
With close to a third of greater glider habitats burned in the 2019-20 bushfires, the Australian National University, Greening Australia, and the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia have teamed up to design, test and install “goldilocks” nest…
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Following a successful one-year partnership in 2022, national charities Give for Good (Domino’s registered charity) and Orange Sky Australia have announced they are embarking on a three-year partnership to continue supporting people experiencing homelessness or hardship. Committing a further $50,000…
Charities in the spotlight
Health advocates


McGrath Foundation co-founder and president Glenn McGrath was at the Sydney Cricket Ground this week to launch the 15th NRMA Insurance Pink Test, calling on Australians to come together to make this Pink Test “one to…
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“I’ve been working in the community sector since I was 15, and there’s always this misconception that young African men don’t want to talk about mental health, but they actually do. They just don’t have a space to do so.” This is what Red Cross Australia Bilingual Health Educator Aza…


The Federal Government has announced the halving of Medicare-subsidised psychology sessions from 20 to 10 from 1 January 2023. The number of subsidised sessions was increased under the former government during the pandemic due to the sharp rise in demand for mental health support. Health Minister Mark Butler said the…
Environmental defenders


Giving feels good. And maybe that’s why, even when I don’t celebrate any religious holidays, December is my favourite time of year. …





Australia is showing leadership on ocean plastic by joining an international coalition that is pushing for ambitious rules to reduce plastic use…


Science, one of the world’s most prestigious academic journals, has today, 11 November, published a letter on the extinction risk to Australia’s southern greater glider.…


Worldwide wildlife populations have declined an average of 69 per cent in the years between 1970 and 2018 the World Wildlife Fund…





Mountain Writers Festival – Australia’s inaugural writers’ festival dedicated solely to the environment, themed ‘Place. Story. Nature.’ Produced by Macedon Ranges Literary…



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