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New study: Pharmacy education needs planetary health focus to boost environmental action

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New Monash University research has found that while pharmacy students understand pharmacists’ role in planetary health, many struggle to apply these principles in practice or link issues like antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to equity and social justice, signalling a critical gap in healthcare education. Published in UK journal, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, the study evaluated … Continued

Volcanic bubbles help foretell the fate of coral in more acidic seas

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By 2100 Australian and global coral reef communities will be slow to recover, less complex, and dominated by fleshy algae, as high carbon dioxide changes ocean chemistry.  An international study published today in Communications Biology has used unique coral reefs in Papua New Guinea to determine the likely impact of ocean acidification on coral reefs in the … Continued

Goodna Salvation Army Community Christmas Celebration 25 Nov 2025 – Premier David Crisafulli will be in attendance from 11-12noon

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Media Release The Salvation Army Goodna Christmas Community Celebration Brings Hope and Joy to Hundreds The Salvation Army Goodna is preparing to host its annual Christmas Community Celebration, a tradition that has brought festive cheer to the region for more than a decade. Over the past three years, the event has grown significantly to meet … Continued

Medical Colleges Pitch Training Overhaul to End Rural Specialist Shortage

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Australia’s peak medical specialist training bodies are urging the federal government to establish dedicated regional specialist training centres, warning the current system is failing to produce enough specialist doctors for rural and regional communities.  The proposed training hubs would allow doctors to complete the same high-quality specialist training in regional areas that they currently must … Continued

ACOSS calls for removal of new powers to withhold income support

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The Federal Government should remove Schedule 5 from the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill, ACOSS said today.   The Bill includes some positive reforms to debt waivers, which are long overdue and which we support.   But under Schedule 5, the Home Affairs Minister would be able to cancel a person’s income support … Continued

MEDIA ALERT: “OCEAN” Screening TOMORROW Highlights World Heritage Opportunity for the Great Australian Bight

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Monday 24 November 2025   South Australian parliamentarians, scientists, and ocean advocates will gather in Adelaide TOMORROW on Tuesday 25 November for a special parliamentary screening of OCEAN with David Attenborough, celebrating the significance of the Southern Ocean and the campaign to secure UNESCO World Heritage listing for the Nullarbor and Great Australian Bight.   … Continued

25 years of UN promises to elevate and strengthen Palestinian women’s voices in peacebuilding have failed, says Oxfam

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UN member states have wasted 25 years of potential by largely ignoring the crucial role that Palestinian women and girls should have played in building peace in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT), says Oxfam. In a new report, ‘Arming Injustice with Impunity‘, published in the wake of the October 31 anniversary marking 25 years since the … Continued

Official launch of Sydney’s 2025 Christmas program

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WHAT:            Lord Mayor Clover Moore will announce details of the City of Sydney’s 2025 Christmas program in front of NSW’s tallest Christmas tree at Martin Place.   The City of Sydney’s celebrations include a series of free events, a new Christmas Fair, markets, choirs, trees and lights bringing festive cheer … Continued