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A UN committee has found the Australian and WA governments potentially breached racial discrimination conventions, over the handling of Aboriginal cultural heritage issues. A complaint was lodged in August 2021, under the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. About a year after Rio Tinto destroyed the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara. The …
The third Jim Chalmers Budget has had a pretty lukewarm reception with Cost of Living measures judged to be not enough, and some concerns about whether the Budget spending would, in fact aggravate the objective of bringing down inflation. The tax changes due July 1st are designed to combat ‘bracket creep’, but this and a …
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The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has urged the Victorian Government to implement a pill testing trial. This comes in response to recent recommendations and an increase in illicit drug overdoses. Many states in Australia such as Queensland have announced mobile pill testing as well as ACT implementing pill testing across music festivals …
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The Federal government has announced a plan to increase First Nations home ownership in remote Indigenous communities. The National Rural Health Alliance has welcomed the decision, and believes this plan is a key step towards improving the overall health and wellbeing of First Nations peoples. Image: Photo by Joshua Leong on Unsplash Produced By: Joelle …
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The Federal Government has announced a new strategy for Australia’s migration system that seeks to solve national issues with skilled individuals. According to Settlement Services International, recognition of skill and experience has been insufficient. The Wire’s Calvin Lee asked SSI’s Head of Research and Policy, Dr Tadgh McMahon what this strategy means for migrant roles …
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Climate action is one of the biggest challenges we’re facing, and in Australia, the community wants a better plan to tackle the issue. A grassroots group called the Faith Ecology Network has written to the Federal Environment Minister, Tania Plibersek, urging greater protection of the environment. Environmental protest is gaining momentum across faith groups and …
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In a new youth survey by Mission Australia, Young people are deeply concerned about environmental issues. Almost a quarter of respondents express significant personal concern about climate change. The survey reveals that after the environment, equity and discrimination and economic matters are also high-priority issues. The challenges faced by young people, including mental health, and …
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Today the Federal government issued an apology to both thalidomide survivors and their families for the oversight that led to the wave of birth defects in the late 1950s and early 1960s. These birth defects included absence of limbs, malformed internal organs and spinal issues. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton both …