EFFECTIVE management of feral animals can play a part in achieving net-zero emissions in Australia by 2050, according to the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions. The announcement comes as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…
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A gastronomic who’s who, including Neil Perry, Marco Pierre White and Maggie Beer, have joined forces with World Vision to create its first famine-fighting cookbook, Hunger Bites, dishing up family feeds on a shoestring.…
GRASSROOTS street justice organisation It’s Not A Compliment (INAC), shines a light on the intersectionality of street harassment in their new campaign Our Public Spaces. Launched on October 21 and running until October 27, 2021, Our Public Spaces invites the…
Charities in the spotlight
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…
OVER one hundred charities are encouraging Australians to leave gifts in their wills to ensure their ideals live on. Include a Charity Week, which runs from 6-12 September, aims to get people thinking about how…
What a dilemma; Bravehearts White Balloon Day on Friday, September 10, without balloons.…
OZCHILD has launched Treatment Foster Care Oregon program (TFCO) in South Australia, just in time for Foster Care Month this September. Developed as an alternative to residential care, TFCO is a targeted intervention for children…
56 Australian women and 20 children were killed in 2020, most at the hands of someone who once loved them.…
Health advocates
ENDOMETRIOSIS Australia’s High Time for Tea initiative’s aim is to boost knowledge and resources to support research into this critically misunderstood disorder. Alexis Wolfe, CEO of Endometriosis Australia, said the community fundraiser aims to “increase awareness…
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THE Government’s world-first National Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy is being celebrated as a transformative step to improving child mental health. The strategy provides a framework to guide the development of a comprehensive, integrated system of services to children aged 0-12 and their families. UNICEF Australia’s director of Australian…
TWENTY world-renowned chefs, including former MasterChef contestant Courtney Roulston, prepared healthy gourmet meals for one thousand hungry Australians yesterday. The three-course extravaganza meals, donated by French culinary master Le Cordon Bleu Australia, were distributed to five charities in Sydney on International Chefs Day, October 20. The cook-up coincided with the…
Environmental defenders
A NEW report by Worldwide Fund for Nature-Australia reveals the environmental letdowns that have resulted from Australia’s past inabilities to meet land…
BYADUK, population 123, is where Jackie Elliot lives and launched Rural Women’s Day, a registered not-for-profit enterprise that connects rural and regional…
IN October 2020 Tasmania Devils were reintroduced to mainland Australia after 3000 years. Understanding the Tassie Devils’ canine tooth shape and wear…
YOUNG Australians are owed an environmental duty of care by the Federal government, a Melbourne court found in July. Federal Environment Minister…
BEYOND COVID-19: A feminist plan for sustainability and social justice was officially launched by UN women on September 16, 2021. The plan…
Opinions from changemakers
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,…
I AM in favour of a universal basic income. So are 77 per cent of Australians, according to a new Anglicare survey. Basic income schemes propose citizens and residents receive…
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