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***MEDIA ALERT*** Rental crisis

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Homelessness NSW CEO Trina Jones and Tenants’ Union NSW CEO Leo Patterson Ross will hold a press conference today on the risks of the government’s rent bidding legislation.   When: 12.45pm   Where: Hospital Road (behind NSW Parliament)   Who: Homelessness NSW CEO Trina Jones and Tenants’ Union NSW CEO Leo Patterson Ross Contact details: … Continued

NSW rental laws will spark bidding wars and push up prices, community sector warns

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Nineteen community organisations have come together to warn the NSW Government’s proposed rent bidding legislation will spark legal rental auctions and further push up prices.   In a letter to the Legislative Assembly Select Committee on the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Rental Fairness) Bill 2023 co-ordinated by Homelessness NSW and the NSW Tenants’ Union, the organisations … Continued

Bowel Cancer Awareness Month starts today!

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Bowel Cancer Australia’s signature event to raise awareness of Australia’s second deadliest cancer and funds for the leading community-funded charity dedicated to prevention, early diagnosis, research, quality treatment and care, so everyone affected by bowel cancer can live their best life.   1-in-15 Australians will be diagnosed with bowel cancer in their lifetime 15,610 people … Continued

Gold Coast Memory Walk & Jog THIS WEEKEND!

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Have you signed up for the Gold Coast Memory Walk & Jog? We are in this together, so if you haven’t signed up yet, there’s still time to register. Sign up online at memorywalk.com.au or at the event on the day. Dementia Australia CEO Maree McCabe AM is encouraging as many local Gold Coast residents … Continued

Sunshine Coast Memory Walk & Jog THIS WEEKEND!

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Have you signed up for the Sunshine Coast Memory Walk & Jog? We are in this together, so if you haven’t signed up yet, there’s still time to register. Sign up online at memorywalk.com.au or at the event on the day. Dementia Australia CEO Maree McCabe AM is encouraging as many local Sunshine Coast residents … Continued

Government must act following child homelessness report

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The NSW Ombudsman’s report on children presenting to specialist homelessness services has found 2,379 children presented to refuges unaccompanied in 2021-22.   This number has not declined over the past three years and only 45% of the 1,072 who needed accommodation received it.   Homelessness NSW CEO Trina Jones said: “These shocking figures show the … Continued

THIS SUNDAY 28 MAY – Brisbane Memory Walk & Jog

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Media Alert    THIS SUNDAY 28 MAY – Brisbane Memory Walk & Jog     What:            Dementia Australia’s Brisbane Memory Walk & Jog    When:           Sunday 28 May from 7:30am    Who:              More than 960 locals participating on the day. People who have been impacted by dementia, their family, friends and carers.     Where:          Rocks Riverside Park, Seventeen … Continued