AGEING Australia has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to make showering free under the Support at Home program by classifying it as clinical care. Previously, older Au...
Read more about Showering is now classified as careNSW prisons can no longer surveil conversations between inmates and lawyers after Parliament disallowed a regulation limiting protections. The move restores legal professional p...
Read more about Prisons can’t surveil conversationsTHE Australian Dementia Network plans a pilot using digital cognitive and blood tests to improve early Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Targeting at-risk Australians, it aims to enable ea...
Read more about Detecting dementia early progressREPAIR culture is growing in Australia as people choose to fix rather than replace items, saving money, reducing waste and building skills. The WD-40 Company Repair Challenge 20...
Read more about Repair culture is growing fastLAWACCESS NSW is celebrating 25 years, having assisted 3.7 million people with free legal information and referrals. Demand continues to rise, with increasingly complex issues s...
Read more about Free law help group turns 25A UNIVERSITY of Adelaide study found mechanical pressure helps early breast cancer cells grow and spread. Cells use a sensor called PIEZO1 to detect pressure, triggering pathway...
Read more about Study reveals breast cancer triggersAUSTRALIA’S under-16 social media ban has reshaped family dynamics, reducing conflict for some parents by providing clear boundaries, while creating new tensions for others. Som...
Read more about Impact of the social media banTHE NSW Government will consult stakeholders on new measures to protect retail workers from violence, including proposed Workplace Protection Orders to ban offenders from stores...
Read more about Move to protect retail workersAGEING Australia has welcomed the Albanese Government’s $115M investment to expand aged care beds, targeting key regions to ease hospital pressure. The funding supports faster d...
Read more about More agreed care beds welcomeTHE Super Members Council wants to scrap rules denying most under-18 workers super, saying 119,000 NSW teens will miss out on $98 million in 2025/26. Current laws require under-...
Read more about Call for under-18 superTHE Salvation Army is urging Australians to use Moneycare, its free financial counselling service, as new research shows 44% will start 2026 in debt and many feel growing financ...
Read more about Salves urge using MoneycareTWELVE years after Sydney’s lockout laws began, the NSW Government is removing the final major restrictions, including the 3:30am last drinks rule, to boost the night-time econo...
Read more about Lockout laws finally goneNSW Fair Trading has suspended agent Deepak Bangarh’s licence for 60 days over price misrepresentation and failing to pass on all offers and appointed a manager to oversee his b...
Read more about Suspended under new lawsTHE NSW Government will review red tape affecting cafés and restaurants to simplify approvals, reduce paperwork and make compliance clearer for more than 50,000 food businesses....
Read more about Govt to review cafe red tapeTHE PSA says NSW foster care reforms are a long-overdue reset after outsourcing failures under the Permanency Support Program. The union argues fragmented responsibility harmed ...
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