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How can you help if someone you know has a gambling problem?

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 14th December 2021 -  We speak with Anna Bardsley and David McAnalen about what you can do if someone you know is experiencing gambling harm.
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Indigenous leaders plead for action on rising out-of-home care numbers

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 13th December 2021 -  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are 10 times more likely to be in out-of-home care or permanent care than non-Indigenous children

Rural community groups struggling under weight of keeping towns alive

Maggie Coggan, Thursday, 9th December 2021 -  “Without these services, their towns would simply wither and die.”

Opinion

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‘Global warming is not like a Batman dilemma’

David Ritter, Wednesday, 8th December 2021 -  We may be living out a whole-of-species cliffhanger, but we know what the solutions are, writes David Ritter, who shares Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s new platform, Climate Solutions by Greenpeace.

COSS Corner

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Recognising carers, whether to mandate the vaccine, and the way forward

Contributor, Wednesday, 8th December 2021 -  All the latest news from the Councils of Social Service of Australia.

Into the rainbow

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The thinning blue line

Nevena Spirovska, Wednesday, 8th December 2021 -  Nevena Spirovska reflects on the findings of the recently released Victorian Pride Lobby’s Police Attitudes Survey and the need for systemic reform.
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The changing face of Australia

Nikki Stefanoff, Wednesday, 8th December 2021 -  The 20th edition of the annual Household, Income and Labour Dynamic Australia Survey gives an in-depth look at how the lives of Aussies have changed over the last 20 years. 

Opinion

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Building back better: How disability inclusion is essential to recover and reset post pandemic

Jane Edge, Monday, 6th December 2021 -  A new report from international development organisation CBM shines a light on the impact COVID-19 had on people with disabilities globally – and the compelling need for disability inclusion in Australia’s development and aid response, writes CBM
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New national disability strategy unveiled

Luke Michael, Monday, 6th December 2021 -  The strategy sets a national policy framework to improve the lives of people with disability over the next decade   
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Young Aussies struggling with the impacts of COVID

Luke Michael, Wednesday, 1st December 2021 -  Mission Australia has released its Youth Survey Report 2021

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