Australia ranks lowest in climate action and experts believe the media is responsible. The United Nations progress report on International Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) marks Australia’s efforts towards climate action as a major challenge. The…
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ANXIETY Disorders Week, which commenced on Wednesday, 4 August, aims to raise awareness of these debilitating conditions and learn from people who suffer how best to offer help, support, and treatment. Lyn English is a long-time health and mental health consumer consultant. In 2020, she was appointed a Member of…
HOMELESSNESS Week, an annual awareness-raising series of events, is held the first week of August highlighting the over 105,000 Australians who are homeless on any given night. On Monday, 2 August, Homelessness Australia, the country’s national peak body for homelessness,…
Charities in the spotlight
WHEN former paramedic John Griffiths suffered a catastrophic brain haemorrhage after a fall, his teenage children were left with a daunting choice. Do they honour his organ donor registration and donate his organs after his…
WITHOUT systems in place to effectively manage spending and donations, many of Australia’s 600,000-odd charities can be left vulnerable to the potential misappropriation of funds. Now, new research reveals 90 per cent of Australians believe…
WASH House Board has announced the appointment of Dr Trishima (Trish) Mitra-Kahn as Executive Officer commencing 3rd May 2021. WASH House is a community-based frontline service for women, based in Mount Druitt. Over the past…
From April 16 to 23, people were invited to participate in The Roughin’ ItChallenge, hosted by Launch Housing. The aim of the cause was to raisemoney and awareness for homeless Victorians. With the choice of…
RED is the colour of love – think Valentine’s Day roses; of luxury – think Christian Louboutin shoes; and of danger – red flags, violence and anger. For the charity Impact, red exemplifies the violence…
Health advocates
ENGINEERED stone benchtops might be reaping savings and prestige for many new homeowners and renovators, but they also wreak a terrible human toll on stonemasons. The workers who cut, drill, grind and polish the artificial…
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NEW research from the University of California shows menthol cigarettes keep smokers hooked. The new study of almost 6000 smokers across the US found that menthol smokers were 53 per cent more likely to keep smoking when compared with a control group. Cancer Council Chair of Tobacco Issues Committee Libby…
THE CEO of the Immunisation Coalition has insisted tech giants must take responsibility for COVID extremism taking root on their platforms.…
Environmental defenders
NEW funding announced by the New South Wales Government could save Australia’s grain belt from fatal mice infestations. Professor of Biomedicine at…
Aussie charity SolarBuddy wants to give six million solar lights to children living in energy poverty by 2030. The bold initiative aligns…
THE World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia recently announced grants of $1.32 million for nine projects which will escalate its Regeneration Australia campaign…
Western Australia has reclaimed the top spot on WWF-Australia’s new plastics scorecard, while Tasmania and the Northern Territory continue to lag behind…
The Australian Conservation Foundation has called on Environment Minister Sussan Ley to conduct an audit of the Adani mine’s water sources to…
Opinions from changemakers
In August 1962, I turned ten in the isolation ward at Melbourne’s Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital.
It wasn’t jail, but it felt like it was; I was alone, scared and hadn’t…
A recent nationwide survey of more than 500 women of colour in Australia found that 60 per cent have experienced discrimination in the workplace related to their identity as a…
MÉDECINS Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) applauds the US Government’s decision to support waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines. Doing so will increase sufficient and timely access to these…
Disappointing lack of leadership on affordable housing to address the grim shortage of low-cost, affordable housing and rising homelessness. Welcome the Federal Government’s reinstatement of funding for Equal Remuneration Order…
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