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Public health community thunderstruck as ACDC bills pass Senate

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5 November 2025   Public health groups are delighted that legislation to create an Australian Centre for Disease Control – the most important piece of public health infrastructure in generations – has today passed the Senate and can start next year. “Thanks to the many people who’ve put in hard work and long nights, showing … Continued

Memory Walk & Jog is coming back to Cronulla!

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  Dementia Australia’s biggest annual fundraiser returns to Cronulla to raise much-needed funds to support people living with dementia, their families and carers.   On Sunday 1 March 2026, walkers, runners and joggers will set off from Don Lucas Reserve, Cronulla to raise money, boost awareness and to get active for brain health.     … Continued

Memory Walk & Jog is coming back to Canberra!

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Dementia Australia’s biggest annual fundraiser returns to Canberra to raise much-needed funds to support people living with dementia, their families and carers.   On Sunday 22 February 2026, walkers, runners and joggers will set off from Stage 88, Parkes to raise money, boost awareness and to get active for brain health.     Dementia Australia … Continued

Memory Walk & Jog is coming back to Bunbury!

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Dementia Australia’s biggest annual fundraiser returns to Bunbury to raise much-needed funds to support people living with dementia, their families and carers.   On Saturday 28 March, walkers, runners and joggers will set off from Back Beach, Bunbury to raise money, boost awareness and to get active for brain health.     Dementia Australia CEO … Continued

Memory Walk & Jog is coming back to Brisbane!

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Dementia Australia’s biggest annual fundraiser returns to Brisbane to raise much-needed funds to support people living with dementia, their families and carers.   On Sunday 14 June 2026, walkers, runners and joggers will set off from Rocks Riverside Park, Brisbane to raise money, boost awareness and to get active for brain health.     Dementia … Continued

Memory Walk & Jog is coming back to Ballarat!

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Dementia Australia’s biggest annual fundraiser returns to Ballarat to raise much-needed funds to support people living with dementia, their families and carers.   On Saturday 2 May 2026, walkers, runners and joggers will set off from Lake Wendouree Gardens, Ballarat to raise money, boost awareness and to get active for brain health.     Dementia … Continued

Memory Walk & Jog is coming back to Adelaide!

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Dementia Australia’s biggest annual fundraiser returns to Adelaide to raise much-needed funds to support people living with dementia, their families and carers.   On Sunday 15 March 2026, walkers, runners and joggers will set off from Wigley Reserve to raise money, boost awareness and to get active for brain health.     Dementia Australia CEO … Continued

The science behind people who never forget a face

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What is it that makes a super recogniser – someone with extraordinary face recognition abilities – better at remembering faces than the rest of us? According to new research carried out by cognitive scientists at UNSW Sydney, it’s not how much of a face they can take in – it comes down to the quality … Continued

Developing an accurate count of the domestic, family and sexual violence death toll

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The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs has established a new inquiry into the relationship between domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) victimisation and suicide, and how to ensure Australian governments are accurately counting the DFSV death toll. Chair of the Committee, Ms Louise Miller-Frost MP, said: “Suicides related to DFSV … Continued

Experts call on Government to boost prevention spending to drive productivity gains

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Leading economic and health experts are uniting today to urgently call on the Australian Government to boost the economy, reduce healthcare costs and improve Australians’ wellbeing by dramatically increasing and transforming spending on preventive health.   A new peer-reviewed commentary from experts at Deakin Health Economics, Cancer Council Victoria and The George Institute for Global Health will … Continued