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Managing the waste crisis
Australia is struggling with a waste crisis. As population-growth increases consumption and waste, managing this waste is becoming an ever-greater challenge. With Clean Up Australia Day around the corner, we look at what solutions are touted to effectively manage and reduce waste.
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- February 25, 2020
Charities losing out as public focuses on bushfires
It’s an oxymoron. Charitable organisations have raised a record amount of funds this summer, yet many say that they’re in trouble. What is going on? This ABC News article examines why charities are seeing their donations dry up (hint: it’s related to the bushfires).
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- February 21, 2020
Epidemic of the 21st century
Diabetes is Australia’s fastest-growing chronic condition, but you probably don’t know much about it. Chances are that you know someone with diabetes, but the condition is often stigmatised and misunderstood. How much do you really know about diabetes and how it affects people?
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- February 13, 2020
Australia’s bushfire crisis – where to from here?
The reaction to the bushfire crisis has been nothing short of extraordinary, raising almost half a billion dollars so far. At the Vocal Minority, we look at this phenomenon from a fundraising and advocacy point of view.
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- February 7, 2020
Independent review reveals NDIS plagued by problems
A recent review of the NDIS scheme has found that the implementation of the system has not been smooth. The report claims that people with disability have reported poor experiences when working with NDIA staff and its partners in the community.
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- February 7, 2020
Bushfires and a warming planet
The summer of 2020 will forever be remembered as one of relentless and unprecedented bushfires. Of people seeking shelter on the beach on New Year’s Eve. It will also go down as a defining time where bushfires and climate change became synonymous in our minds. Here are the key facts.
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- January 31, 2020
Why the Great Australian Bight needs World Heritage protection
Enough is enough. Bushfires are having an incomprehensible impact on Australia’s wildlife. It’s time to do what we can to save what we have left. We must say NO to drilling the Great Australian Bight. Sign our petition to give it the protection it deserves.
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- January 22, 2020
Help enforce a Koala protection act
We’ve seen enough devastation to make our hearts overflow with grief. We need hope for the future. Australians are facing a grim fact: our beloved koalas may become extinct as a result of these horrific bushfires. We must act now to enforce a Koala Protection Act.
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- January 22, 2020
Ban Single-Use Plastics in Australia
She has made a video because she can see what we’re doing to the ocean, and she’s asking for it to stop. By 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. * Please sign our petition calling upon our Government to ban single-use plastics. Do it now. Do it for your children.
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- December 6, 2019
We want to put CareFlight out of work!
Why? Because every year, CareFlight helps thousands of Australians who have been injured at home and need to be hospitalised - but many of those injuries are preventable. Our short survey will determine how much you know about keeping yourself and your loved ones safe.
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- December 5, 2019
