Vol. 6 Issue 1. 2018

Summer 2018 Vol 6
YOUR STORM
PREP GUIDE
INSIDE
2017 WILD
WEATHER IN
REVIEW
PREVENTING
DROWNING
THIS SUMMER
HEATWAVES
ARE YOU
PREPARED

VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN DOESN’T
JUST START.
IT GROWS.
On average, one woman is killed every week at the hands of a current or
former partner. One in three women has been a victim of physical or sexual
violence, since the age of 15, from someone known to them. One in four
young people are prepared to excuse violence from a partner.
This is a cycle of violence, which starts with disrespect.
Not all disrespect towards women results in violence.
But all violence against women starts with disrespectful behaviour.
When we make excuses like “It’s just boys being boys”, we allow boys to
develop attitudes that can lead to violence. We raise girls to expect ridicule
from boys when we tell them “He’s only doing it because he likes you”.
When we do confront unacceptable behaviour, we play it down by saying
“Don’t worry, it wasn’t that bad”.
We’re allowing disrespect to become a normal part of growing up.
By doing so, we are unintentionally part of the problem.
We can all become part of the solution.
STOP the excuses.
START a conversation about respect with boys and girls.
LEARN more at australia.gov.au/respect
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
LET’S STOP IT
AT THE START
A joint Australian, state and territory government initiative.

CONTENTS
Editor’s Note
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Latest Events
• Funding for Victorian
Marine & Rescue
• Bourke Street Memorial
2017 Weather - Year in
Review
Summer Storm Prep
Emergency Kit Essentials
4 Ways to prevent drowning
The GC hosts Commonwealth
Games
2018 New Year Resolutions
for better mental health
Pets in an emergency
Heatwaves - Australia’s
deadliest natural disaster
Family violence treated
seriously
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EDITORS NOTE
Summer
From where we’d all rather be
A bumper packed issue for Summer
full of tips and information to help
us all get through the busiest time
of the year for all manner of natural
disasters and emergencies.
Now that the busy Xmas and New
Year time is done our hospital
emergency departments may be
taking a slight breather - the storm
season and fire season well and truly
start to kick in.
We have the weather year in review
for 2017 and what a tumultuous
year it was. We can expect much the
same for 2018 as most experts warn.
Storm and cyclone season is really
amping up and the heatwaves much
of the country has been experiencing
is testament to this.
Surviving severe storms and
cyclones is something that most
of us face in Australia. We have
a storm prep guide in this issue
along with what should be in your
emergency kit and an extended
list of emergency contacts for such
situations.
Not to forget our beloved fur family
members - tips for looking after your
pets during emergencies is included.
If you live in Queensland or
are preparing to attend the
Commonwealth Games this year,
hosted on the Gold Coast, you will
find a great article within about the
security measures in place for this
spectacular sporting event.
This is important information so we
know that during this time we are
certainly being protected, but also so
you know how this affects you if you
are a local.
Well we are certainly well and truly
hurtling into 2018 - the ending of
the last and beginning of the new
year always seems to go by in such a
blur!
We hope you and your families
enjoyed a fantastic festive season and
you have a prosperous and safe new
year ahead for 2018!
Happy reading
Emma Parker
Editor
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LATEST NEWS
FUNDING BOOST FOR
VICTORIAN MARINE SEARCH
AND RESCUE
Victorian government comes to the
rescue with record $11.3m investment
in Marine Search and Rescue
Victoria’s Marine Search and Rescue
(MSAR) volunteers are being given an
extra $11.3 million to help them buy
new vessels, equipment and protective
clothing, as well as cover fuel and other
operating costs, after being pressured by
the Boating Industry Association and
marine rescue bodies as we reported.
Minister for Emergency Services, James
Merlino, joined Member for Carrum,
Sonya Kilkenny, to announce that
record funding would be provided over
the 2017-18 and 2018-19 financial years.
“This boost will provide our volunteers
with the vessels and equipment they
need to keep Victorians safe on the
water, as well as subsidising key
operational costs, including fuel costs.”
“We have always said we would
reform the sector and build volunteer
capability, and today’s announcement is
a significant step forward.”
“This is a record investment in our
Marine Search and Rescue volunteers,”
Mr Merlino said.
Mr Merlino said it was a crucial
investment in the sector, which would
significantly reduce the fundraising
burden on volunteers.
He said it was the first time MSAR had
been funded in this way, and was part of
a wider program of reforms that would
improve governance and deliver better
coordination between Marine Search
and Rescue units.
The funding announcement, made
Tuesday December, will drive a range of
improvements, including:
• A capital program to replace
search-and-rescue vessels and other
key assets
• Operational subsidies for MSAR
units, to cover training, fuel,
insurance, protective clothing and
equipment
• The continuation of a small
centralised team to drive reform
and build volunteer capability,
which will sit within Emergency
Management Victoria.
The Labor Government outlined a suite
of reforms to marine-rescue services
in 2016, in response to a Parliamentary
Inquiry into the sector.
There are almost 800 MSAR volunteers
in Victoria, who donate their time to
respond to marine emergencies and
raise community awareness about
marine safety.
These volunteers respond to about 1300
marine incidents every year.
The Labor Government came to the
party after pressure and a letter cosigned
by the BIAV, Torquay Marine
Rescue Service, VMR Mornington,
Marine Rescue Port Fairy, Southern
Peninsula Rescue, Australian Volunteer
Coast Guard and Coast Watch, et al,
seeking urgent funding.
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LATEST NEWS
BOURKE STREET
TRAGEDY STATE
MEMORIAL SERVICE
On 20 January 2017, tragedy struck in
the heart of Melbourne.
The Victorian Government will
host a State Memorial Service to
commemorate the first anniversary of
the devastating tragedy that occurred on
Bourke Street.
This will be an opportunity to honour
those who lost their lives in the attack,
their families and those who were
injured and affected. It will also be an
opportunity to come together with
first responders and everyone who has
provided ongoing support.
The Memorial Service will be held on
Tuesday 23 January 2018 at the Royal
Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens
from 12.00 pm to 1.30 pm.
The Memorial Service is being held after
the one year anniversary to allow those
affected the opportunity to mark the
milestone personally and privately.
Members of the public are encouraged
to attend however they are not required
to register. More information, including
door opening times, will be made
available closer to the Service at www.
vic.gov.au/bourkestreet.html
Donations of more than four thousand
Australians have been provided to
support the families of those who died
or were seriously injured during the
Bourke Street tragedy. More than $1.5
million in donations were raised.
The Fund was set up on 22 January
to allow for public donations to assist
the families most affected and those
seriously injured in the Bourke Street
tragedy.
The Panel worked closely with the
individual case managers, clinical
psychologist Rob Gordon and some of
those most severely affected, as well as
ensuring that the fund complemented
compensation from the Transport
Accident Commission and Worksafe
Victoria.
With the fund closed the panels work
has now been completed however the
Chair will continue to engage as needed
and further support will be provided
through the Victim Support Agency,
Transport Accident Commission and
Worksafe Victoria.
On the 20th January, six innocent
lives were lost, 37 injured and many
Victorian families were left devastated
by a tragic act in Bourke Street,
Melbourne.
Over 1,200 people affected by this
tragedy have been referred to case
management services through the
Victim Support Agency.
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2017 - A Year
Dramatic Weat
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Of
her
Overall 2017 will be the warmest non-
El Niño year on record globally, and
over the past 12 months we have seen
plenty of extreme weather, both here in
Australia and across the world.
Here I’ll round up some of this year’s
wild weather, and look forward to 2018
to see what’s around the corner.
Drought and flooding rains… again
It feels as if Australia has had all manner
of extreme weather events in 2017. We
had severe heat at both the start and end
of the year. Casting our minds back to
last summer, both Sydney and Brisbane
experienced their hottest summers
on record, while parts of inland
New South Wales and Queensland
endured extended periods of very high
temperatures.
More recently Australia had an
unusually dry June and its warmest
winter daytime temperatures on record.
The record winter warmth was made
substantially more likely by humancaused
climate change.
The end of the year brought more
than its fair share of extreme weather,
especially in the southeast. Tasmania
had by far its warmest November on
record, beating the previous statewide
record by more than half a degree.
Melbourne had a topsy-turvy November
with temperatures not hitting the 20
degree mark until the 9th, but a record
12 days above 30 degrees after that.
November was rounded off by warnings
for very severe weather that was forecast
to strike Victoria. Melbourne missed
the worst of the rains, although it still
had a very wet weekend on December
2-3. Meanwhile, northern parts of
the state were deluged, with many
places recording two or three times
the December average rainfall in just a
couple of days.
Hurricane after hurricane after
hurricane…
Elsewhere in the world there was plenty
more headline-worthy weather.
The Atlantic Ocean had a particularly
active hurricane season, with several
intense systems. Hurricane Harvey
struck Texas and its slow trajectory
resulted in record-breaking rainfall over
Houston and neighbouring areas.
Then Hurricanes Irma and Maria, both
of which reached the strongest Category
5 status, brought severe weather to the
Caribbean and southeastern United
States just a couple of weeks apart.
Island nations and territories in the
region are still recovering from the
devastation.
Around the same time, the Indian
subcontinent experienced a particularly
wet monsoon season. Flooding in India,
Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal killed
more than 1,000 people and affected
tens of millions more.
Other parts of the world experienced
their own severe weather events.
Whether it was summer heat in Europe
or wildfires in California, 2017 dished
up plenty of extremes.
In many cases, especially for heat
extremes, we can rapidly identify a
human influence and show that climate
change is increasing the frequency and
intensity of such events.
For other weather types, like the very
active hurricane season and other
extreme rain or drought events, it is
harder (but not always impossible)
to work out whether it bears the
fingerprint of climate change.
What’s in store for 2018?
The main problem when trying to offer
an outlook is that extreme weather is
hard to predict, even on the scale of days
or weeks in advance, let alone months.
For Australia, with a weak La Niña
in the Pacific, there are few clear
indications of what the rest of the
summer’s weather will bring. There is a
suggestion that we can expect a slightly
wetter than average start to the year
in parts of the southeast, along with
warmer than average conditions for
Victoria and Tasmania. Beyond that it is
anyone’s guess.
Andrew King
University of Melbourne
Original Article
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STORM
SEASON
BE
PREPARED
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In the peak of summer we tend to
recieve our most damaging and severe
storms. This trend usually continues
into much of February when the
threat of cyclones in the north looms
large.
To make sure you and your family,
pets and neighbours can get through
the storm season safely we have
put together a preparation guide to
reference whilst getting your home
and family organised.
When it comes to stoms, preparation
is the key so you dont find yourself
relying on the SES. A few simple
measures will put you in a safer
position.
PREPARE YOUR HOME
Preparing your home is an important
step toward surviving and coping with
emergencies. The best time to take
action is obviously before the storm and
cyclone season. But its not too late to
get your home and yard ready.
General Maintenance:
Check the condition of the roof and
eaves. Clean out gutters and downpipes
so water an drain away as quickly as
possible. Trim trees and overhanging
branches, particularly near any lines
coming into the house. Secure any
loose items that could become weapons
during high winds. This includes
garden furniture and toys. Trampolines
have been seen flying into other peoples
homes and backyards so this is one to
watch out for.
WHEN SEVERE WEATHER
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED
• Disconnect electrical appliances and all external
television and radio aerials
• Turn off electricity and gas main supplies if
instructed by emergency authorities
• Secure outdoor furniture and other garden items
• Fill buckets and bath with clean water in case of
interruptions to main supply
• Close windows with shutters, or use strong tape in a
criss-cross pattern and draw curtains
• Park vehicles under cover, away from trees,
powerlines and waterways
• Check all household members are safe and in the
strongest room in the house
• Take your emergency kit in with you whilst sheltering
from storm or cyclone
• Tune in and listen to your local radio station for
updates on the event and for further warnings and
safety messages.
General Safety:
Make sure your home and contents
insurance and car insurance covers you
in the event of storm damage. Identify
the strongest room in the house in case
you need to shelter. Usually this is the
smallest room with the least windows.
Find out how to turn the mains supply
off to your home for water, power
and gas. Make sure you have some
emergency essentials such as stored
drinking water, spare fuel for use in the
vehicle.
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Emergency services use a range of
methods to warn the community about
severe weather and other emergencies
that require preparation and action at
the household level.
When warnings are issued you may be
directed to:
• Finalise preparations
• Secure items around your home
• Activate you Emergency plan
• Shelter in place, or
• Commence evacuation to your
predetermined safer location
Warnings are urgent - you will need
to act immediately on the information
provided.
Each state and territory has a wealth
of valuable information and fact sheets
on being disaster prepared. Check
out your state or territory’s website on
disaster management or alternatively
log on to the State Emergency Service
website where they have fact sheets on
all relevant disasters that may affect us
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TUNE IN, LOG ON, LISTEN AND ACT
TUNE IN: Local radio station & TV station
LOG ON: Bureau of Meteorology, State Emergency Service
Local Council
LISTEN: Standard emergency warning signal, Emergency alert messages sent to your phone, local community
announcements
ACT: Warnings are urgent - Act immediately on the information provided
EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION
Police - Fire - Ambulance Triple Zero (000) 112 From Mobiles www.triplezero.gov.au
State Emergency Service (SES) 132 500
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
General Warnings 1900 969 922 www.bom.gov.au
Cyclone Warnings 1300 659 212 www.bom.gov.au/cyclone
Coastal Marine Warnings 1300 360 427 www.bom.gov.au/marine
Tsunami Threat Information 1300TSUNAMI www.bom.gov.au/tsunami
RADIO
ABC Local Radio
ABC Local Radio Frequency Finder
Commercial Radio Australia
www.abc.net.au/local
www.abv.net.au/radionational/frequency/
www.commercialradio.com.au
GOVERNMENT/HEALTH/ROADS
Standard Emergency Warning Signal (SEWS)
www.emergencyalert.gov.au
Health & Hospitals 13HEALTH www.health.gov.au
Road Closures 13 19 40 seek local/state road closure info
ELECTRICITY
Energex 13 19 62 www.energex.com.au
Ergon 13 16 70 www.ergon.com.au
PHONE
Telstra 132 203 www.telstra.com.au
Optus 13 13 44 www.optus.com.au
ANIMALS & WILDLIFE
Wildlife Hotline 1300 130 372
RSPCA 1300 852 188
Disease Watch Hotline 1800 675 888
Lost/Missing Animals
Local RSPCA website
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Lost/Missin
HAVING AN EMERGENCY KIT IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TO
PREPARE FOR, SURVIVE AND COPE WITH EMERGENCIES.
Know
All householders need to
know where your
Emergency Kit is kept.
On this page is a list of items which should be in your
kit at all times. There is also a list of extra items which
if you do not keep at all times you should add to your
kit during storm or cyclone season.
FOOD AND WATER
COMMUNICATIONS
Check
and update the contents
of your kit regularly, to
ensure everything is in
working order and has
not expired.
Discuss
your Emergency Kit
with all householders
and make sure everyone
knows what to do in an
emergency.
KNOW YOUR
EMERGENCY
CONTACTS
Range of non-perishable
MEDICAL AND
SANITATION
food items
Bottled water
First Aid Kit and manual
Essential medications,
prescriptions and dosage
Toilet paper
Toothbrush/toothpaste
Soap/shampoo
Personal hygiene items
LIGHT
Flashlight/torch with
extra batteries
Battery powered lantern
Battery powered radio with
extra batteries
Traditional wired telephone
Prepaid wired telephone
Prepaid phone cards and
coins for phone calls
CLOTHING AND
FOOTWEAR
Warm jumper, waterproof
jacket, hat and gloves
for everyone
Closed-toed shoes or
boots for everyone
TOOLS AND SUPPLIES
Whistle, utility knife,
duct/masking tape
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Plastic garbage bags, ties
Safety glasses and sun glasses.
MISCELLANEOUS
Special items for infants
(nappies, formula etc)
Special items needed by
elderly or people with
special needs
Spare house and car keys
Pet food, water and
other animal needs
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
Keep original or certified copies of
these documents in your Emergency
Kit.
Scan copies of them and save the
files on a USB memory stick or CD
to include in your kit. Keep all these
items in sealed plastic bags.
Insurance papers for your
house and contents, cars
and for valuable items
Inventory of valuable
household goods
Wills and life insurance documents
House deeds/mortgage documents
Birth and marriage certificates
Passports/visa details
Stocks and bonds
Medicare, pension cards,
immunisation records
Bank account and credit card details
A back-up copy of important
computer files
Household Emergency Plan with
emergency contact numbers
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO DOWNLOAD AN
EMERGENCY PLAN FOR YOUR HOUSEHOLD GO TO:
www.qld.gov.au/emergency/dealing-disasters/emergency-kit
EXTRA ITEMS DURING STORM AND CYCLONE SEASON:
Three days supply of non-perishable food - can opener, cooking gear, plates, utensils
Water purification tablets
Extra supplies of medication and sanitary supplies
Wide masking tape for windows
Tent or tarpaulin
Blankets
Spare clothes
Portable stove with fuel
Spare batteries
Esky or gas/battery powered refrigerator
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4 SIMPLE WAYS TO PREVEN
The Long Hot Summer
A long, hot Australian summer - days
are spent finding ways to cool off,
whether at the beach, in the backyard
pool or at a local river or swimming
hole. The perfect place to get together
with our family and friends. Sounds
very familiar to all of us.
Unfortuneatly these are also the
places where tragedy strikes during
the summer time through the most
preventable cause of death - drowning.
This summer be proactive and take
steps to protect your loved ones
through some very simple actions.
The Royal Lifesaving Association
provides 4 useful tips to consider
when cooling off this summer.
SUPERVISE:
Supervision is constant visual contact
with your child. You should be within
arms’ reach and be in a position
to respond quickly. It is not an
occasional glance while you nap, read
or undertake household chores, and
it is not looking outside at your kids
playing while you are inside. Active
supervision means focusing all of your
attention on your children all of the
time, when they are in, on or around
the water. You must be within arms’
reach, interacting with your child and
be ready to enter the water in case of
an emergency.
Parents are busy and often try to do
many things at once to save time.
When you multi-task you can become
distracted and do not give your full
attention to maintaining the safety of
your children. Distractions include:
doorbell, phone, meal times, toilet
breaks etc. Parents leaving young
children in the care of older siblings
has been a factor in a number of
toddler drowning deaths. Older
children are not equipped with the
skills to perceive and respond to an
emergency situation, nor should they
be given this responsibility.
RESTRICT ACCESS:
Restricting access means ensuring
there is a barrier between your child
and a body of water. This can be done
in two ways:
• Barrier around the water – this
includes a pool / spa fence with a
self-closing and self-latching gate
in accordance with AS1926, closing
the door to the bathroom after use,
using pool/spa/tank covers, placing
mesh on water features and sh ponds,
ensuring lids are securely on nappy
buckets. Note: In atables over a depth
of 300mm need to be fenced by law.
• Barrier around the child – This takes
the form of a Child Safe Play Area
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T DROWNING THIS SUMMER
that can be used inside or outside the
home and is especially effective for
water you cannot fence like dams on
farms.
Restricting access when combined
with the other Keep Watch actions
of Supervise, Water Awareness and
Resuscitate are highly effective in
preventing child drowning.
Barriers can fail when gates are left
propped open, fences and gates aren’t
maintained and climbable objects are
left against the fence. Royal Life Saving
encourages parents and guardians to
regularly inspect their pool
by downloading and completing a
home pool safety checklist from www.
homepoolsafety.com.au.
WATER AWARENESS:
Water awareness is a term which
covers a range of strategies which can
help ensure your child’s safety when
in, on, or around water. This includes
water familiarisation, checking for
and removing water hazards (e.g.
buckets), setting rules around water
and discussing water safety with your
child.
You can use bath time as a time for
water awareness, letting your baby or
child feel, experience and play with
water. You can also put rules in place
for children when they go near water
and ensure that parents and adults
uphold these rules themselves to set
a good example. When visiting new
aquatic locations you can examine
these together with your child and
discuss any safety issues and rules for
that location with your child.
RESUSCITATE:
Resuscitation or Cardio Pulmonary
Resuscitation (CPR) involves
stimulating the heart and breathing air
into the lungs to preserve or restore
life. Resuscitation involves establishing
or maintaining an airway, breathing
and circulation.
Resuscitation is a skill for life. In most
cases when an emergency occurs,
a family member is the first on the
scene. In fact, many children are alive
today because their parents knew
how to perform CPR and responded
quickly.
Having the skills to react in an
emergency situation can mean the
difference between life and death
while you wait for emergency care to
arrive.
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17

THE GC HOSTS COMMONWE
THE SECURITY MEASURES THAT WILL AFFECT YOU
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ALTH GAMES
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The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth
Games (GC2018) will be the largest
sporting event hosted in Australia this
decade. More than 6,600 athletes and
team officials from 70 Commonwealth
nations and territories will come
to Queensland to participate in the
Games. They will be joined by close to
15,000 volunteers, 1.5 million ticketed
spectators and 3,000 international media
broadcasting to a cumulative global
audience of 1.5 billion.
The Queensland Police Service along
with official Games organisers, the
Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth
Games Corporation, the Office of the
Commonwealth Games, and state and
federal security agencies are responsible
for the public safety and security
response for GC2018.​
​The Queensland Government has
passed legislation to support police
operations during Games time. These
new laws will have temporary impacts
on some areas ​of the community.​
The current security environment and
global experience have shown that
significant sporting and community
celebrations hold attraction as targets
for people intending or planning to do
public harm.
In response, new laws have been passed
to help police keep the community safe
particularly during the Gold Coast 2018
Commonwealth Games (GC2018).
These new laws outline:​
• protective security zones;
• police powers to stop and search;
and
• restricted or prohibited items.
​
These laws may also affect the way you
access and operate around roadways,
waterways and the airspace in and
around Games areas.​
While there is no currently-known
threat to Queensland or the GC2018,
all levels of Government as well as the
private sector have shown a tremendous
commitment to doing everything
possible to protect crowded places.​
As part of our commitment to delivering
a safe and secure Games, we have also
launched Sen​tinel Unite - a community
awareness campaign about how to keep
safe in crowded places.
What is Operation Sentinel Unite?​
Operation Sentinel Unite is the
Queensland Police Service’s crime
prevention response reinforcing
Australia’s strategy​ aimed at detecting,
deterring and disrupting criminal and
terrorist activity.
Sentinel Unite will run before the Gold
Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in
the form of a community awareness
campaign entitled Project Unite and a
strategy for businesses known as Project
Unified Response​.​
Road access restrictions
The City of the Gold Coast will be
implementing temporary changes to
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the way some roads operate in order to
ensure athletes, officials and spectators
arrive at event venues safety and on time
while keeping the City moving.
Temporary changes will include
localised road closures, diversions and
removal of on-street parking in some
areas.
More information about traffic changes
and parking restrictions can be found
on the City of Gold Coast’s Get Set for
the Games website.
​Airspace procedures
The Queensland Police Service and
State and Federal Governments have an
obligation to provide a safe and secure
environment to host the Gold Coast
2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018)
and related events.
As with previous high profile events, the
Australian Government has established
air control measures to ensure an
appropriate level of airspace security
exists to support the event.
Waterways access restrictions​
To ensure the safety of competitors
and spectators alike, some Gold Coast
waterways, as prescribed by the Major
Events (Gold Coast Commonwealth
Games) Regulation 2017 may have
restricted or no access during certain
periods of the Games.
Some waterways fall within protective
security zones (PSZs). As with landbased
PSZs, police officers will be able
to apply additional powers aimed at
keeping the community safe.
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The community should be aware that
when entering or inside a PSZ, police
will have the ability to quickly and
efficiently stop, search and detain
people, vehicles, vessels and watercraft;
enter and search places and premises;
and give directions to all persons
whether they are drivers, operators
or riders as needed for the purpose of
ensuring the safety and security of the
community and the event.
These additional powers would apply
only in the PSZs and are proposed
to lapse one week after the Games
conclude.
What is a Protective Security Zone?
Protective security zones, or PSZs, are
areas where police are able to apply
additional powers aimed at keeping the
community safe.
The community should be aware that
when entering or inside a PSZ, police
have the ability to quickly and efficiently
search people, vehicles and places as
needed in an effort to keep the public
safe (Chapter 19A, Police Powers and
Responsibilities Act 2000). There are
no restrictions to entering, being in or
leaving a PSZ.
Specifically, in these PSZs, police officers
will be able to:
• ​conduct a frisk search of persons
without warrant;
• stop, search and detain vehicles
entering or in the zone without
warrant;
• enter and search premises including
land associated with premises
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without warrant, but cannot enter
residential premises unless with
the occupier’s consent or with
reasonable suspicion;
• give a general direction to persons
(individually or in a group) in
a public place for the safety and
security of persons including giving
a direction to move to another
location or leave the zone; and
• use firearms and explosives
detection dogs to search public
places, premises that are not
residences and yards of private
places. ​
How will you know if you’re in a PSZ?​
PSZs cover land and water. They include
public transport infrastructure and
part of the public transport network
associated with, or used to transport
members of the public to or from the
Commonwealth Games.
We hope you enjoy the games and the
incredible opportunity it brings to not
only the Gold Coast but Australia as
a whole in terms of hosting such large
international sporting events.
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New Year Resolutions for better
mental health
Every new year we set about making
New Year’s resolutions. Usually they’re
related to our physical health: going on a
diet, joining a gym or drinking less. But
what about our mental health?
Mental health is central to every part
of our lives: how we interact with loved
ones, how productive we are at work,
and how we feel when we are alone. So
here are six things science says you can
do to improve your mental health in
2018.
1. Stop dieting
A lot of people make strict and
prohibitive New Year’s plans to slash
their kilojoule intake. But there’s
evidence such resolutions just don’t lead
to weight loss, and instead restrictive
dieting typically leads to long-term
weight gain.
People with poor body image typically
avoid social outings, physical intimacy,
and exercise. Poor body image is also
linked to depression, anxiety, and a raft
of other mental health problems. Selfloathing
does not make us thinner, but it
does make us mentally unwell.
People often avoid fully participating in
life while waiting for their ideal body.
Make 2018 the year you stop doing this.
People who appreciate their bodies,
irrespective of their body size, tend to
have better mental health, better sexual
functioning (and more orgasms), and
happier romantic relationships overall. If
your goal is mental (or physical health),
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stop focusing on trying to be thin, and
instead work on self acceptance.
2. Eat broccoli
The more we learn about the
relationship between the gut and the
brain, the more evidence we get about
the role of nutrition in mental health.
People who consume more fruits
and vegetables have lower levels of
depression than those who eat less fruit
and vegetables.
Read more: How your meal affects your
mood
Nutritional improvements over time
(a balance of vegetables, fruits, grains
and proteins) can improve your mental
health and quality of life. Eating leafy
greens and vegetables in the broccoli
family (cabbage, cauliflower, kale) may
even help slow cognitive decline.
3. Join a group
Read more: Are you part of a social
group? Making sure you are will
improve your health
Social isolation is a better predictor
of early death than either diet or
exercise, and as strong a predictor as
cigarette smoking. Making new social
connections improves mental health,
and being embedded in multiple
positive social groups helps us cope
with stress, and is linked to reduced
depression and anxiety.
Being around people is necessary for
good mental health. Unsplash/Mark
Adriane, CC BY
If you have a dog, start going to your
local dog park. If you like board or card
games, why not see if there is a group
of people who get together to play near
you? You can find hundreds of groups to
join on apps like meetup.
4. Move your body
I know exercise is an obvious one – a
part of you wants to skip over this
resolution. Don’t. Exercise is one of
the most effective ways of reducing
depression or anxiety, improving sexual
function, and maintaining cognitive
function.
It doesn’t matter if you’re walking
around your back yard or running
a marathon – any sort of movement
is going to help you. Adhering to an
exercise plan can be hard. Aim to
identify exercise you find enjoyable, that
gets you out socialising, and that allows
you to build competence.
Exercise that does any of these things is
easier to continue doing than exercise
done with the goal of improving
appearance.
Read more: We all have to die of
something, so why bother being
healthy?
5. Reduce screen time
So how will you make time to exercise?
Reducing screen time is one answer.
This doesn’t mean you have to give up
your favourite show – without Arrested
Development or Game of Thrones
things rightly seem bleak. But excessive
screen time is linked to poor sleep
quality, as well as depression. Screen
time should be part of a happy life, not a
substitute for it.
6. Seek help if you need it
We often shroud mental health
problems in a cloak of invisibility,
hiding them from sight, and assuming
we’re going to be able to “snap out of
it” by ourselves. The truth is sometimes
we need help, and the smart, strong
decision is to seek it. Visit your doctor
and get on a mental health plan, or go to
beyondblue.org.au, or call Lifeline (13
11 14).
Ultimately, you should pick goals that
genuinely reflect who you are and
what you want, and aim to break them
down into concrete, specific steps
(specify the “when”, “where”, and “how).
The research suggests doing this will
maximise your chances of success.
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anxious and completely reliant upon us as owners for thier welfare.
Knowing how to help and provide for our other family members is
vitally important. Read on for some tips on caring for our pets during
a crisis.
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Your animals are your responsibility. It is up to you to prepare for the safety and welfare of
your pets in case of an emergency. Include them in your emergency plan and make sure all
family members are aware of what to do. There will be different scenarios to manage during
an emergency, if you are prepared, your pets won’t be one of these.
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BE PREPARED:
Include your animals in household
emergency plans. Properly identify your
pets eg. name tags, microchip or band.
This will ensure they make
their way back to you if someone finds
them. Keep a list of emergency phone
numbers on display. Be aware if you
live in a cyclone prone area where
there is greater possibility of being
evacuated, some evacuation centres may
not accept animals so plan
alternatives accordingly.
ACT EARLY:
If moving animals to a safer place,
do so early to avoid unnecessary risk.
Ensure there is access to plenty of food
and water and if staying at home secure
animals in good time so that they do not
take flight. Animals have an instinctive
sense of what is going on and will
become anxious long before you may
realise there is approaching danger.
Providing shelter and attention will do a
lot to ease their anxiety. They will pick
up on your emotions so staying calm for
all involved is the best way to manage
family and animals.
BE CONSIDERATE:
If you have to leave pets behind in
the event of evacuation and no other
alternatives available, keep your pets
indoors. Place your pets in a separate
room with small or preferable no
windows. For example the bathroom or
laundry.
Provide adequate food and water in
large heavy bowls that wont be easily
tipped over. Do not tie your pets up,
this will only increase anxiety.
ACT SAFE:
Your safety, and that of your family is
paramount. Dont risk human life trying
to find and protect pets. If you act early
this will ensure you know where your
pets are and all consideration has been
put in place.
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WHAT’S YOUR HEATWAVE PLAN?
Heatwaves are Australia’s deadliest natural hazard, but a recent
survey conducted by Andrew Gissing and Lucinda Coates from
Macquarie University has found that many vulnerable people do
not have plans to cope with extreme heat.
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ATURAL HAZARD
Working with the Bushfire and Natural
Hazards Cooperative Research Centre
and the Bureau of Meteorology, my
colleagues and I surveyed 250 residents
and 60 business managers in Western
Sydney and the NSW North Coast.
We found that 45% of those at risk
– including the elderly, ill and very
young – did not proactively respond to
heatwave warnings as they did not think
it necessary or did not know what to do.
Few at-risk people reported moving
to cooler locations, and more than
20% of people in Western Sydney
were concerned about the impacts of
energy prices on their ability to use
air-conditioning. For most people,
extreme heat left them feeling hot
and uncomfortable or unable to sleep,
though around 15% felt unwell. Few
people reported checking on vulnerable
family members, friends or family
during heatwaves.
Businesses also suffered disruption,
and most companies with employees
working on machinery or outdoors
reported lower than normal
productivity.
Many people said that they didn’t need
to take any further actions to adjust to
future extreme temperatures. However,
for some extreme heat is already
impacting their living preferences, with
around 10% of people indicating that
they are considering moving to a cooler
town or suburb.
A history of deadly heatwaves
Australia has a long history of deadly
heatwaves. The table below shows
numbers of deaths and death rates per
100,000 population from episodes of
extreme heat in Australia by decade,
reaching back to 1844. The information
comes from PerilAUS, a database that
records the impact of natural hazards
reaching back to the early days of
Australia’s European settlement
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The death rate is the number of deaths
per head of population in the country
at that time, and was consistently,
significantly higher between 1890 and
1939 than for any period before or since.
An extraordinary heatwave occurred
between October 1895 to January
1896 that impacted nearly the entire
continent but especially the interior.
PerilAUS records 435 deaths, 89% of
them within New South Wales. Deaths
also occurred in South Australia,
Western Australia, Victoria and
Queensland. Bourke, in NSW, lost
1.6% of its population to the heat:
temperatures of 40 degrees in the shade
were already being recorded in October,
mid-spring.
During the disastrous 1939 Black
Friday bushfires, 71 people died in
Victoria. But at least 420 people died
in the heatwaves which preceded the
fires, largely in New South Wales. The
heatwaves were accompanied by strong
northerly winds and followed a very dry
six months, increasing the severity of
the subsequent fires.
Most will remember the catastrophic
bushfires that destroyed several towns
in Victoria in 2009 but not many will
remember that these fires also followed
two heatwave events across Victoria
and South Australia, where at least 432
people died.
In 2009, new records of three
consecutive days over 43 degrees in
Melbourne and eight over 40 degrees
in Adelaide were set. A feature of these
heatwaves was the very hot minimum
temperatures, with Melbourne’s
temperature falling to between 20-25
degrees overnight and Adelaide to just
30 degrees.
There is no reason why a deadly
heatwave could not strike Australia
again this summer, and there’s at least
some evidence that the frequency of
heatwaves in Australia is increasing.
Sudden peaks in air-conditioning use
also creates the risk of overloading
electricity grids and prompting
blackouts, so it’s important to think
about how you can stay cool without
power.
Some easy ways to stay safe include
tuning into heatwave and emergency
warnings by listening to radio
broadcasts or searching emergency
websites.
Simple measures, like rescheduling
outdoor activities to cooler parts of the
day, closing curtains and blinds and
staying indoors are always sensible.
Research suggests that elderly people
may be particularly reluctant to use
air conditioners, but if your household
contains vulnerable people it’s important
to use every cooling option available.
It may be possible for some people to
use an app or timer to turn on their air
conditioners during the afternoon to
cool their house, then turn it off after
6pm to avoid contributing to peak
demand.
If you have friends or family who are
elderly, sick or very young, make sure
to check in on them. Consider selecting
a cooler place, like a shopping centre
or library, you can visit during peak
temperatures.
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Make a plan for pets and animals,
particularly those who will be left
outside during the day while the
household is at work or school. Ensure
they have shade and access to plenty of
water.
On a larger scale, better urban planning
and house design – and even planting
shade trees near houses – are needed.
Unfortunately, deadly heatwaves are
part of Australia’s summer, and it’s likely
they will worsen under climate change.
Planning ahead can literally be a life
saver.
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FAMILY VIOLENCE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
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Victoria Police recently announced
that family violence perpetrators will
be treated as seriously as terrorists and
murderers.
This strategy represents a major
milestone in the evolving police
approach to family violence. Though
family violence results in far more death
and injury, terrorism is nonetheless
considered Australia’s leading security
threat.
The Victoria Police strategy represents
an opportunity to reset security
priorities by recognising family violence
as the foremost contributor to the
preventable death and injury of women
and children.
Acknowledging family violence’s harms
Following in the footsteps of those who
have noted the similarities between
terrorism and family violence – using
such terms as “intimate terrorism”
and “everyday terrorism” to make this
point – Victoria Police’s acting chief
commissioner Shane Patton said:
… the consequences of family violence
are the same as terrorism … We have
death, we have serious trauma, we
have serious injury and we have people
impacted for the rest of their lives.
However, the scope of the harms of
“everyday terrorism” are far more
widespread.
Between 2002-03 and 2011-12, 488
women were killed across Australia in
homicides perpetrated by their current
or former partners. In the previous
two decades, five people were killed in
terrorist attacks in Australia.
In contrast, on average at least one
woman is killed in Australia each week,
usually by an intimate (ex-)partner.
Family violence is the leading
preventable contributor to death,
disability and illness in women aged
15–44. It is responsible for more disease
burden than high blood pressure,
smoking, and obesity.
Victoria Police research that informed
its strategy indicates that in the past six
years, more than 11,000 perpetrators
harmed three or more victims.
In 2016-17, there has been 16 family
violence killings in Victoria. This
represents 28% of all homicides.
Shifting police practice
As the gatekeepers of the criminal
justice system, police are critical in
shaping the community understandings
of crime. If the police don’t take a crime
or threat seriously, it’s likely the public
won’t either.
A few short decades ago, family violence
was hidden, excused or trivialised.
Today, family violence, most typically
intimate partner violence committed
by men against their current or former
partner, is recognised as the most
prevalent type of violence against
women. It is now also considered a
serious crime and a pressing social issue.
Changing police practices and priorities
are central to this.
Until the 1980s, criminal assault in the
home was, in police parlance, generally
considered to be “just a domestic”. Those
now labelled perpetrators of family
violence were seen as having gone “a

little too far with the missus”.
When women called police for help, officers either did not
attend or did not intervene to protect the woman or arrest
the perpetrator. Once a woman calls for help and does not
receive it, or has the abuse trivialised or blamed on her
actions, she is unlikely to call again.
Today, family violence is core police business. Across
Australia, police receive a call related to family violence
approximately every two minutes. Grim though these figures
are, they reflect a major shift in police priorities and growing
community recognition that they are a critical resource for
those experiencing family violence.
Until the 1980s, Victoria Police, like most police forces at
that time, was male-dominated and socially conservative.
Women comprised a tiny fraction of the force, and police
leadership was almost exclusively male.
Attitudes of police officers serving in this context often
seemed to reflect and reinforce the notion of women as male
property and at least partly responsible for the violence they
experienced.
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violence against women strategy. In 2004, it developed a
code of practice that required police to prioritise responding
to family violence calls.
After Nixon left office, in another Australian-first, in 2015
Victoria Police established a Family Violence Command
and appointed Dean McWhirter as assistant commissioner
for family violence. The command aims to provide
organisational and policy guidance and identify good
practice.
Family violence will now be investigated as major crimes by
specialised units. Priorities will target repeat offenders and
work to predict violence and intervene before women and
children are injured or killed.
Perhaps just as important is the message the strategy sends
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Neighbour helping Neighbour
People helping People
132 500 Fact Sheet
For emergency help in floods and storms
Need emergency help in floods and storms?
If you need the assistance of the State Emergency Service in
non-life threatening emergency situations during floods and
storms, you can:
• Call 132 500; or
• Lodge a request here: www.132500.qld.gov.au; Or
• Lodge a request on our 132 500 SES Assistance App available
for both Apple and Android devices.
SES volunteers help protect people and properties from storms
in QLD by:
• Educating people about how to protect their family and
property from floods and storms
• Temporarily repairing properties from further hail, heavy
rain or strong wind
• Clearing roads and property to give emergency access
• Rescuing people trapped or injured by flood or storm activity
• Providing emergency assistance in flood situations
??How can I help??
R Use a BUCKET to capture leaking water
R MOVE furniture from under leaks
R Internally TARP furniture
R SANDBAG entry points to your
house/business
R HELP your neighbours
R HELP your family
Handy Hints
P SES volunteers carry
out temporary repairs in
emergency situations
P Property owners should
seek professional trades
people to permanently
repair any damage caused
by storms or floods
P It is the responsibility of
the landowner to remove the
debris from their property
Call
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If your emergency
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call 000 (triple zero)
For more information, contact us as per below:
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