Monday on two counts each of murdering the toddlers, a boy and a girl, and failing to provide them with the necessities of life.

However, lawyers for the mother requested the proposed 10-day trial be adjourned so her case could be sent to the Mental Health Court - which is presided over by a Supreme Court judge.

Barrister Soraya Ryan, for the mother, said at the time of the toddlers died the mum was suffering a major depressive illness which rendered her "inert" and not responsible for her actions of killing the children.

"(The mother) maintains she had no intention to kill (the toddlers)," Mrs Ryan said.

"At the time she was suffering a major depressive illness and ... (and was) unable to control her actions."

Parents face trial in Supreme Court over charges of starving twin babies to death | News.com.au

How many did floods really kill? | Ipswich Politics | Local Politics in Ipswich | Ipswich Queensland Times

LOCKYER Valley MP Ian Rickuss says he will use parliamentary question time to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding a potentially alarming rise in flood-related suicides in the region.

Several sources claim more than 20 people in flood-affected areas may have taken their own lives in the wake of the disaster and amid subsequent insurance disputes.

How many did floods really kill? | Ipswich Politics | Local Politics in Ipswich | Ipswich Queensland Times

Coast's mental health needs overhauled Local Gold Coast News | goldcoast.com.au | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

AS the Gold Coast's new hospital nears completion, mental health services are being overhauled to fit into the new surrounds.

Mental Health Services executive director Karlyn Chettleburgh has assured the community that help for inpatients and community-based patients will still be available when the new hospital is completed in December 2012.

Coast's mental health needs overhauled Local Gold Coast News | goldcoast.com.au | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

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PM - Govt defends detention despite scathing report on Curtin facility 29/09/2011

But the Human Rights Commission points out that despite the Government's stated policy about detention times, it's not enshrined in law, that prolonged detention continues and there's no limit on how long someone can be detained, with asylum seekers unable to legally challenge the need for their incarceration

PM - Govt defends detention despite scathing report on Curtin facility 29/09/2011

Ministerial Media Statements

Brisbane resident John Fox’s efforts to help people suffering from mental ill-health have been acknowledged with a major Queensland Disability Action Week Award.

Disability Services Minister Curtis Pitt presented Mr Fox with the Individual Award for community services, recognising his work in a support group for people affected by mental health issues.

Mr Pitt said Mr Fox, 82, started the support group in 2000 and now heads up 70 volunteers helping 90 people.

“Mr Fox started his Group 61 program soon after a chance encounter with a man with mental health issues,” he said.

Ministerial Media Statements

High rates of mental health issues and risky health behaviours among Australia’s prisoners

Australia’s prisoners have high levels of mental health issues and risky health behaviours, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

High rates of mental health issues and risky health behaviours among Australia’s prisoners

A Bright Future for Australian Health and Medical Research | Invest in Australia

2011 Australian of the Year, Simon McKeon, will chair an independent review of health and medical research in Australia and recommend a 10-year strategic health and medical research plan for the nation.

Chronic disease and mental health have replaced acute infectious diseases and acute vascular events as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality.”

A Bright Future for Australian Health and Medical Research | Invest in Australia

Aboriginal suicide rate soars in Mt Isa area - World - NZ Herald News

According to the most recent data, the rate of indigenous suicide for people aged 34 and under in the town was 887 per 100,000 population.

The national rate for indigenous suicide in the same age group was 39 per 100,000 population.

Aboriginal suicide rate soars in Mt Isa area - World - NZ Herald News

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But there is also the shadow story, the one I never tell on this site.

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New Caboolture Mental Health Services on track | Sunshine Coast Queensland

Construction of the new $22.4million Caboolture Mental Health Unit (MHU) is on track to provide locals with more services sooner and closer to home.

During a site visit today Minister for Health Geoff Wilson said the new facility was part of the Queensland Labor Government's plan to expand Mental Health facilities across the state.

"The Caboolture MHU is one of 17 projects funded under the $148.3 million Mental Health Infrastructure Plan," he said.

"The importance of services like these cannot be underestimated with roughly 1 in 5 Queenslanders experiencing a mental illness each year.

"When it opens in 2012 the MHU will give locals access to highly specialised mental health care in a purpose-built, structured and supported environment
New Caboolture Mental Health Services on track | Sunshine Coast Queensland

Gillard pledges suicide forum for Mount Isa - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has promised to send a suicide prevention officer to Mount Isa in north-west Queensland to address the problem of youth suicide.

Gillard pledges suicide forum for Mount Isa - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

In Berlin, Pirates Win 8.9 Percent of Vote in Regional Races - NYTimes.com

By winning 8.9 percent of the vote in Sunday’s election in this city-state, these political pirates surpassed — blew away, really — every expectation for what was supposed to be a fringe, one-issue party promoting Internet freedom. The Pirates so outstripped expectations that all 15 candidates on their list won seats — seats are doled out based in part on votes for a party rather than for an individual. Normally parties list far more candidates than could ever make it, because if they win more than they nominate, the seat must remain unfilled.

In Berlin, Pirates Win 8.9 Percent of Vote in Regional Races - NYTimes.com

On the couch: A friend in need - Gay News Network

supporting a friend who may be going through depression can be emotionally tough and you need to make sure you look after yourself, too. For information on how to support a friend, check out the excellent fact-sheets from ReachOut at: http://au.reachout.com/find/getting-help/help-a-friend

On the couch: A friend in need - Gay News Network

The underlying factors of crimes must be addressed - The Catholic Leader: Features

Josephite Sister Margaret Robertson: "If you don't address the underlying factors of offences such as drug-related crime a prison sentence isn't likely to act as a deterrent"

The underlying factors of crimes must be addressed - The Catholic Leader: Features

www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/explore/ResearchPublications/ResearchBriefs/2005/200506.pdf

New Vagrancy Act

Of particular

note is that a person will no longer be deemed to be a vagrant on a

variety of grounds such as ‘having no visible lawful means of support’

or ‘pretend[ing] … to tell fortunes for gain…’.

www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/explore/ResearchPublications/ResearchBriefs/2005/200506.pdf

Tooth loss three times higher in people with serious mental illness - News

People with severe mental illnesses are over three times more likely to lose their teeth because of poor oral health than the general population, University of Queensland researchers have foun

The research, published in the September issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, shows that psychiatric patients have not shared in recent improvements in dental health and the researche have called for free dental care for people with severe mental illne

Tooth loss three times higher in people with serious mental illness - News

Mental health patients spending more than 100 hours in Cairns Base Hospital's emergency department before admittance | Courier Mail

The problem has become such a regular occurrence that concerned hospital staff have given the patients a name - the "centurions", doctors say.

One recent psychiatric patient spent 158 hours - just 10 hours short of a week - in emergency awaiting admission because of a shortage of mental health beds at the hospital.

Cairns Base Hospital anaesthetist Sandy Donald, a senior vice-president with Queensland public sector union, Together, said the emergency department was an inappropriate place to care for mental health patient

Mental health patients spending more than 100 hours in Cairns Base Hospital's emergency department before admittance | Courier Mail

www.mnbml.com.au/content/Document/press_release_deputy ceo_sept11.pdf

Metro North Brisbane Medicare Local has appointed Mr Jeff Cheverton, to the position of Medicare

Local Deputy CEO

www.mnbml.com.au/content/Document/press_release_deputy ceo_sept11.pdf

Suicide looms as huge issue | Mackay News | Local News in Mackay | Mackay Daily Mercury

With a government report confirming Mackay has the second highest suicide rate per capita in Australia, Ms Barnett supports the 'Fight for a headspace campaign'.

Suicide looms as huge issue | Mackay News | Local News in Mackay | Mackay Daily Mercury

Alan Watts Introduces America to Meditation & Eastern Philosophy (1960) | Open Culture

“The Silent Mind” runs 28 minutes, and it offered American viewers an introduction to the philosophy and practice of meditation, something still considered exotic at the time.
History in the making. You’re watching right here.


Alan Watts Introduces America to Meditation & Eastern Philosophy (1960) | Open Culture

Mentally ill man restrained before dying, inquest told - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Mentally ill man restrained before dying, inquest told - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A coronial inquest is underway into the death of a mentally ill Indigenous man at the Townsville Hospital in Queensland's north

CERTIVMHRECOVERY2012

Southbank Institute of Technology and the Mental Health Community are working together to enable a new Certificate IV in Recovery Focused Mental Health.

This is an administrative tool not a public website, it's not advertised so you have to know specifically where to find the site if you want to use it.

So I guess, common sense would say, don't put any secrets up here, be nice to people and if you want to discuss anything with me contact me via the site (try the forum) or Email me at roy.hanfling@gmail.com

I am very happy if people can help me correct any errors - I think there must be a button around here that shares the power of editing the site.

We have a discussion forum, this forum



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