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New environment proposal welcome, but not enough

The Federal government announced an overhaul of Australia’s environment law protections to act on climate and to reduce animal extinction. Minister for the Environment Tanya Plibersek announced these reforms are part of the Samuel review. However, while the changes are welcomed, experts say it’s not enough. Produced By: Eduardo Jordan Featured In Story: Dr Simon …

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Purple House for the disability community in Brisbane

The Purple Dream House offers a large range of respite activities and services for their clients The organisation offers services to support young Australians with disabilities in Brisbane. Some of these services, including purple house, will be converging in March 2023 for the Annual Disability Connection convention, to encourage education and access to resources into …

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Aboriginal children removal 10.4 times higher: report

A report called Family Matters was released last week, showing Australia is not doing enough to reduce First Nations child removals. The report also shows Aboriginal children are 10.4 times more likely to be removed from their families than non-Indigenous children. To minimise the issue, Aboriginal community-controlled organisations need to have more powers and well …

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