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Record Breaking Army of QLD Volunteers

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 18th January 2011 -  More than 62,000 volunteers have now registered with Volunteering Queensland – a record breaking army of volunteers wanting to help during a natural disaster in Australia. Volunteering…

Fears Grow for Queensland’s Homeless

Staff Reporter, Friday, 14th January 2011 -  As fears grow that some flood victims may never be found, homelessness support organisation, StreetSmart is calling for donations to help homeless people in flood effected…

Volunteers Step Up to Help Flood Ravaged Queensland

Staff Reporter, Friday, 14th January 2011 -  Volunteering Queensland has doubled its call centre capacity to cope with the number of calls from people wanting to help out in the wake of the Queensland floods. Flickr Image: …

Australians Support a Children’s Emergency Fund

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 13th October 2010 -  Twice as many Australians believe a children’s emergency fund is a better way of saving children’s lives in natural disasters than launching emergency appeals after…

Web Users Turning to Social Media During Disasters: Survey

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 24th August 2010 -  A new study carried out by the American Red Cross has found that many web users would seek help through social media in an emergency – and they expect emergency service responders…

Fact Sheet on Handling Personal Information

Staff Reporter, Monday, 10th May 2010 -  The Australian Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis has released an information sheet that will help agencies and organisations better understand how to handle personal information…

Disaster Recovery Kit for Small Business

Staff Reporter, Friday, 15th January 2010 -  CPA Australia has launched a Disaster Recovery Toolkit that not only includes tips for businesses looking to develop a disasterrecovery plan to lessen the blow of such misfortune,…

Framework for Dealing with Spontaneous Volunteers

Staff Reporter, Monday, 21st December 2009 -   Following Victoria’s Black Saturday bushfires in February 2009 in excess of 22,000 potential volunteers offered their help. Only a fraction were utilised. Whilst…

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