The Central Coast’s Iris Foundation has distributed some helpful tips for mental wellbeing during the current COVID spike in Greater Sydney. “The return of lockdowns has also meant an uptick in uncertainty and anxiety for many, especially young people,” the Foundation suggests. “It’s healthy and important to acknowledge the disappointment […]
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Artists from across Australia are invited to submit works for the Central Coast’s premier art awards – the Gosford Art Prize – with entries now open. A recorded breaking 900 artists competed for the $25,000 prize pool in 2020 and even more artists are expected to submit works this year. […]
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A voluntary change to accounting practices adopted by the first Central Coast Council Administrator in 2016 was disastrous for the new council and must be examined as part of the Public Inquiry being conducted by Roslyn McCulloch. Chair of the Community Environment Network (CEN), Mr Gary Chestnut, said the group […]
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The lockdown support package announced on July 13 by the Federal and NSW governments excludes people on the lowest incomes: people receiving JobSeeker, Youth Allowance and other payments even though so many are locked out of trying to find paid work in lockdown, according to the Australian Council of Social […]
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People worldwide celebrate the magnificence and importance of sharks and rays on July 14. According to the Australian Marine Conservation Society Australia is home to one-quarter of the world’s shark and ray species. Half of our 322 species are unique or endemic to Australian waters – that means they’re found nowhere else […]
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How can a national government of any stripes play politics with a four-year-old Australian-born child? By Jackie Pearson The Sri Lankan Murugappan family has been knocked off the daily news cycle by ‘the’ virus but their safety and peace of mind continuous to be shamefully tenuous. This article is an […]
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A new report by Jubilee Australia has found that Australia’s export credit agency has given around 80 times more financing to fossil fuels than to renewables. And that trend could continue, as Trade Minister Tehan on 24 June announced forthcoming changes to legislation which could give EFA even more ways […]
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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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