
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reported that only 208 adoptions were recorded nationally in 2023. Experts say these figures are concerning, as it’s the lowest ever on record. AIHW’s report highlights that in…
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Health advocates

Image: 19-year old Aleuca Angel, R U OK? A new campaign aims to open-up conversations among young people, in light of new survey made up of over 1,000 young Australians across metro and regional areas…
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The Australian Football League is pleased to announce the Children’s Cancer Foundation will be the official charity partner of the upcoming AFL Gather Round – A Festival of Football will be held in South Australia from 13 -16 April. Partnering with the AFL since 2014, the Children’s Cancer Foundation aims…

Today, 53 Australians will hear the words “you have blood cancer”. This includes leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma. By 2035, that number is expected to double. Today, The Leukaemia Foundation has praised the brave and remarkable Australians who will stand in solidarity with more than 135,000 people living with blood…
Environmental defenders

Koala Alliance Victoria, an alliance of koala protection groups, will launch on Wednesday 3 May, Wild Koala Day, to advocate for Victoria’s…

The Australian Marine Conservation Society, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Save Our Marine Life Alliance have this week welcomed the completion…

A new report released this week by the Doctors for the Environment Australia and the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia shines a spotlight on…

An exciting new partnership between the Federal Government and the Minderoo Foundation will transform how we monitor the health of Australian Marine…

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…
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Ryan Fritz started The Advocate in 2014 to provide not-for-profits and charities another media platform to tell their worthwhile hard news stories and opinion pieces effortlessly. In 2020, Ryan formed a team of volunteer journalists to help spread even more high-quality stories from the third sector. He also has over 10 years experience as a media and communications professional for not-for-profits and charities and currently works at Redkite, a childhood cancer charity.