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Category: Community Environment

Belonging: The Heartbeat of SydWest’s 40-Year Journey

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Key Facts: SydWest Multicultural Services, founded in 1985 in Western Sydney, has grown from a small community initiative to a leading multicultural service provider. The organisation provides comprehensive support services including settlement assistance, aged care, disability support, youth programmes and women’s initiatives. Led by CEO Elfa Moraitakis, SydWest focuses on culturally responsive and community-driven programmes … Continued

SydWest Marks 40 Years of Building Belonging

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Key Facts: SydWest Multicultural Services to celebrate 40th anniversary alongside AGM on 27 November 2025 in Parramatta Organisation has supported migrants and refugees since 1985 with settlement, aged care, disability, youth and women’s services Celebration event will feature VIPs including First Assistant Secretary Sneha Chatterjee and former board members Event to be held at Novotel … Continued

Civil society calls for urgent action on the National Anti-Racism Framework

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One year after the Australian Human Rights Commission launched the country’s first national roadmap to eliminate racism, 54 civil society organisations are calling on the Australian government to urgently fund and implement the National Anti-Racism Framework. Released by in November 2024 following extensive community consultation, the Framework outlines 63 recommendations for a whole-of-society approach to … Continued

Willoughby’s Active Travel Program wins NSW Award

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Willoughby City Council’s Resilient Willoughby Primary School Active Travel Program has been recognised at the NSW Planning Institute of Australia’s Planning Excellence Awards for leadership in stakeholder engagement.   The award acknowledges the program’s commitment to community-led planning and its success in encouraging safe walking and cycling to school across the region.   What began … Continued

EXPERT: Rural and remote health inequalities ‘unacceptable’

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EXPERT: Rural and remote health inequalities ‘unacceptable’ 25 NOVEMBER 2025   Who: Menzies School of Health Research Associate Professor Alexandra Edelman  Topics:  Health policy and improving health systems in regional, rural and remote populations in Australia  Contact details: Call +61 8 8946 6721 or email [email protected] to arrange an interview.  Quotes attributable to Associate Professor Alexandra Edelman:  “The health and health system inequities we … Continued

COP30 falls short, offering a ‘spark of hope but far more heartbreak’ – Oxfam Australia

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In response to the outcome of COP30, Oxfam Australia Policy and Advocacy Lead Josie Lee says:  “Australia made some incremental progress at COP30, but the biggest barrier to meaningful climate action remains unchanged: developed countries like ours are still failing to provide the climate funding low-income countries urgently need. Australia built its wealth on coal … Continued

Coeur to Participate in Upcoming Conferences

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CHICAGO–BUSINESS WIRE– Coeur Mining, Inc.’s (“Coeur” or the “Company”) (NYSE: CDE) Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Thomas S. Whelan, will participate in the Bank of America Leveraged Finance Conference on Tuesday, December 2, 2025. Additionally, the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mitchell J. Krebs, will present at the Scotiabank Mining Conference … Continued

Taking blue carbon from Hunter Valley swamps to the islands of Fiji

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Key Facts: – UNSW Professor leading the way on intiatives to store carbon in wetland environments – Past work has helped restore badly damaged environments across Australia – Latest project aims to restore coastal habitats in Fiji with ‘floating mangroves’ Growing up among the estuaries of New York state, studying abroad on Australia’s coastline, and … Continued