
KAREN Graham recently joined Talent RISE, the charitable foundation of Talent, leading global technology and digital recruitment specialist, as CEO for the ANZ region. Talent RISE is a charity committed to changing the lives of…
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THE Coo-Wee Ride, a charity in Seymour, Victoria, that supports veterans and farmers suffering mental health issues, impressively raised $20,000 for the Goorambat Veterans Retreat just outside of Benalla. The retreat is now in the process of building two 3.7 by 7-metre sleeping pods – bedrooms – for veterans from…


Telco giant TPG Telecom, one of Australia’s top energy users, has dialled up its clean energy ambition and committed to power its Australian operations with 100% renewable electricity by 2025. TPG Telecom, which owns major communications and technology brands including…
Charities in the spotlight


“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…
Health advocates


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…
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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…


ON World Health Day, April 7, Australians are being urged to get behind the 220,000 men across the country living with or beyond prostate cancer to ensure that no one battles the disease alone. The Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) has called on locals to show their support by…
Environmental defenders


Sixty-five Sunsuper and 141 QSuper members have written to their superannuation funds calling on them to stop investing in thermal coal. Members…


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…


NSW government’s Clean Air Strategy fails to reduce pollution, after five years in the making After five years in the making, the NSW government last week released a…
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