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Charity and University Partner to Improve Indigenous Health Outcomes

Rachel McFadden, Monday, 7th August 2017 -  One of Australia's leading charities and a leading university have teamed up to deliver a unique international model designed to improve health and wellbeing in Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders.

Drastic Increase in Couchsurfing Amongst Older Women

Lina Caneva, Monday, 7th August 2017 -  Couchsurfing amongst older women has almost doubled in four years, according to new figures released as part of national Homelessness Week (Monday 7 to Friday 11 August).
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Survey to Examine Young People’s’ Experiences in Out-of-Home Care

Lina Caneva, Monday, 7th August 2017 -  A national peak consumer body representing the voices of children and young people who have been in out-of-home care, the Create Foundation, is carrying out a major survey into the experiences of living in the care-system in Australia.

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From Corporate to Giving Disadvantaged Youth Hope

Rachel McFadden, Friday, 4th August 2017 -  Alison Polyik had it set in the corporate world. But after 20 years of jetsetting around the world and climbing the corporate ladder, something shifted in Polyik’s life and she got back in touch with something she had been hiding for a long time.
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Artists Protest Wilson Security Contract with National Gallery Victoria

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 3rd August 2017 -  Artists and refugee and asylum seeker advocates are calling on the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) to end a security contract with Wilson Security citing the company’s human rights record in offshore detention centres.

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Making Education Our Business

David Crosbie, Thursday, 3rd August 2017 -  If we want stronger communities, a more prosperous, productive and happier Australia, inclusive education must be a higher priority, writes David Crosbie CEO of Community Council for Australia (CCA).

Early Intervention Needed To Reduce Youth Homelessness And Mental Illness

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 3rd August 2017 -  Mission Australia has called for urgent action to address youth homelessness and youth mental illness following its annual survey that revealed the impact of family breakdown on young Australians.

NFP Calls For Action On Growing ‘Orphanage Tourism’ Industry

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 2nd August 2017 -  Well-intentioned Australian tourists, including many students, are inadvertently contributing to the growth of the orphanage ‘industry’ and subsequent exploitation of children in developing countries, according to Save the Children’s submission

Volunteers Need Acknowledgement in NDIS Safeguards

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 2nd August 2017 -  Peak Body Volunteering Australia wants the role of volunteers to be fully acknowledged in new legislation aimed at protecting people with disability from poor quality or unsafe services under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

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Which Bank? – Bring It On Mr Treasurer

Graeme Innes, Wednesday, 2nd August 2017 -  The roll out of a new electronic funds transfer (EFTPOS) machine by the Commonwealth bank is eroding the long-fought battle for independence of hundreds of thousands of vision impaired Australians, writes disability advocate Graeme Innes.

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