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Melbourne’s youth community radio station SYN Media is hosting an emergency fundraiser to keep the station open. With the pandemic, loss of grant funding and the current cost of living crisis, the station says they’ve struggled to stay afloat. After 20 years of platforming young people’s voices, SYN has only six weeks to save the …
The push for drug-checking services has once again featured in headlines across Australia recently after the tragic deaths of two festivalgoers at Sydney’s Knockout festival in late September. Pill testing has returned promising results as a harm reduction strategy in trial settings in Australia and overseas, and advocates are calling on politicians to consider moving …
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Last month, the Inaugural First Nations Dingo Forum was held in Cairns, with over 20 Nations calling on all levels of government to end lethal control of dingoes and to designate them as a protected species. The animal has proved controversial with some state governments, like New South Wales, where they are treated as pests. …
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A newly published study is urging policymakers to improve contact between parents with lived experience of incarceration and their children by embracing technology in prisons. Researchers from UNSW Canberra, the University of New England and The Australian National University, found better use of technology within the Australian prison system can help to support families within …
A campaign in Western Australia is raising awareness, teaching women and girls about respect and consent. The campaign ‘We are Womxn” works to provide safe spaces to talk about ‘taboo’ subjects and empower women in having these conversations. Story produced by RTRFM Image: Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash Produced By: Danae Gibson Featured In …
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The Voice to Parliament Referendum is just around the corner, and both campaigns are gearing up before Australians go to vote on whether to enshrine a First Nations voice into the Constitution. October 14 will be decision day, and both sides are urging multicultural communities to get involved in the process. Image: Image of Warren …
Voice campaign on its last week urge CALD communities to vote Read More »
A Sunshine Coast mental health clinic has reported a 42% increase in guests presenting with PTSD and C-PTSD over the last 12 months. According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 75% of Australian adults will experience an event that causes psychological trauma within their lifetime. With World Mental Health Day just a few …
Number of Aussies Presenting with PTSD Has Increased, data shows Read More »
Women in Queensland’s carceral system say they felt ‘stripped of their dignity,’ according to a review of strip-searching in women’s prisons, released by Queensland Human Rights Commission last month.The review was conducted in collaboration with Queensland Corrective Services, who say they’re “committed to improving outcomes for incarcerated women…” Amongst 24 recommendations, the review calls for …
Advocate demands immediate halt to strip searching in women’s prisons Read More »