Posts by Team VIVA!

Team VIVA! took a day out of the office this week to host the company’s annual team-building workshop, held at the beautiful seaside restaurant, Ripples Chowder Bay, Mosman, Sydney. The day included team-building activities, brainstorming workshops, monetised quizzes, and focused on the growth and development of VIVA! staff. The off-site workshop also included special guest…

Around 8pm on January 30, 2015, the body of, Dean Shields, 17, Maitland, was identified next to a drain in the Hunter Valley Region of NSW. According to a SMH report just hours before he died, Dean used synthetic cannabis known as ‘Chronic’ or ‘Kronic’, which police believe was directly related to the teenager’s death.…

US researchers are urging the World Health Organisation (WHO) to take action against the mosquito-borne virus, Zika. Transmitted by the mosquito, Aedes albopictus, the Zika virus has been linked to thousands of birth defects in Brazil, and continues to spread throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.1 The virus is said to cause microcephaly in children…

Victorian labourer, rigger and recovering addict, Mark, 30, Ocean Grove, began dabbling in drugs at a young age.  By 12 years of age, he was smoking cigarettes. A year later, he was smoking marijuana. Influenced by many older kids at school, Mark soon began experimenting with other illicit substances, and by                    15 years of age,…