Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be among the hardest hit by the impacts of climate change despite contributing the least to climate change. The First Nations Climate Justice Panel is an all-Indigenous panel supported by Emergency Leaders for Climate Action (ELCA). They have published a summary of the […]
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, June Oscar AO, has written an opinion piece for The Australian for NAIDOC Week. Commissioner Oscar spoke about this year’s theme, ‘Heal Country!,’ and the need for a national response to supporting First Nations communities to live on country. “At the beginning […]
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Black Dog Institute will collaborate with more than 100 leading investigators across research, consumer and peak bodies, and industry partners to transform clinical trials in adult mental health, as part of an Australian-first network. The Mental Health Australia General Clinical Trials Network (MAGNET) is a new mental health clinical research […]
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The Federal Environment Department has drafted a National Recovery Plan for the Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) (combined populations of Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory). It is proposed that this plan be made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). Comments on this draft […]
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The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has called on the Federal Government to reverse its decision to increase job search requirements from July 1to 20 job applications per month as standard for most people in jobactive and online employment services. ACOSS CEO Dr Cassandra Goldie said: “It doesn’t make […]
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The Australian Conservation Foundation is encouraging individuals to halt the Morrison Government’s plans to hand millions of dollars in public money to gas companies to frack the Northern Territory’s precious Beetaloo Basin. Gavan McFadzean, ACF’s Climate Change Program Manager described the area as a vast cultural landscape of tropical savanna […]
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Torres Strait Islanders are among hundreds of millions of people worldwide who are at risk of being displaced by rising sea levels caused by climate change. A new study released in the peer reviewed journal Nature Communications has found that 267 million people worldwide live on land less than two […]
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Peak social services organisations urged the NSW Government to ensure the state’s most vulnerable populations and community services workers were supported during the current COVID lockdown. NSW Council of Social Services (NCOSS) and Homelessness NSW welcomed swift moves to ensure rough sleepers could be moved into hotels until 12 July, […]
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A new report has ranked Australia last for climate action out of the 193 member states of the United Nations. The latest edition of the annual Sustainable Development Report, produced by the UN-backed Sustainable Development Solutions Network, assessed countries’ performance. Under Sustainable Development Goal 13, Climate Action, it assessed progress […]
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Joshua Maxwell, Artistic Director of Jopuka Production’s latest play, Summer at Suspended Stone Camp, talks to The Point hours before opening night about the year-long journey to put this brand-new play on stage. By Jackie Pearson “After almost a year now of planning it is opening night,” says a breathless […]
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