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FROM MOUNT ISA TO MOOLOOLABA – MAKING A DIFFERENCE ACROSS QUEENSLAND

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Queensland Country Bank’s Good for Good Community Grants Program is calling for applications NOW   Calling Queensland not-for-profit organisations from across Queensland, from Mount Isa to Mooloolaba and Brisbane to Birdsville – Queensland Country Bank’s 2024 Good for Good Community Grants program closes at 5pm on Monday September 2!   This extraordinary community grants program, … Continued

Copper Coast Motorsports ‘Sand Drags’ are ready to roar

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MEDIA RELEASE                                         Monday August 26, 2024   Copper Coast Motorsports ‘Sand Drags’ are ready to roar   The exciting sport of Sand Drags will roar into life in Wallaroo, with Copper Coast Motorsports presenting the 2024 SA Boundary Line Fencing Sand Drags on Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th September. The Club’s newly built community … Continued

WHAT EMPLOYERS MUST KNOW ABOUT NEW ‘RIGHT TO DISCONNECT’ LAWS — EXPERT WARNS IGNORANCE CAN LEAD TO HEFTY FINES

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Unprepared employers can face big fines for non-compliance with new ‘Right to Disconnect’ laws that apply from Monday, August 26, according to one of Australia’s leading employment experts.   Natasha Hawker, Managing Director of Employee Matters, warns that every business in the nation with 15 or more staff is at risk for failing to meet … Continued

Legacies of slavery in Australia unpacked in new Maritime Museum exhibit

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Opening at the Australian National Maritime Museum this August is a brand-new exhibit, Chains of Empire, which explores Australia’s history with Atlantic Ocean slave trade and the effects of Britain abolishing slavery across its empire in 1833.   Developed in collaboration with a team of Australia’s leading historians from University of Western Australia, Edith Cowan … Continued

Bling, balls, and batteries: The surprising snacks of Aussie dogs

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FRIDAY, 23 AUGUST, 2024: A new nationwide survey commissioned by HCF,1 Australia’s largest not-for-profit health fund, found that three in five (61%) dog owners reported their dogs have eaten something truly unusual. In advance of National Dog Day, the survey highlights the strangest things that dogs have consumed, proving “the dog ate my homework” might … Continued

1,549 Deaths Reported for One Antipsychotic in Australia- New Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Exhibit in Sydney Reveals the Risks of Psychiatric Treatments

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1,549 Deaths Reported for One Antipsychotic in Australia New Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Exhibit in Sydney Reveals the Risks of Psychiatric Treatments The number of deaths reported to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) linked to the antipsychotic clozapine has reached a staggering 1,549 as of the end of July 2024—a 257% increase since 2011, … Continued

Lush gardens, ‘natural music’ and a signature scent: Reflections raises the bar in camping amenities

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In a complete reimagining of the design and feel of standard camping amenity blocks, Reflections Holidays is launching the first of its new biophilic-designed amenities, which promote wellbeing by incorporating elements that connect guests to nature, in Forster. Opening this summer, the new amenities at Reflections Forster Beach feature a large and central landscaped garden, … Continued

NO Concert Hall for Northern Australia – Townsville City Council pulls funding

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Townsville-Gurambillbarra needs Cultural Infrastructure AND Reef HQ   Response from Australian Festival of Chamber Music Executive Director, Ricardo Peach     STATUS: There is currently no purpose-built Concert Hall with additional black theatre facilities anywhere north of Brisbane in the ENTIRE north of Australia.  Townsville-Gurambilbarra, as the centre of a major creative and cultural region … Continued