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On September 15, 2019, Nine’s The Today Show televised a brief segment detailing Senator Jacqui Lambie’s call for a form of conscription – a national emergency service. The program’s presenters give their opinions of Lambie’s proposal.
On September 16, 2019, Nine News televised a brief interview with Senator Pauline Hanson during which Hanson criticised the idea of conscription into a national emergency service.
On July 15, 2019. Nine News reported a critical shortage of State Emergency Service volunteers in Wagga where the Service has now launched a search for more people.
On August 16, 2019, the New South Wales State Emergency Service televised another promotion for its ‘spontaneous volunteers’. The promotion features two State Emergency Service personnel explaining the on the spot training in safety that spontaneous volunteers receive.
On May 20, 2015, the Local Government Association of Queensland presented a 44-minute webinar for local councils giving information on trends in emergency volunteering and developing community resilience.
This video was produced in 2008 for 12 counties surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States. Its intention is to show local governments how to establish Emergency Volunteer Centres to organise the efforts of spontaneous volunteers.
On July 8, 2019, WISN 12 News reported on ways smaller rural communities in Wisconsin were trying to recruit and retain volunteer firefighters.
On February 12, 2016 Uniform Stories Co released a video showing the dangers of firefighting in the United States.
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Should Australian youth be conscripted into a 'national emergency service' to help deal with natural disasters?
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On September 19, 2019, The Conversation published a comment by Lucas Walsh, Professor of Education Policy and Practice, Youth Studies in the Faculty of Education, Monash University, titled 'Stop calling young people apathetic. For many, volunteering and activism go hand-in-hand'
The opinion piece suggests that among young people there are more diverse forms of community engagement than the traditional modes previously encountered.
The full text can be accessed at 
On September 19, 2019, The Weekend Australian published a comment by Anthony Bergin and Paul Barnes of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) titled 'Here's a plan to break Volunteer drought'.
The authors essentially support Senator Lambie's proposal and outline a similar scheme proposed by the ASPI for an emergency management volunteer program (EMVP).
The full text can be accessed at
On September 16, 2019, The Canberra Times published a report titled 'Senators split over community service idea'
The report details the objections of One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson to Senator Lambie's proposal that young people be conscripted into the emergency services.
The full text can be accessed at
On September 16, 2019, startsat60 published a report titled 'Smart idea or a burden? Jacqui Lambie calls for return to conscription'. The article considers arguments offered for and against Senator Lambie's proposal to introduce a form of conscription to address the problem of decline rates of volunteerism in Australia's emergency services.
The full text can be accessed at
On September 14, 2019. The Sydney Morning Herald published a report titled 'Jacqui Lambie calls for emergency services conscripts to combat climate change'
The report outlines Senator Lambie's call for the establishment of a Senate inquiry into Australia's emergency services and her suggestion that young people should be conscripted into these services.
The full text can be accessed at
Senator Jacqui Lambie's Internet site, the Jacqui Lambie Network, has a section given over to the hazards posed by climate change and details Lambie's proposal to employ young unemployed people within Australia's emergency services.
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On October 19, 2018, ABC News published a report titled 'Drought and ageing populations dwindle rural fire brigades ahead of bushfire season'
The report details the situation of many New South Wales rural communities facing difficulties attracting sufficient volunteers to combat the fires expected in the upcoming fire season.
The full text of the article can be accessed at
On May 15, 2018, The Conversation published an opinion piece and analysis by Amanda Davies, Associate Professor Curtin University; Kirsten Holmes, Professor, School of Marketing, Curtin University and Leonie Lockstone-Binney, Associate Dean (Research) William Angliss Institute titled 'Why rural Australia is facing a volunteer crisis'
The comment and analysis attempts to explain the demographic trends which have seen a decline in volunteerism is rural Australia.
The full text can be accessed at
In September 2016 Pro Bono Australia published a report titled 'Volunteering On the Rise in an Ageing and More Diversified Australia - Census 2016' which details Australian Bureau of Statistic figures which indicate an increase in volunteerism in Australia.
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On September 24, 2015, The Conversation published a comment by Melanie Oppenheimer (Chair of History at Flinders University) et al titled 'Where have all the volunteers gone?'
The article examines downward trends in volunteerism within Australia.
The full text can be accessed at
On October 30, 2014, ABC News published a comment from Anthony Bergin of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) titled 'Keeping Australia's emergency volunteer legacy alive'
Bergin promotes an emergency management volunteer program (EMVP).
The full text of the comment can be accessed at
On April 15, 2014, The Mercury published a report titled 'Jacqui Lambie floats return of national service to reduce youth unemployment'
The news report details Senator Lambie's plan to reintroduce a military national service to help address the problem of youth unemployment.
The full text can be accessed at
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