TENNIS legend and disability advocate Dylan Alcott has been named the Australian of the Year for 2022. Mr Alcott has won 15 Grand Slam Single titles in wheelchair tennis. He will also be competing for…
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The global cosmetics industry produces around 120 billion units of packaging every year. The complexity of mixed materials used in beauty product packaging makes it difficult to separate for recycling, and ends up in landfill. A change in waste standards by China, has forced Australia to look at its recycling…
THE Government of Tonga is in a state of emergency after an underwater volcano erupted on Jan 15, 2022, triggering tsunamis and ash plumes across the archipelago. The ash-stained South Pacific Kingdom is now suffering the tsunami’s after-effects, according to…
Charities in the spotlight
TALKING about mental and emotional well-being can be confronting. These conversations are often avoided in the workplace, especially in the blue-collar industry. Tradies Ed Ross and Dan Allen are turning this invisible and debilitating issue…
THE Premier’s Award for Community Harmony at the 2021 Victorian Multicultural Awards for Excellence, was awarded to Sikh Volunteers Australia (SVA) for the significant impact they have made during the bushfires and pandemic. The Award…
SOME children find it difficult to make friends, especially those living with special needs or disadvantage. Some parents know all too well, if their child doesn’t get invited to parties or their peers don’t show…
THE inaugural CAF Worldwide Symposium on Philanthropy kicks off at noon on Tuesday, 9 November, 2021. A four-hour online event presented by Good2Give in partnership with Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) will report current trends in…
SUICIDE is the leading cause of death in Australians aged 15 to 49. Nic Pestalozzi has not had a family member or friend take their own life. “I have a friend from interstate who knows…
Health advocates
Families of seriously ill or injured children face many challenges when they support a child throughout their hospital stay. One is how to manage care when hospitals are miles away from home. The Ronald McDonald…
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SIXTEEN days from November 25 to December 10, are marked for activism against gender-based violence by UN Women as findings from a new report reveal violence against women exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Measuring the Shadow Pandemic: violence against women during COVID-19 confirms the deadly outbreak has given rise to a…
WHEN Michelle’s twin daughters, Ruby and Emily, were born she had never heard of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. The syndrome, which affects 1 in 1000 births, is one of the world’s most undiagnosed syndromes because it has so many symptoms. 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, which is also called DiGeorge syndrome, Velocardiofacial (VCFS)…
Environmental defenders
A NEW encyclopaedia is bringing together Indigenous knowledge and western science in a publicly available online tool for the first time. The…
FROM the original 60 plus species of kangaroos in Australia, 29 are now threatened and 11 species are extinct. “You take one…
THE Australian Government, and the Australian Antarctic Division, yesterday, November 25, announced that they are abandoning plans to build a 2.7km-long concrete…
THIS year National AG Day is celebrating the vital work performed by the agricultural industry, with a call for all Australians to…
WORLD Vegan Day on Monday November, 1 heralding the start of World Vegan month, coincided with the COP26 Glasgow climate change summit…
Opinions from changemakers
I HAD no idea and was horrified that a 10-year-old Australian child could go to jail. In July this year, I wrote my first opinion piece for the Advocate. It…
IF more of the world’s wealthiest people thought like Australian tech icon Melanie Perkins, we could very well live in a more equitable and just society. Ms Perkins is the…
Silence - in our schools and briefly in our playgrounds, on our sporting fields, everywhere but online and in social media. That is what is greeting our kids.…
Today Tuesday, 31 August, is International Overdose Awareness Day An Opinion Piece by Mary Malak, CEO of Humanity Matters With the pressure and isolation caused by the current COVID-19 lockdowns,…
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