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Babies’ Welcome to Country an important event for First Nations families

A First Nations organisation in Brisbane has recently hosted a ceremony welcoming babies to country. The aim of the ceremony is to celebrate the newest members of the community, and to commit to teaching them to be strong, prosperous, and proud. The organisation, Inala ‘Wangarra’, meaning ‘One People’, provides culturally safe social, health and human …

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Housing crisis impacts spreads to construction

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The housing crisis has become one of the most controversial topics of the year. This week, the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Governor Phillip Lowe recommended that Australians have more people living in a household to minimise the housing crisis. Also, some construction businesses across the nation are going into administration, leaving some Australians in debt …

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Third Gold Coast Pride Festival celebrates its colourful expansion

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The Gold Coast Pride Festival will kick off this Saturday, bursting with vibrancy, events, and a lot of glitter.Currently in its third year, the Gold Coast Pride has expanded considerably and now offers an event for the whole family.For some communities, the Gold Coast Pride provides inspiration to host events, particularly for those in regional …

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Calls for improved employment for people with disability

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2018 revealed that 1.1 million Australians with a disability between the ages of 15 and 64 were in the workforce. Discrimination and lack of information are some of the reasons companies do not employ people with a disability. Organisations are calling on Federal government to change the Disability Employment …

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Indebted: students paying off degrees for decades

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A new report by the National Tertiary Education Union shows repayment periods for some university degrees may extend up to 44 years. The report called ‘Future of Graduate Debt’, suggests four year degrees could end up costing more than $100, 000 and take the average student more than four decades to pay off. The study …

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Electric Aussie Utes set to hit the road

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Australia, along with Russia is the only country in the developed world not to have a Fuel Efficiency Standard. Today the Federal Government closes its submissions round on ideas to achieve the standard, the next step will be to reveal its conclusions in December. One issue fairly unique to the Australian vehicle market is the …

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A third of volunteers have not come back

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Lockdowns, caring commitments and changed work arrangements affected volunteer organisations as people became less able to make it in to help during the pandemic. Now research has shown that although numbers could have been expected to bounce back – they haven’t; a third are missing, often the younger people. Although many people still volunteer in …

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$70 million for eating disorders and mental health

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On Monday the Albanese government announced $70 million of funding in grants for innovative programs targeting eating disorders and childhood mental health. In Australia, an estimated one million plus people are living with eating disorders. This funding has reached organisations such as the University of Sydney’s InsideOut Institute and the National Eating Disorders Collaboration, and …

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