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HESTA urges ASX300 companies to prioritise key issues ahead of AGM season

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1 September 2025 To help grow and protect its members’ retirement savings, HESTA is calling for Australia’s largest companies to strengthen their focus on three priority areas including a new investment focus on global resilience, alongside the themes of climate change and natural capital, and gender equality and decent work.  In its sixth annual letter … Continued

Inaugural Proud Spirit Award winners announced

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Celebrating our Proud Spirits and Futures on Gayaa Dhuwi Day    Yesterday, Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia marked Gayaa Dhuwi Day, our annual celebration recognising the Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Declaration and the work of the organisation.    This year, we proudly celebrate two major milestones: the 10th anniversary of the Declaration, and five years … Continued

$10 Million Cut Threatens a $535 Billion Sector

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Press ReleaseFor Immediate Release $10 Million Cut Threatens a $535 Billion Sector The NSW Government plans to end funding for Business Connect on 30 September – a program independently evaluated by NSW Treasury as returning up to three times its cost to the economy. Business Connect costs taxpayers $10 million annually and supports a sector … Continued

New report reveals hidden crisis in women’s health

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MEDIA RELEASE Monday 1 September 2025   New report reveals hidden crisis in women’s health   A new national report, released today to mark the start of Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month and Women’s Health Week is revealing a sobering truth: gynaecological cancers are one of the most complex, under-recognised and increasingly deadly health challenges facing Australian … Continued

Tibet Lobby Day 2025: Let the Dalai Lama choose his own reincarnation, not China

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Australian politicians urged to affirm Tibetan rights from Chinese interference When: Monday September 1 8am-8.10 Pictures outside on Parliament House lawns  8.30AM Media event/ interviews: Mural Hall, Parliament House, Canberra Pictures: CANBERRA, Australia: Delegates in traditional colourful Tibetan cultural dress, Tibetan monks in robes, Tibetan children’s choir singing Prayer for Dalai Lama, 2 x Tibetan-Australian Newcastle … Continued

*** MEDIA ALERT *** NTEU, university staff, students and community rally against cuts at the UTS Open Day

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Why UTS has announced the suspension of new enrolments in more than 100 courses for 2026. The suspension affects all faculties, with particularly severe consequences for International Studies, Education, and Public Health.   While management describes the pause as “one semester only”, in practice the Autumn intake structures the academic year. This means there will … Continued