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- Entertainment, Music
- 01/12/2025
- 07:50
SAVE THE DATE: Australian Festival of Chamber Music, in Cairns-Gimuy, from 24 July – 1 August 2026 (PLUS – three musicians revealed!)
SAVE THE DATE: Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Cairns–Gimuy24 July – 1 August 2026 Piers Lane, Charlotte Miles and Stefan Dohr to star in…
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- Legal
- 01/12/2025
- 07:30
Know your rights with the free Legal Aid NSW seniors diary
Seniors looking for help with legal problems will be able to find it from Legal Aid NSW’s free 2026 Legal topics forseniorsdiary. The much-anticipated…
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- Medical Health Aged Care
- 01/12/2025
- 07:15
GP ADHD management to boost access and reduce costs for Queenslanders
Queensland’s adult patients living with ADHD will have improved access to care though specialist GPs from today following changes by the Queensland Crisafulli Government. Specialist GPs have been able to diagnose, manage, and prescribe for ADHD for children since 2017 in Queensland, and today’s change makes it the first state to allowspecialist GPs toinitiate, modify, and continue ADHD medication foradults. The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) estimates patients will be able to save between $500–1400 each per year in out-of-pocket costs. Research suggests up to 10% of adults live with ADHD, meaning up to 400,000 adults in Queensland may…
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- Indigenous, Information Technology
- 01/12/2025
- 07:03
Will AI close or widen the gap? New report examines opportunities and risks for First Nations communities
Australia’s first comprehensive report to examine the future impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on First Nations communities warns that the technology could either widen inequality or help close the gap, depending on who holds the power to shape it. The report by Wiradjuri researcher and Paul Ramsay Foundation Fellow Dr Kyle Turner draws on Australia’s 17 Closing the Gap targets to systemically assess how AI may influence outcomes across health, education, employment, justice and culture. The report finds that while AI has the potential to improve lives, it also carries significant risks, particularly when communities are excluded from design and…
- General News
- 01/12/2025
- 07:00
Media alert: 10am press conference with Minister Plibersek and Commissioners Inman Grant and Cronin
Minister for Social Services, the Honourable Tanya Plibersek MP, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, and Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner Micaela Cronin will deliver remarks on gender-based violence as part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence. Minister Plibersek and Commissioners Inman Grant and Cronin will deliver brief remarks on Australia’s efforts to address emerging online harms impacting women and children, including tech-based coercive control. Date: Monday 1st December 2025 Time: 10am AEDT Location: Senate courtyard, Parliament House Questions on the issue will be taken, subject to time.
- Medical Health Aged Care, Youth
- 01/12/2025
- 06:37
Australian Summer Rituals: Sunscreen, Surf and Skin Checks
Key Facts: Australia has one of the world’s highest skin cancer rates, with 2 in 3 Australians likely to develop skin cancer in their…
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- Environment
- 01/12/2025
- 06:14
MEDIA RELEASE: Australia’s biggest community heat survey launches ahead of dangerous 2025-26 summer
1 December 2025, Sweltering Cities has today launched the Summer Survey 2026, Australia’s largest community survey on heat, health and homes, calling on people around the country to share their lived experience of rising temperatures and dangerous heatwaves driven by climate change. The survey collects qualitative and quantitative data on how people manage extreme heat; from cost-of-living pressures, to health impacts, to the local solutions communities want to see. It will remain open until the end of February 2026, with results informing a major national report to be released in March. Last year’s Summer Survey attracted more than 2,300 participants,…
- General News, National News Current Affairs
- 01/12/2025
- 06:00
UN visit sparks renewed calls for Australia to overhaul immigration detention
Experts across the refugee sector urge UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to use its visit to Australia, starting today, to investigate harmful immigration…
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- Environment, Science
- 01/12/2025
- 05:00
UNSW experts available to comment on the future of bushfires
Key Facts: Experts from UNSW warn we must adapt as we enter a new age of bushfires.Good morning – with today being the first day of a dry and hot Australian summer, we have four experts available to comment on the future of bushfires. They can speak to what this means in terms of the bushfire science, what physical and mental health impacts need to be addressed, and what future urban design should consider to keep communities safer. Our multimedia piece goes live today before 8AM: https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2025/12/up-in-flames-how-bushfires-could-reshape-daily-life Please let me know if you would like to explore a story with…
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