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- Community, Mental Health
- 10/01/2025
- 18:21
Damien Rider to Arrive in Newcastle Harbour as Part of “Heart of the Sea II” Challenge – this Sunday at 6.30pm
The Australian coastline is as treacherous as it is beautiful. From powerful currents and unpredictable weather to shark-infested waters, the ocean’s dangers are a stark reminder of nature’s untamed force. Yet, it’s within these challenging waters that endurance athlete and mental health advocate Damien Rider is undertaking an extraordinary mission: an 800km aqua bike journey from Coolangatta to Bondi Beach. Starting on January 3, 2025, Damien’s "Heart of the Sea II" is not just a feat of physical endurance but a symbolic tribute to resilience and the unyielding human spirit. Over 13 grueling days, Damien will confront the ocean’s immense…
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- Technology Innovation
- 10/01/2025
- 18:11
Ant Group Extends Partnership with Olympic Tennis Champion Qinwen Zheng as Brand Ambassador
HANGZHOU, China–BUSINESS WIRE– Ant Group today announced the extension of its successful partnership with Qinwen Zheng, the rising tennis legend and Olympic gold medalist.…
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- Education Training, General News
- 10/01/2025
- 15:51
Health courses lead La Trobe’s top university offers
Health has once again dominated La Trobe University's top courses among Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) applicants, cementing its reputation as a leader in world-class health education. More than 1400 hard-working students received offers from LaTrobe today as part of VTAC's January first-round offers. This brings the total number of offers from the University, including November and December rounds, to 6683. LaTrobe has increased its VTAC offers for the third consecutive year between the period of November to January. In addition, the University has made more than 4000 offers to direct applicants. This includes those returning to study after a…
- Environment
- 10/01/2025
- 14:15
COUNCIL FINED FOR POLLUTING SENSITIVE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
Port Stephens Council has been fined $30,000 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for discharging sediment-laden water into a stormwater system that leads to a protected marine sanctuary zone within the Port Stephens–Great Lakes Marine Park. The discharge incident occurred in June 2024 when a pond holding the water collapsed during excavation works at Neil Carroll Park in Nelson Bay, releasing it into the local stormwater system which flows into Marine Park waters near the Fly Point-Corrie Island sanctuary zone. EPA Executive Director of Operations David Gathercole said the incident was concerning given the high sensitivity of nearby waters.…
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- Environment, Science
- 10/01/2025
- 14:09
Breaking bad records: 2024 marks world’s worst heat, climate pollution
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GLOBAL CLIMATE SCIENTISTS have confirmed 2024 was the world’s hottest since records began, eclipsing the previous record set in 2023 and raising alarm that burning fossil fuels has left the planet ‘teetering on the brink’ of breaking the 1.5°C barrier set by the Paris Agreement. Coordinated modelling and analysis produced by experts at NASA, European climate service Copernicus the US weather service NOAA, the UK Met Office, Berkeley Earth and the World Meteorological Organisation finds every year in the past decade has been one of the hottest ten on record. The burning of coal, oil and gas…
- Building Construction
- 10/01/2025
- 13:39
Event Report: “TOKYU KABUKICHO TOWER 2025 New Year’s Eve” held as TOKYU KABUKICHO TOWER ‘s first New Year’s Eve event across multiple floors
About 5,000 people from Japan and abroad celebrate at Kabukicho Cine City Plaza! TOKYO–BUSINESS WIRE– TOKYU KABUKICHO TOWER (hereinafter referred to as the “facility”),…
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- Business Company News, Oil Mining Resources
- 10/01/2025
- 11:35
Challenger Gold Limited – Strategic Placement Completion & Toll Processing Agreement Finalised
Sydney, Australia – 10 January 2025 | Challenger Gold Limited (ASX:CEL) ("Challenger" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the successful completion of a strategic placement and finalisation of a toll processing agreement. This marks several significant steps toward the commercialisation of Challenger’s flagship Hualilan Gold Project in Argentina. Key Highlights: $6.6 Million Strategic Placement: Completed with Inversiones Financieras del Sur S.A. ("IFISA"), part of the Elsztain Group, making Eduardo Elsztain Challenger’s largest shareholder with a 12.7% holding. New Leadership Additions: Eduardo Elsztain to join the Challenger Board as Non-Executive Chairman, and Saul Zang as Non-Executive Director, enhancing international business…
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- Medical Health Aged Care
- 10/01/2025
- 11:01
Estia Health to acquire seven residential aged care homes from Aurrum Aged Care
MEDIA RELEASE Aurrum Aged Care (‘Aurrum’) has accepted an approach from Estia Health to acquire their seven residential aged care homes: Estia Health increases…
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- CharitiesAidWelfare
- 10/01/2025
- 11:00
Richest 1% burn through their annual carbon limit in just 10 days
The richest 1 percent have burned through their share of the annual global carbon budget —the amount of CO2 that can be added to the atmosphere without pushing the world beyond 1.5°C of warming— within the first 10 days of 2025, reveals new Oxfam analysis. In stark contrast, it would take someone from the poorest half of the global population nearly three years (1022 days) to use up their share of the annual global carbon budget. This alarming milestone, dubbed “Pollutocrat Day” by Oxfam, underscores how climate breakdown is disproportionately driven by the super-rich, whose emissions far exceed those of…
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