Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day is held each year on 9 September, to promote the importance of staying alcohol-free throughout pregnancy.…
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The Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement last week about plans to expand access to the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP).…
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Cancer Council has welcomed the Australian Department of Health’s decision to maintain current nicotine poison controls to prevent the marketing and sale of novel tobacco products.…
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Conservationists have halted site works on the controversial Riley Creek mine site in takayna/Tarkine this morning, the Bob Brown Foundation said.…
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Last week the Tasmanian government announced a stay of execution on the logging of 10,000 hectares of the Southern Forests of Tasmania, while at the same time, 58,000 hectares more is targeted for logging. This is one step forward and five steps…
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Millions of garment workers around the world have not received their regular wages, or have not been paid at all, for months since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, shows a new report by Clean Clothes Campaign, launched last week.…
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Neville Power has told a Senate hearing that the body lobbied the Prime Minister to use public money to expand the fossil gas industry.…
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Yesterday, the Federal Court of Australia ordered the Minister for Home Affairs to release an elderly man suffering multiple health conditions from Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA), citing the serious risk of infection from COVID-19 in the centre.…
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Plans by Cairns City Council to move on a spectacled flying fox camp in the area has thrust the species into the spotlight again. Do dispersal techniques work, and why should we take an interest in the fate of this often maligned…
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The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) and supporters have called on Cairns candidates to kick start the economy with Reef safe clean energy jobs this state election.…
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