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  • Medical Health Aged Care, Mental Health
  • 02/02/2026
  • 03:17
MindEar

Help your brain filter out tinnitus and get your life back this Tinnitus Awareness Week

Experts available to talk about tinnitus, their family experience, and how new tools can make a difference for millions of people - developed in Auckland, Sydney, and in Bristol , London, Leeds and Newcastle. A free trial of the latest evidence-based therapies is available for Tinnitus Awareness Week starting 2 February. The seven-day challenge incorporates the latest research from Newcastle University in the UK along with research from Auckland University, the Ear Institute at University College London and Leeds Trinity University. Many people living with tinnitus are still told that “nothing can be done” but clinicians following the latest research…

  • Contains:
  • Finance Investment, Insurance
  • 02/02/2026
  • 00:01
Climate Council

New poll reveals climate stress hitting Aussie homeowners

National polling commissioned by the Climate Council shows that most Aussie homeowners are concerned that extreme weather is creatingunaffordable insurance costs, with many considering going without cover. A YouGov survey of more than 1500 Australians found that 54% of people with home and/or contents insurance are worried that extreme weather (such as bushfires, floods or storms) will make home insurance unaffordable or unavailable where they live. Almost half (46%) have already experienced a hike in premiums. As climate pollution from coal, oil and gas drives more frequent and severe disasters, one-in-five people (22%) with home and/or contents insurance say they…

  • General News, Music
  • 01/02/2026
  • 12:44
AFCM

Australian Festival of Chamber Music announces 2026 program – to be held in CAIRNS in 2026 in a new era for the famed event

Key Facts: Australian Festival of Chamber Music: 24 July – 1 August, 2026 MONDAY 2 FEBRUARY: tickets on sale to AFCM Friends MONDAY 2…

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  • Government WA, Youth
  • 01/02/2026
  • 11:00
YACWA, YHAC, Shelter WA, WACOSS, WAAEH, Mission Australia WA, Vinnies WA, and Indigo Junction

Back to school but nowhere to sleep: WA’s hidden youth homelessness crisis

Students across Western Australia are returning to school this week but hundreds of young people across the state will start the new school year without a safe place to sleep. New data reveals youth homelessness in WA has surged at an alarming rate to crisis levels, leaving children and young people competing for help in a system that is already overwhelmed. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare figures show 830 unaccompanied children and young people are being assisted by specialist homelessness services on any given day, a 17 per cent increase in just one year. “That’s equivalent to almost…

  • CharitiesAidWelfare, Government WA
  • 01/02/2026
  • 09:00
YACWA, YHAC, Shelter WA, WACOSS, WAAEH, Mission Australia WA, Vinnies WA, and Indigo Junction

***MEDIA ALERT***

***MEDIA ALERT*** Back to school but nowhere to sleep: WA’s hidden youth homelessness crisis A coalition of WA housing peak bodies,frontline services and young people (YACWA and YHAC, WACOSS, WAAEH, Mission Australia WA, Vinnies WA, and Indigo Junction) will hold a press conference to discuss the state’s hidden youth homelessness crisis. WHO: Caitlan, aged 18, young person with lived experience of homelessness whilst at school Kylie Wallace, CEO Youth Affairs Council of WA Peak bodies and frontline services WHEN: Sunday 1 February 2026 11am WHERE: Youth Affairs Council of WA5/200 Adelaide Terrace East Perth If you're having issues getting into…

  • Education Training
  • 01/02/2026
  • 04:42
Sharjah Government Media Bureau

Sharjah Ruler Receives Portugal’s Grand Collar of Order of Camões

LISBON, Portugal–BUSINESS WIRE– His Excellency Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Portuguese Republic, awarded His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi,…

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  • Disability, LGBTQIA
  • 31/01/2026
  • 11:20
People with Disability Australia

PWDA marches again at Midsumma to put LGBTQIA+ people with disability InFocus

Key Facts: PWDA will participate in Midsumma Pride March under the banner InFocus: Queer & Disabled, aiming to centre LGBTQIA+ people with disability in…

  • Contains:
  • Government Federal, Political
  • 31/01/2026
  • 09:44
Doctors Reform Society

Public Hospital Funding an Ongoing Disaster for Patients

“Patients will continue to languish for months and years on public hospital waiting lists despite the announcement of a record $25 billion Federal funding for public hospitals, said Dr Tim Woodruff, President”, Doctors Reform Society. It’s all about smoke and mirrors, said Woodruff. Of course it’s a record spend. “Any new spending will be a record because our population is growing, it is aging, and demand is increasing. It’s a scratched record.” “What we really want to know is whether this new spending increases the Federal contribution up towards the 50% level it was set at decades ago. It has…

  • Government Federal, Political
  • 31/01/2026
  • 09:20
Doctors Reform Society

Public Hospital Funding an Ongoing Disaster for Patients

“Patients will continue to languish for months and years on public hospital waiting lists despite the announcement of a record $25 billion Federal funding for public hospitals, said Dr Tim Woodruff, President”, Doctors Reform Society. It’s all about smoke and mirrors, said Woodruff. Of course it’s a record spend. “Any new spending will be a record because our population is growing, it is aging, and demand is increasing. It’s a scratched record.” “What we really want to know is whether this new spending increases the Federal contribution up towards the 50% level it was set at decades ago. It has…

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