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EMBARGOED UNTIL TUESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2025 As Australia braces for a brutal summer, leading doctors will join Parliamentary Friends of Climate Action at Parliament House next Tuesday to warn that worsening climate change is driving a mental health crisis — and will call for mental health to be front and centre in Australia’s climate and … Continued
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EMBARGOED UNTIL TUESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2025 As Australia braces for a brutal summer, leading doctors will on Tuesday visit Parliament House to warn that worsening climate change is driving a mental health crisis — and will call for mental health to be front and centre in Australia’s climate and health policies. The serious climate … Continued
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Family First NSW Legislative Council candidate Lyle Shelton has welcomed the bill introduced by Liberal MLC Susan Carter to restore protections for faith-based aged-care facilities from being forced to facilitate euthanasia on their premises. “New South Wales should never compel faith-based aged-care homes to open their doors to what the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, … Continued
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27 October 2025 International Justice Mission (IJM) Australia supports the Crimes Amendment (Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Child Sexual Abuse) Bill 2025 introduced into the House of Representatives today by the Member for Berowra, Julian Leeser MP, with the second reading speech delivered by Shadow Attorney-General Andrew Wallace MP. This bill seeks to strengthen judicial sentences … Continued
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Key Facts: Key benefits of Frank OVHC include: Fully visa compliant, meeting the Department of Home Affairs requirements for 482 and 485 visa holders. Four covers to choose from with a range of services to suit member needs. Designed to be simple and transparent, so members can easily understand what’s included in their policy. Members … Continued
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Media Release 27th October 2025 The community and sector come together in Canberra to remember the lives lost to overdose Community members, families, AOD service providers and advocates from across the ACT will come together in Canberra today for the 30th Annual Remembrance Ceremony to honour and remember those in our … Continued
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Closing businesses, ballooning waitlists and workers leaving the sector in droves. Frontline allied Health workers say the NDIS is being gutted by short-sighted cost-cutting. Recent and proposed NDIA reforms are shutting down small allied‑health businesses; cutting off regional and remote clients, and forcing unsafe caseloads onto those workers who remain, according to Professionals Australia. Workers … Continued
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On 28 October 2025, the Defence Subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade will conduct its first public hearing into the Department of Defence Annual Report 2023–24 since the inquiry was re-adopted in the 48th Parliament. The Subcommittee will hear evidence from the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) and the Lowy Institute regarding several of the … Continued
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At 11:15 am today, the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties will hold a public hearing into three separate proposed agreements relating to air services between Australia and Colombia, Peru and Saudi Arabia. The proposed agreements aim to facilitate and provide support to Australian airlines entering any point in Australia and any point in Colombia, Peru, and Saudi … Continued
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MONDAY 27 OCTOBER 2025 Nearly 700,000 ha of vegetation in Reef catchments was cleared in four years – with millions more at risk Only strong federal nature laws will protect the Reef from deforestation and climate change – more than 80% of all Reef catchment clearing was on land exempt from Queensland’s clearing laws Australian … Continued
