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This Saturday at 7am, a determined group of 3,300 Gold Coast locals will embark on an epic adventure, taking on The Kokoda Challenge, also known as Australia’s toughest team endurance event. Participants will push their limits through the grueling 30km, 48km, or 96km course, aiming to complete it within an impressive 39-hour timeframe. The 19th … Continued
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New research[1] reveals that over four million Australians[2] are currently living in ‘hygiene poverty’, with more than 1 in 7 (15%) recently skipping buying essential personal hygiene or household cleaning products because they were unable to afford them. The research into the cost-of-living crisis, conducted by leading charity Good360 Australia, also highlights that 1 in … Continued
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Grace Workplace Solutions, the commercial moving division of Grace Removals, is proud to announce an exciting new collaboration with the Gunnai and Waradjuri artist Robert Michael Young. As part of the NAIDOC week celebrations and aligned with a long-standing commitment to support The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF), Grace commissioned Robert Young to reproduce his original … Continued
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Media release | Friday, 5 July 2024 Seven months after the Hill Report provided a blueprint for root and branch reform of the employment services system, the Government’s response has failed to address the harm people experience and the urgent need for change. “The current employment services model is inflicting serious harm while failing to … Continued
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Children from developing countries unable to access critical and complex surgery at home, are getting treated and staying with their families in a home-away-from-home in Melbourne. Children First Foundation facilitates life changing and often life-saving surgery in Australia when a child’s home country is not equipped to provide the complex care the child needs. Now … Continued
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220 high-school girls from right across Australia have received life-changing scholarships as part of the Harding Miller Education Foundation’s Awards for 2024. Harding Miller Scholarships are provided to female students who show high academic potential and who are currently experiencing low socioeconomic circumstances. Award ceremonies have now been held in capital cities across … Continued
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The Kokoda Challenge, annual charity event that honours the legacy of the Australian Diggers who fought in the Kokoda Campaign during 1942, is returning to Lake Macquarie on Saturday 12th October, 2024. Last year the event saw 500 people hike distances of up to 48 kilometres, raising over $90,000 for local youth programs. Teams … Continued
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Ten-year-old Tim, from Melbourne, stepped up to the podium at Parliament House in Canberra today alongside five other children with hearing loss from across Australia and New Zealand. They were there for the annual Power of Speech event, which aims to challenge perceptions among decision makers of what’s possible for children who are deaf or … Continued
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Empowering change: Data#3 teams up with SolarBuddy to illuminate futures and end energy poverty July 3, 2024; Brisbane, Australia: Leading Australian technology services and solutions provider, Data#3, is proud to announce that it has named its national charity partner for FY25 as SolarBuddy, an impact organisation that unites a global community to illuminate the futures … Continued
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Bowel cancer screening from 45 starts today Australians aged 45-49 can now opt-in to the NBCSP Bowel cancer screening age lowered from 50 to 45. Since 2018, Bowel Cancer Australia has advocated for screening from age 45. AIHW study found NBCSP participants diagnosed with bowel cancer had a 40% lower risk of dying from … Continued
