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Big ideas to boost Australia’s biggest events

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The City of Sydney is calling for fresh concepts and innovative ideas to make some of Australia’s biggest events better than ever.   As part of an open process, the City of Sydney invites organisations, visual artists, curators, collectives, producers, architects, animators, set designers and visual effects designers to participate in the call for ideas. … Continued

Research reveals $1.2 billion profit from food waste

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Media release | Tuesday September 19 2023 Australian food retailers make $1.2 billion in profit each year from selling food that households waste, according to new research from The Australia Institute. This profit means that the major food retailers, such as supermarket duopoly Coles and Woolworths, have a strong incentive to delay reforms that would … Continued

Many Australians increasingly feeling divided

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Togetherness Index falls for third year running from a score of 59 in 2020 to 56 in September 2023 Only 25 per cent think Australia is united, with 44 per cent believing we are more divided than 12 months ago.   More than two fifths of Australians feel the country is more divided than a … Continued

Monash wins award for improving equity in academic promotions

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Monash University has been awarded a coveted Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Cygnet Award for improving equity in academic promotions, becoming the first Group of Eight university to win the award.   In the higher education sector, women are underrepresented at Associate Professor and Professor levels. Women are also three times more likely to … Continued

Take action to be prepared for unseasonably hot weather

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Australian Red Cross is asking people to prepare for, and to take action during the warm weather forecast in the coming days. Higher temperatures are expected over the weekend, particularly in the south east of the country including Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Heatwaves and hot weather result in more fatalities in Australia than bushfires, cyclones … Continued

New discovery for treatment of primary liver cancer

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A preclinical study led by Monash University has discovered a drug combination with the potential to treat one of the most fatal and globally widespread cancers, a type of primary liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The team of researchers from the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) found the drug combination reverses the symptoms … Continued

ACOSS welcomes breakthrough on HAFF legislation

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Media release | Monday September 11 2023 ACOSS welcomes the agreement between Labor and the Greens to pass the Housing Australia Future Fund through the Senate. ACOSS CEO Cassandra Goldie said: “The agreement to pass the HAFF, including additional funding for community and public housing, provides a strong outcome for low-income tenants. “It is important … Continued

SICK of the BAD WRAP given to Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos?

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SICK of the bad wrap given to Sulphur-Created Cockatoos? Sulphur-Crested cockatoos are smart. Too smart for humanity. Kids watch the sulphur-crested cockatoos as they play tricks, squawk, flash their combs, love their community, give affection, support mental health. An Australian icon. ‘Who’s the Gang on Our Street?’ is a fun filled discovery of the Sulphur-Crested … Continued