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- Environment
- 16/03/2026
- 06:13
WinDC and Armada Join Forces to Turn Australia’s Renewable Energy Advantage into a Global AI Hub
Australia’s first portable AI factory has arrived in Australia, built on clean energy that the national grid cannot absorb and positioned to attract global technology investment to Australian soil SYDNEY & SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE-- WinDC today announced a strategic partnership with Armada to deploy Australia’s first network of portable AI factories powered by renewable energy. The partnership is designed to position Australia as a destination for global technology investment, using the country’s vast clean energy resources to power AI computing infrastructure that the world’s biggest technology companies are actively looking to build. The first unit is already on Australian soil.…
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- Medical Health Aged Care
- 16/03/2026
- 06:00
Surviving childhood cancer is not enough – 20+ national organisations call for lifelong support for survivors
Key Facts: Around 20,000 Australians who survived childhood and adolescent cancer require lifelong care, with numbers expected to rise 20% in the next decade 80% of childhood cancer survivors experience at least one long-term health problem, with mortality rates up to 10 times higher than their peers Current survivorship care is fragmented and inadequately funded, with support often ending when patients leave the paediatric system More than 20 national organisations have united to demand comprehensive, whole-person care plans and sustainable support systems for survivors National health, research and advocacy organisations have united to demand lifelong care for childhood and adolescent…
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- General News, Medical Health Aged Care
- 16/03/2026
- 06:00
Thousands of Australian children are suffering serious older people’s health symptoms
-Specialists call for earlier diagnosis of juvenile arthritis- 16 March 2026 Symptoms generally associated with older adults, such as joint inflammation, chronic pain and vision loss, are affecting thousands of Australian children and young adults. The warning comes amid a push for earlier diagnosis of potentially crippling juvenile arthritis, an incurable childhood autoimmune disease that remains widely misunderstood.1 A diagnosis of juvenile arthritis (correctly termed juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)), takes an average of 10 months, but for some children it can take years – putting them at risk of lifelong pain and disability. Juvenile Arthritis Foundation Australia (JAFA), the Australian…
- Environment, General News
- 16/03/2026
- 01:00
Population sustainability advocate Paul Ehrlich, co-author of ‘The Population Bomb’, dies at 93
Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) is mourning the death of Paul Ehrlich, aged 93, co-author with his wife Anne of the 1968 seminal book The Population Bomb. Dr Paul R Ehrlich was former Professor Emeritus ofPopulation Studiesat Stanford University’s Department of Biology. Ehrlich was a panellist on the ABC program ‘QandA’ in 2015, advocating on behalf of a sustainable population. SPA patrons Bob Carr and Tim Flannery were also past panellists on the program. SPA experts are available for further comment Peter Strachan – National President, Sustainable Population Australia Email: [email protected]: 0412 400 952 (available after 06:30am AWST) Quotes attributable to…
- Finance Investment, Property Real Estate
- 15/03/2026
- 22:26
Australians Can Now Co-own Holiday Homes from $175K as Brisbane Proptech Pioneers Fractional Ownership
Key Facts: Brisbane proptech Copay launches fractional ownership platform allowing Australians to co-own premium holiday homes from $175,000 Co-ownership model offers 1/8 share (44…
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- Education Training, Finance Investment
- 15/03/2026
- 21:56
Skills to help ease the cost of living burden
Key Facts: Short courses are emerging as a low-cost, high-impact upskilling option for workers seeking to increase income and job security without long-term study…
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- CharitiesAidWelfare
- 15/03/2026
- 18:21
Rural mothers’ conference in Toowoomba draws 350 women as agribusiness Elders signs on as first workplace partner
More than 350 rural mothers from across Queensland and Australia have gathered in Toowoomba for the 2026 Motherland National Conference, marking one of the…
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- CharitiesAidWelfare, Government WA
- 15/03/2026
- 18:10
***MEDIA ALERT*** New data reveals a shocking shortage of youth crisis accommodation and young people sleeping rough across Perth
***MEDIA ALERT*** WACOSS, Mission Australia WA, Vinnies WA, YACWA, Shelter WA, WA Alliance to End Homelessness New data reveals a shocking shortage of youth crisis accommodation and young people sleeping rough across Perth A coalition of WA housing peak bodies, frontline services and young people will hold a press conference to discuss the state’s hidden youth homelessness crisis. WHO: Kaya and Sully, lived experience advocates Elise Jorgensen, Mission Australia WA Louise Giolitto, WA Council of Social Service (WACOSS) Kylie Wallace, CEO Youth Affairs Council of WA Alicia Keenan, Youth Affairs Council of WA Ann Curran, CEO Vinnies Emily Williams, WA…
- Finance Investment, Transport Automotive
- 15/03/2026
- 08:15
Oil shock pumps the brakes on transport sector and nation’s SMEs
Australia’s small and medium businesses are facing a sharp increase in cost pressures as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East drive volatility in global…
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