The Heart Foundation has launched a program to motivate more people to take up regular walking, as new research reveals Australians’ alarmingly high complacency about physical activity and heart health. In a Heart Foundation survey of more…
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According to the journal review Sexual Assault, one in five women experiences sexual violence; an often a terrifying, humiliating, and traumatic experience that can impact physical and psychological health. Furthermore, the Queensland Sexual Assault Network (QSAN), reveals that in 2019 there were 4,859 recorded victims of sexual assault in Queensland alone, with the overwhelming majority…
The latest scientific assessment confirms how badly the world is going in the quest for a safe climate and should prompt Australia to slash climate pollution this decade, the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) said yesterday. The Climate Council’s new report warns…
Charities in the spotlight
The Dhadjowa Foundation, a grassroots and family-governed not-for-profit held its fundraising launch on April 3 in Melbourne. The organisation provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families who have lost loved ones in custody with strategic,…
Extra support and positive learning environments can make a huge difference to students experiencing the effects of disadvantage. Since 2013, our Koorie Learning Club for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students has been offering exactly that. And…
The hole in the wall workshop in Port Melbourne, which houses Back2Bikes, is an oasis of calm and order on busy Williamstown Road. Back2Bikes is a not-for-profit social enterprise providing affordable transport for low-income earners,…
“Small but Mighty”: How the Zahra Foundation is filling a gap in Domestic Violence recovery services
The Zahra Foundation was launched in 2015 by Atena, Arman and Anita Abrahimzadeh -three siblings who tragically lost their mum to domestic violence homicide. Zahra Abrahimzadeh was brutally murdered by her former husband in front of large crowds at a Persian New Years function in Adelaide. A night that was meant to be a joyous…
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month, which aims to spread awareness of the disease, which in Australia affects one in nine women and people with menstrual cycles between the ages of 15 to 49. Director and…
Health advocates
Several targeted vaccine programs introduced to the Australian National Immunisation Program (NIP) last year exposed the limitations of the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR), according to the authors of a perspective article published by the Medical Journal…
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SHAKE It Up Australia Foundation invites Australians to Pause 4 Parkinson’s in April, by hosting a fundraising event with family, friends or colleagues, or by simply donating to mark World Parkinson’s Day on 11 April 2021. Clyde Campbell founded Shake It Up Australia Foundation in 2011 after being diagnosed with…
With pressure being placed upon China by Australia to deliver facts on the origins of COVID-19, the bilateral relationship between both nations is deteriorating. Although China continues to deny that the corona virus epidemic started in Wuhan, Australia has called for independent investigations into the source of the epidemic.Due to the immense pressure, trade relations between…
Environmental defenders
Telco giant TPG Telecom, one of Australia’s top energy users, has dialled up its clean energy ambition and committed to power its…
Sixty-five Sunsuper and 141 QSuper members have written to their superannuation funds calling on them to stop investing in thermal coal. Members…
Ties between Adani and the Myanmar military have been revealed in a new report from human rights and activist groups. Most in…
Government documents show the Western Australian government rejected a cattle company’s application to destroy bilby habitat next to an ecologically sensitive wetland…
New data analysed by Sea Shepherd reveals almost 80% of all sharks snagged on drumlines in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park…
Opinions from changemakers
AUSTRALIA’S aged care sector has this week united under one banner to demand that big-picture reform follow the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety later…
At the end of December 2020, Pfizer’s Comirnaty vaccine received ‘Emergency Use Listing’ by The World Health Organization (WHO). This opened the door for countries to expedite the import and administration of the vaccine.…
As the United States deals with the fallout of the Capitol riots, social media in Australia must acknowledge the rising threat of white supremacy online.…
As a proud sporting nation, it is embedded within Aussie culture to crack open a cold one with a few mates while watching the AFL Grand Final or indulging in…
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