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Australia is facing its steepest rental price increase since 2004, causing difficulties for students across the country to secure accommodation. A 2022 Finder survey reveals 13% of Australians, or roughly 2.6 million people, have moved back in with their families, due to financial difficulties. Reports state that because of limited properties on the market, landlords …
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Research from health and medical research institutes shows Australian kids spend more time indoors on digital devices, than they do playing outdoors with a quarter of them considered overweight. The Heart Foundation is calling on schools to help improve kids’ physical fitness in its Jump Rope for Heart program and is supporting a new study …
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Over the last three years, Australia has been affected by wild weather, and farmers are one of the most affected sectors. Farmers need to start thinking about resilience and sustainable farming processes going along with the weather. Farmers for Climate Action is launching a series of farm training across regional New South Wales, from Wingham, …
Indigenous Australians now have the opportunity to register and document instances of racism with the Call it Out Campaign Register. The Call It Out Register provides an online mechanism for First Nations Australians to anonymously report instances of direct or systemic racial discrimination they may have experienced or witnessed. Story published by Ngaarda Media Produced …
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This week, outside the Australian Superannuation Association conference hosted in Brisbane, Market Forces organised the ‘Super Dirty Awards’, shaming super companies who are not achieving their climate targets. This year, Equipsuper, Colonial First State, and REST received the award because of their lack of action against these targets. Image: Comedian Deborah Hart as ‘Coral Bleach’ …
In remote Northern Territory, some piles of legacy waste have sat in sites for up to 100 years without pathways for removal. Researchers from Charles Darwin University have identified a range of possible solutions and developed frameworks for estimating waste removal costs. The outback-based study examined landfill sites for five communities in the West Arnhem …
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Today the headquarters of Australia’s big four banks received some fake inflatable dolphins in protest for funding projects from energy company Santos. The energy company is facing accusations this month from a whistleblower about an oil spill in north Western Australia, allegedly killing marine life. Market Forces is behind the protest, and is demanding banks and financial institutions fund …
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Dozens face re-detention after the Australian Government passed a bill a couple of weeks ago, with refugee advocates and lawyers saying the legislation has had a disastrous effect on those who have just begun re-entering the community. Around 160 people were released from detention over Christmas due to a full federal court case ruling …