Resources
NEWS ITEMS
2021 World Sleep Championships
The flagship tournament of Earth’s hottest new sport, Sleep Racing, where the world’s best sleeper is crowned the World Sleep Champion. Over two weeks the world’s best sleepers will battle it out. After 60+ hours of intensely sleepy competition, your champion will be...
Rise and try to shine: The social and economic cost of sleep disorders in Australia
Sleep Health Foundation The Sleep Health Foundation is proud to release this latest instalment in its series of comprehensive reports that detail the economic impacts related to adverse sleep health. This current report: Rise and try to shine: The social and economic...
Paramedic fell asleep, jury told
A South Australian paramedic accused of causing the death of a patient he was transporting to hospital fell asleep at the wheel of the ambulance, causing the vehicle to roll, a jury has heard....
Contractor Renown Consultants fined £450k
Renown Consultants Limited has today been fined £450,000 alongside £300,000 in costs after being convicted under the Health and Safety at Work Act for failing to ensure that two of its workers were sufficiently rested to work and travel safely. Office of Rail and...
Lockdown could be messing with your body clock
Days spent inside under artificial lights during the lockdown may be messing with people's circadian rhythms, leaving many feeling tired, moody, sluggish and jet-lagged. Body clocks are set by morning sunlight and evening darkness. Being stuck inside all day exposed...
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Asleep on the Job
This Sleep Health Foundation report by Deloitte Access Economics uses a careful, evidence-based approach to convincingly add up the many billions of dollars that poor sleep has cost the Australian economy in 2016-2017. The numbers are big, the personal and national...
Bedtime Reading Report
Bedtime Reading April 2019 © Commonwealth of Australia 2019ISBN: 978-1-74366-898-6 https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House/Health_Aged_Care_and_Sport/SleepHealthAwareness/Report
New Rules for Office Workers
New rules require office workers to clock in and out of work amid wage theft concerns ABC News Breakfast / By Patrick Wood Posted SatSaturday 29 FebFebruary 2020 at 5:40am, updated SatSaturday 29 FebFebruary 2020 at 12:30pm Sitting among a jumble of cords and circuit...
Mornings with Neil Mitchell
Dr Paula Mitchell, Managing Director of Fatigue Management & Sleep Solutions Australia talks to Neil Mitchell.
LINKS
These websites provide more information on Sleep Health and the latest research findings.
Sleep Health Foundation
The SHF mission is to improve people’s lives through better sleep. SHF are spreading the sleep health message through a strong media and internet presence, engagement with community leaders, interaction with other health bodies, and an ongoing program of development and distribution of educational information designed for the public by sleep experts.
Australasian Sleep Association
The Australasian Sleep Association (ASA) is the peak scientific body in Australia and New Zealand representing clinicians, scientists and researchers working in sleep health and sleep medicine. It promotes and provides education and training to members and the broader health community. ASA also fosters scientific research and establishes best-practice clinical guidelines.
WorkAlert
In a world where the pace is forever quickening, the quantity and quality of our sleep is vital to our general health and wellbeing and our ability to stay alert, safe, and productive at work. WorkAlert communicates science-driven tips and knowledge with you to help conquer the challenges of staying alert in a busy world, providing advice on how you – as an employer or employee – can keep yourself and your workplace safe.