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ACMA: BetStop Reached Almost 26K Registrants in June
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released new statistics about the performance of BetStop, Australia’s national self-exclusion register. The latest report covers the register’s performance in June and highlights an influx of new registrants. According to the report, 25,972 people in total had opted to exclude themselves from gambling to the end of
HIV Self-Tests Reached High-Risk Populations
Direct-to-consumer HIV self-testing helped to reach underserved populations in areas at high risk for HIV infection, a researcher said. In an ordering portal set up by the CDC, over 56,000 people placed an order for HIV self-tests, and according to a follow-up survey, about a quarter (26%) of those had never been tested for HIV,…
Agreements reached to reform First Nations family and child services, compensate for discriminatory past practices
By By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.comWindspeaker.comTue., Jan. 4, 2022timer4 min. readAgreements-in-principle announced today as the result of intense negotiations over a six-week period confirms the $40 billion the federal government committed in its fiscal update to improve the lives of First Nations children and their families wronged by the child welfare system.…