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Fresh support for mental health, kids and cancer charities

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The City of Sydney has picked three charities to support at its New Year, Christmas and Lunar Festival events.   As charity partners, Beyond Blue, Variety – The Children’s Charity NSW/ACT and The Kids’ Cancer Project will be given a platform at high profile events to fundraise and promote their work.   “These valuable organisations … Continued

Unlocking the full potential of community health: A call for smarter infrastructure investment

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Key Facts: In Victoria in 2023–24, around 546,000 people could have avoided visiting a hospital emergency department if a primary care or community health service had been managing their health condition. This would have helped save the Victorian Government an estimated $554 million in expenditure in public hospital emergency departments.   Community health organisations received … Continued

Unlocking the full potential of community health: A call for smarter infrastructure investment

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Key Facts: In Victoria in 2023–24, around 546,000 people could have avoided visiting a hospital emergency department if a primary care or community health service had been managing their health condition. This would have helped save the Victorian Government an estimated $554 million in expenditure in public hospital emergency departments.   Community health organisations received … Continued

Rewiring Australia welcomes roundtable discussions to lower power bills and shore up in energy in Queensland

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Rewiring Australia welcomes roundtable discussions to lower power bills and shore up in energy in Queensland    Rewiring Australia has welcomed today’s energy roundtable in Brisbane, which brought together the state government, industry and organisations to discuss how Queensland lowers bills and strengthens reliability.    Rewiring Australia’s CEO Francis Vierboom attended the roundtable on Tuesday … Continued

No more delays: Royal Commission backs calls for urgent alcohol reform

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Community groups and survivor-advocates have called for an urgent overhaul of alcohol laws after the South Australian Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence concluded that alcohol is a key factor in violence towards women and children. Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) CEO, Ayla Chorley said the Royal Commission’s findings reinforce the … Continued

Streamline super red tape to boost retirement returns and power productivity

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Streamlining regulatory reporting in super could save costs to deliver even stronger retirements for millions of Australians without eroding crucial consumer protections, the Super Members Council says. As the Government’s Economic Reform Roundtable kicks off today, SMC – which advocates for 12 million everyday Australians with savings in profit-to-member super – said regulatory overlap and … Continued

National Youth Parliament official launch – Monday 25 August 2025

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The Department of the House of Representatives and Y Australia are excited to announce the upcoming launch of the National Youth Parliament, a program that will provide 16–17-year-olds with a unique opportunity to explore aspects of the role of a Member of Parliament and to learn about parliamentary processes, including how bills are drafted, debated, … Continued

Media release: Confirmation of WA government interference in key Murujuga research report ahead of North West Shelf legal challenge this week

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Tuesday 19 August 2025 – For immediate release The Friends of Australian Rock Art have reacted to revelations that the WA state government wrote the contentious executive summary of the highly controversial 2025 Murujuga Rock Art Monitoring Program Report (MRAMP), not the Curtin University scientists who were contracted to produce the report that formed a … Continued