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New data released today shows a strong correlation between reduced access to primary healthcare in rural Australia and high rates of potentially preventable hospitalisations, as well as highlighting the need for increased investment in rural health care. The National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance) is concerned about new rural and remote health data released by … Continued
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Media Alert: Opportunity for vision, images and interviews with key spokespeople When: Tuesday 12th September at dusk (from 6.30 pm Melbourne time) Where: Key Melbourne landmarks will light up yellow for Children’s Cancer Foundation Media requests: Britt Prince, Princepr. 0421 990 863 Children’s Cancer Foundation ‘Light Up September’ initiative Key facts: In 40 years, … Continued
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Hold Onto Life “Prevent A Suicide: What to Say” Media Release 8 September 2023 The Australian Suicide Prevention Foundation has launched a Suicide Prevention campaign to coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day on Sunday10th September. Clinical Associate Professor David Horgan, the founder of the Australian Suicide Prevention Foundation, said the “Prevent A Suicide: What to Say” programme is aimed … Continued
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MEDIA ALERT 7 September 2023 The Salvation Army: Referendum spokespeople Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Captain Stuart Glover* and General Manager for Policy and Advocacy, Jennifer Kirkaldy are available for media interviews in the lead-up to the Voice referendum on October 14. Interviews with representatives from The Salvation Army’s Aboriginal and … Continued
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New data released today by Good360 Australia shows the cost of living crisis and plunging retail sales could be creating Australia’s next environmental crisis. Good360, a charity that delivers unsold new consumer goods to a network of over 3,700 charities and disadvantaged schools, has revealed it has seen a 20% increase in the volume … Continued
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR 6 September 2023 The Voice will make a difference The Salvation Army is one of the biggest providers of social services in Australia. We are a pragmatic movement, not really into empty gestures or performative virtue signalling. I don’t think in our 140-year history in Australia that we have ever … Continued
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Fundraising totals for Shitbox and Mystery Box Rally (Box Rallies) have reached over $40 million for Cancer Council. This record-breaking total comes just 13 years after Shitbox Rally launched. Proudly Cancer Council’s biggest national fundraiser, Shitbox Rally challenges teams of two to drive a car worth less than $1,500k (aka a ‘shitbox’) across Australia’s dusty … Continued
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The City of Sydney has created a new $4.5 million grants program to help organisations distributing food to struggling households as the cost of living soars. Local food relief organisations report demand for help getting food on the table is now higher than during the pandemic, with people forgoing food to pay for housing, … Continued
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As Australia prepares to commemorate National Threatened Species Day on September 7, the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is leading efforts to protect one of its most iconic and endangered species, the Koala. Occurring during Save the Koala Month, this significant day serves as both a reflection of the current state of these beloved marsupials and … Continued
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Today on Indigenous Literacy Day and during Blood Cancer Month, Matthew Doyle, a descendant of the Muruwari people, cultural custodian and knowledge holder, will unite with the Leukaemia Foundation as a voice for First Nations people. Matthew has sadly experienced the darkness of blood cancer when he tragically lost both of his twin sons, Shawn … Continued
