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In a bid to improve the health of the Indigenous community, the Australian government is launching a new radio advertising campaign encouraging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to see their GPs and undergo annual ...
A Sydney mayor’s derailing of an anti-racism campaign highlights the need for a coordinated national response to racism in Australia, according to Australia’s largest refugee and migration resettlement support provider, Settlement Services International (SSI). Mayor ...
The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) welcomes an Administrative Appeals Tribunal ruling that endorses their approach to determining charities’ eligibility for public benevolent institution (PBI) status. Charities with the PBI subtype receive tax concessions ...
Tasmania is leading all of Australia’s governments in the race to power its grid with renewables and sell clean energy to the world according to WWF-Australia’s first Renewable Superpower Scorecard. The scorecard ranks the progress ...
Settlement Services International (SSI) was all praises for the Federal Government’s plan to roll out a $31 million COVID-19 vaccination public information campaign, particularly the additional $1.3 million targeted at peak multicultural organisations to help ...
Independent information provider for people with disability, IDEAS welcomed the launch of the long-awaited federally-funded Disability Gateway portal. IDEAS has been lobbying for a national disability information service for more than five years, advocating for ...
Three Settlement Services International (SSI) staff have been named among nine new employment facilitators helping job seekers find work as part of the federal government’s $62.8 million Local Jobs Program. As employment facilitators in three ...
The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal will soon be providing increased support into remote, rural and regional communities to prepare for the impacts of drought after being selected by the Australian government to deliver its Networks to Build Drought ...
The long-awaited release of Australia’s first dedicated Autism Education Strategy received praise from an autism advocacy group, saying that the program will greatly improve existing educational programmes for people living with autism. Amaze, a support group ...
An ethics report reveals Australians strong support for government restrictions to contain COVID-19 such as lockdowns, the closure of international and state borders, and mandatory mask-wearing in public places and public transport. The data came from Governance Institute of Australia’s Ethics Index ...
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