Australia

Community Organisations urging Youth Homelessness Reforms

A coalition of over 80 national community organisations is urging the Federal Government to implement greater measures to tackle youth homelessness. New data has revealed over 37,000 children and young people approached homelessness services in the past year, with a staggering 44 percent of those youths remaining homeless. Image: Image Credit: Pexels / Keira Burton …

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Beyond medication: Doctors embracing runs for health

More people are now looking at alternative ways of healing besides medication. A phenomenon called Social prescribing is a prescription for things beyond medicine, like going for a walk or getting help with finances, to improve health. This approach is gaining support worldwide, focusing on individual needs and building community connections for better health. Image: …

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Beach safety in Australia: Amrita Govekar’s inspirational journey

Amrita Govekar lost her brother in a drowning incident at a beach in Victoria seven years ago during a family holiday. Since this incident, Amrita has co-founded the Hemant Govekar Foundation to spread the awareness of water safety and swimming safely. Amrita is recording this at the same beach were her brother passed away. Image: …

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First Indigenous voice election: South Australians decide

Indigenous South Australians will head to the polls on the weekend for the state’s first Voice to Parliament election.The state government has committed to implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart, an agreement which also sparked the national voice to parliament referendum last year.Greens Senator and Indigenous Affairs spokesperson, Dorinda Cox, says this weekend signals …

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Teachers boycott science forum over Lockheed Martin

The United Nations today observe the Day for Disarmament Awareness, promoting disarmament as a pathway for peace and understanding. In 2021, global military spending reached $2.1 trillion dollars. Today, an organisation wants to boycott the National Youth Science Forum for having global defence company Lockheed Martin as a major partner. Teachers for Peace claims the …

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Australian Aid to Ukraine

As the war in Ukraine wears on, the defence continues to seek help through any and all avenues around the world. Australia has already provided millions in military-grade hardware, such as Javelin missiles, assistance packages, armoured personnel carriers and tanks in the value of hundreds of millions. Recently, the Australian Defense Force retired their Taipan …

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