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Australians severely underestimating financial and environmental cost of food waste

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Planet Ark is encouraging Australian households to save themselves money and improve their environmental footprint this National Recycling Week by reducing food waste to landfill.   The call-to-action comes as research carried out on behalf of the environmental not-for-profit revealed households are not only vastly underestimating the costs of wasting food, but also mostly unaware … Continued

Final public hearing at NSW gay hate crimes Inquiry

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The Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crimes (the Inquiry) will hold its final public sitting tomorrow, Tuesday 14 November 2023, in Sydney. Led by the Honourable Justice John Sackar (the Commissioner), the Inquiry has looked into all the unsolved deaths of LGBTIQ people (or people presumed to be LGBTIQ) that may have been … Continued

Garage Sale Trail Happening In Your Local Area This Weekend

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To celebrate the upcoming Garage Sale Trail happening across the country on November 11 & 12 and 18 & 19 and our third consecutive year partnering with PayPal Australia, we’re releasing the 2023 PayPal Garage Sale Trail Research Report, revealing how Australians feel about second-hand shopping, particularly during the current cost-of-living crisis. The 2023 PayPal … Continued

DIARY ALERT (NOTE TIME CHANGE) – MEDIA PREVIEW – 2023 Ocean Photographer of the Year exhibition

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MEDIA PREVIEW Thursday, 16 November 202312.30pm – 2pmNOTE TIME CHANGE2 Murray Street Pyrmont Talent Jialing Cai, Ocean Photographer of the Year Will Harrison, Founder and Editorial Director, Oceanographic See over 100 images from the world’s best ocean photographers in a world first exhibition. Opens to the public Friday, November 17. The 2023 Ocean Photographer of … Continued

MORE NEEDED FOR SMALL BUSINESS IN OPTUS RESPONSE

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Telecommunications is an essential service and vital for so many small businesses and the absence of this service has a significant economic cost, says the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Bruce Billson. “The response by Optus is inadequate and not sufficiently dealt with by an offer of extra data,” Mr Billson said. “Small … Continued

Season 8 of Monash’s “What Happens Next?” podcast closes with a timely look at civility in a digital age

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In the final two-part series of Season 8, Monash University’s podcast, What Happens Next? examines the topic of civility in a digital world, where depersonalisation runs rampant and opinions and arguments have a global reach. With the rise of social media, conversations and disagreements are amplified, making it more crucial than ever to remember that … Continued