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UNESCO-listed rice-fish-duck ecosystem benefits SW China’s Guizhou

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GUIYANG, China, Sept. 19, 2024 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/– Congjiang County, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, home to many ethnic groups, inherits an ancient and charming traditional Chinese agriculture — vast expanses of mountain slopes carved into rice paddies where rice, fish and ducks flourish in co-existence.   The agricultural feat of growing one season of rice, keeping a … Continued

The generous legacy helping thousands of lives

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Thanks to generous donations to the Eastern Health Foundation, Box Hill Hospital has received a new PET Scanner. The new PET Scanner will help thousands of people each year, to receive detailed images, crucial in diagnosing and staging various conditions, leading to more targeted and effective treatment. Through a dedicated fundraising campaign, the Eastern Health … Continued

Bitget Research Report Highlights TON Ecosystem Transaction Volume Surged 1800% in Under Six Months

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VICTORIA, Seychelles, Sept. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has released an extensive report outlining the current state and development traction of the TON ecosystem, while highlighting its existing shortcomings and potential future threats. The report by Bitget starts by mentioning TON’s 900 million active user base, mostly … Continued

HESTA welcomes super on paid parental leave

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19 September 2024   Attributable to HESTA CEO Debby Blakey:   We are thrilled that the Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Adding Superannuation for a More Secure Retirement) Bill 2024 has finally been passed by Parliament and will take effect from next July.     For more than a decade, HESTA and other voices in the … Continued

The summer countdown is ticking towards increased loads of tiny, unsafe airborne particulates in our built and work environments

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By Michael Fisher*   The familiar whiff of smoke from bushfire reduction burnoffs is sending a signal to building and business operators around Australia to prepare for a “new normal” of more airborne hazards affecting our built environment and workplaces this spring and summer.   Large parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory, the south-west … Continued

Eating disorder experts from Australia and around the world unite in Melbourne for first-of-its-kind event

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On 25 September, eating disorder experts and advocates from around the world will gather in Melbourne for the launch of the Consortium for Research in Eating Disorders (CoRe-ED), a first-of-its-kind international initiative dedicated to advancing treatments for eating disorders.   The launch will be held at Monash University’s Parkville campus and brings together Federal and … Continued

EPA INVESTS OVER HALF A BILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD A CIRCULAR FUTURE

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Over the last decade, the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has awarded more than half a billion dollars in grants helping industry, councils, businesses, universities and community groups deliver more than 3,000 projects. The funding has been invested in a diverse range of projects to restore, protect and enhance the NSW environment. NSW EPA Acting … Continued

Disability Sector Outrage – Victorian Government and Labor Refuse Support for Victoria’s Largest Disability Event in History Next Month at the MCEC

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“As a person living with disability (PWD) with over 30 years of experience working in the disability sector, I created, shape and deliver with thousands of PWD, my fellow cofounder Mr Mike Clark, organisations and providers, Victoria’s largest, free, disability event for the community every year, via the Disability Connection Expo, held at the MCEC … Continued