AID organisations, including Save the Children, have called on governments to give a single day’s military spending to fight hunger. Only 26 hours of global military spending is enough to cover the $US5.5 billion ($AU7.1 billion) needed to help those most at…
Thai authorities should immediately release pro-democracy activists detained on charges of insulting the monarchy, Human Rights Watch said today. Prominent Thammasat University students Parit Chiwarak and Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul have been on hunger strike to protest their pre-trial detention, for 35 days and 21…
FISHCARE Victoria is a community-operated not-for-profit working to promote responsible fishing practices and increased stewardship of Victoria’s aquatic environments, funded through the Recreational Fishing Licence trust fund. Enthusiastic volunteers operate with regional groups across Victoria, from Warrnambool in the west to Ballarat…
The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute is currently seeking to reform Tasmania’s laws around gay conversion therapy. These reforms will seek to ban sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) conversion practices. Tasmania has an interesting history with LGBTQI+ rights. After relentless campaigning from…
This Starlight Day, Friday 7 May, Starlight Children’s Foundation (Starlight) needs your help to raise $650,000 to give happiness to thousands of sick kids and their families. As Starlight’s biggest national fundraising day, Starlight Day celebrates the positive impact its vital services…
The Heart Foundation has launched a program to motivate more people to take up regular walking, as new research reveals Australians’ alarmingly high complacency about physical activity and heart health. In a Heart Foundation survey of more than 7,000 Australian adults, two in three…
The latest scientific assessment confirms how badly the world is going in the quest for a safe climate and should prompt Australia to slash climate pollution this decade, the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) said yesterday. The Climate Council’s new report warns climate change…
Several targeted vaccine programs introduced to the Australian National Immunisation Program (NIP) last year exposed the limitations of the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR), according to the authors of a perspective article published by the Medical Journal of Australia. Dr Jane Tuckerman, from the Murdoch…
The Union for higher education staff spoke out yesterday at the Senate Inquiry into insecure work, saying that while exploitative and insecure employment models are spreading through the rest of the economy, higher education has been the stronghold of precarious employment for…
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 young people who have experienced barriers to…
