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Heritage Fleet Warns of Imminent Eviction Crisis in Docklands

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Heritage Fleet Warns of Imminent Eviction Crisis in Docklands Centuries of maritime history at risk as Development Victoria provides no viable alternative The Victorian Heritage Fleet has issued an urgent warning that Melbourne is on the brink of losing its most significant collection of working heritage vessels, after months of stalled negotiations and no suitable … Continued

Phoenix Tailings Selected to Receive $1.6 Million in Federal Funding for Technology to Extract Critical Minerals From Wastewater

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Funding Part of Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program to eliminate waste of essential minerals and increase domestic resiliency WOBURN, Mass.–BUSINESS WIRE– Phoenix Tailings announced that it has been selected to receive $1.6 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The funding is part of the Realize Energy-rich … Continued

CCAA Releases 2026 South Australian Election Policy Priorities

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Key Facts: CCAA releases Policy Priorities for South Australia 2026, identifying six key reform areas to secure construction materials supply and meet infrastructure needs The policy outlines reforms including supply planning, regulatory streamlining, sustainable procurement, circular economy advancement, logistics modernisation and workforce development Growing construction activity, including major projects like Torrens to Darlington and the … Continued

Family First: “Victorian parents can trust us — schools will always have boys’ and girls’ toilets”

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Family First Victorian Upper House candidate Jane Foreman today re-affirmed the party’s clear commitment to parents: Family First parliamentarians will fight to ensure every school in Victoria retains dedicated boys’ and girls’ toilets.   Ms Foreman said the controversy engulfing Camberwell Primary School, where administrators attempted to replace all boys’ and girls’ toilets for grades … Continued

Health Equity Matters commends investment to support 2030 HIV elimination goal

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MEDIA RELEASE Health Equity Matters commends investment to support 2030 HIV elimination goal   Health Equity Matters has commended the Australian Government’s announcement of $41.7 million over three years to support progress toward eliminating HIV transmission in Australia by 2030.   The funding, announced by Health Minister Mark Butler, will support HIV awareness, prevention, testing … Continued

Public Works Committee to visit Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre and question Home Affairs Officials

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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works (the Committee) will conduct a site inspection at Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre and shortly after question officials from the Department of Home Affairs about proposed works at the site. The proposed works at the site will redevelop the Hawk Compound within the detention centre to meet the needs of Australia’s … Continued

Closing VicHealth is backward and will make more people sick

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The Public Health Association has today launched the Save VicHealth campaign after the VIC Government announced it will effectively shut the doors of the world’s first health promotion foundation, VicHealth. Closing VicHealth will prove a disaster for the health of the people of Victoria and must be reversed, the country’s peak body for public health … Continued

ACN welcomes ACT’s landmark nurse practitioner reforms and urges other jurisdictions to follow

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The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has welcomed the ACT Government’s introduction of pioneering legislation that will enable nurse practitioners to work to their full scope of practice, and is calling on other Australian jurisdictions to follow the Territory’s lead.   The Nurse Practitioners Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 will give endorsed nurse practitioners the legal … Continued

Australia and Ireland deepen international cooperation on online harms

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The eSafety Commissioner has signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ireland’s Coimisiún na Meán to strengthen international cooperation on online safety and platform accountability.  The MOU reflects a shared commitment by both regulators to create a safer digital environment where safety, transparency and responsibility are built in from the start, consistent with Safety … Continued