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International Childhood Cancer Day highlights blood cancer as the biggest cancer threat to Australian children

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Blood cancer is the most commonly diagnosed childhood cancer in Australia[i] – and its growing impact is robbing far too many young Australians of the normal childhood they deserve. Leukaemia and lymphoma together account for almost half of all cancers diagnosed in those under the age of 19[ii], making blood cancer the single greatest cancer … Continued

Spirits fly high as Mardi Gras season begins

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The 2026 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festivities have kicked off with the raising of the Progress Pride flag above Sydney Town Hall.   During the Mardi Gras celebrations until Sunday 1 March, the globally recognised emblem of LGBTIQA+ pride will remain in place on top of the landmark.   The City of Sydney … Continued

Greater Western Water takes support beyond the counter and into the Wyndham community this March

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13 February 2026 Greater Western Water is bringing its Customer Care Days to Wyndham throughout March. Sessions will be held across Tarneit, Manor Lakes, Werribee, Truganina, Taylors Lakes and Point Cook, with more than 100 additional events planned across the Greater Western Water service region over the remainder of the calendar year. By embedding employees … Continued

Another coal approval, more climate harm for Australians

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13TH FEBRUARY 2026 The Albanese Government’s approval of the expansion and extension of Queensland’s Middlemount Coal Mine will lock in millions of tonnes of additional climate pollution and intensify heatwaves, bushfires, floods and cyclones. This is the Albanese Government’s 35th fossil fuel approval. The approval will allow Middlemount Coal Mine to continue extracting up … Continued

Submissions reopened for inquiry into link between domestic, family and sexual violence and suicide

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The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs has reopened submissions until Friday, 13 March 2026 for its inquiry into the relationship between domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) and suicide. Chair of the Committee, Ms Louise Miller-Frost MP, said “the Committee wants to ensure that the community and the sector have ample opportunity to contribute to this inquiry … Continued

Official ceremony to kick off Mardi Gras celebrations

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WHAT:            The City of Sydney will host the official ceremony to mark the start of Mardi Gras celebrations.                           The Progress Pride flag raising ceremony will be held at Sydney Town Hall.   In celebration of the Mardi Gras 2026 theme – ECSTATICA – leading members of the LGBTIQA+ communities have been invited to … Continued

International Childhood Cancer Day highlights blood cancer as the biggest cancer threat to Australian children

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Blood cancer is the most commonly diagnosed childhood cancer in Australia[i] – and its growing impact is robbing far too many young Australians of the normal childhood they deserve. Leukaemia and lymphoma together account for almost half of all cancers diagnosed in those under the age of 19[ii], making blood cancer the single greatest cancer … Continued

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan ignores drought, fires, low bird numbers and Indigenous culture by calling a 2026 recreational duck shooting season.

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Premier Jacinta Allan is commended for initiating the First Nations Treaty, but calling a 2026 recreationalduck shooting season shows a profound disregard for Victoria’s First Nations peoples and their waterbirdsby allowing a small number of thrill-seeking duck shooters (only 0.2% of the Victorian population) to blasttheir birds out of the sky for fun. Victoria is … Continued

New Chapter for Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Services as The Salvation Army Expands to Multiple Community Sites

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12 February 2026   New Chapter for Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Services as The Salvation Army Expands to Multiple Community Sites   The Salvation Army is entering an exciting new chapter, announcing the relocation of its long-standing residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation program to two new sites.   The relocation to Berkeley Vale and Morisset … Continued

Sydney saddles up for the Year of the Horse

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Thousands of Sydney residents, visitors and workers will enjoy more than 2 weeks of family-friendly music, feasts and performances as celebrations welcoming the Lunar New Year kick off in Sydney.   The Sydney Lunar Festival will include a bigger Sydney Lunar Streets featuring its own carousel, a 43m walk-through lantern installation with more than 750 … Continued