Australian alternative e-commerce brand Tragic Beautiful is teaming up with First Nations’ artist Nikita Fitzpatrick to raise funds for rural Indigenous women this International Day of World’s Indigenous People (IDWIP), Tuesday, 9 August. A limited-edition…
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Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s proposal to reject Clive Palmer’s Central Queensland Coal project is the right decision for the Great Barrier Reef and is welcomed, the Australian Marine Conservation Society says. The open-cut coal mine, proposed for an area just 10km from the Reef World Heritage Area, is proposed for rejection by…
To increase the acceptance of Deafness in society, the Logie-winning children’s show Bluey introduced a Deaf character in an episode entitled “Turtleboy”, which aired on Australian television this year. The character, named Dougie, is shown communicating with his mum using…
Charities in the spotlight
ISLA is one of the “Little Ambassadors” for the 2022 Good Friday Appeal. The eight-year-old is in remission after spending half her life in treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Isla’s parents knew something was wrong…
OVER three billion animals were killed or displaced in the Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20 – 60,000 of those were koalas. The fires burnt about 24 million acres and confirmed the trend of worsening fire…
ONE in five Australian children are not meeting the international benchmark for reading, the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation (ALNF) has revealed. To combat this concerning statistic, BIG W, one of Australia’s most loved brands…
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…
Health advocates
What is possible if refugees are given greater community and government support? A story like that of Dr Linny Kimly Phuong and The Water Well Project is possible. Linny’s parents were Vietnamese boat people, leaving…
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Make-A-Wish Australia has made unicorns fly, sent kids to the moon and recently granted a pawsome adventure for 16-year-old Sahara from Parmelia, Western Australia. Sahara, who was diagnosed with an Acquired Brain Injury, is an animal enthusiast with over ten pets, including three dogs, five cats, two mice and budgies. Last week, Sahara…
The Nappy Collective, Australia’s only not-for-profit solely focused on collecting and redistributing nappies to families in crisis, is launching its annual Collective Campaign today. Currently, 1 in 10 families in Australia can’t afford the nappies they need for their babies. Without access to nappies, little ones may be left in…
Environmental defenders
The new State of the Environment report paints a concerning picture of the health of our oceans and lands and shows we…
The decision to list the world’s largest gliding marsupial, the greater glider, as an endangered species must be followed by urgent action…
The song “If Not Now Then When” by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard has won the inaugural Environmental Music Prize. The…
A YOUNG marine activist climbed onto the mooring line of the Antarctic toothfish vessel, Antarctic Discovery, this morning, 23 June, and hung…
There are a few days left for the public to vote for the winner of the inaugural Environmental Music Prize. The prize…
Opinions from changemakers
The theme for this year’s Volunteers Week is ‘Better Together’ and Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR)’s CEO, Natalie Egleton, believes that theme could not be more true. In…
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.…
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