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Birthing On Country program improves birth outcomes for Indigenous women

A Birthing on Country program in Nowra, New South Wales is improving birth outcomes and providing more integrated healthcare for Aboriginal women and their families Waminda is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation whose wrap-around support programs could serve as an inspiration for similar services around the country.  The Birthing on Country movement aims to …

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AUKUS Debate Grows ahead of Adelaide Submarine Project

South Australia’s Osborne shipyard will receive a $3.9 billion down payment as the state becomes home to the AUKUS submarine construction site. The announcement was made last month by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese alongside SA Premier Peter Malinauskas as part of a $30 billion federal commitment to build submarines in Adelaide over coming decades. The …

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Reforms to NDIS challenging for Australians with disabilities

The National Disability Insurance Scheme, introduced under former Prime Minister Julia Gillard,  is facing major reform.  New changes could shift some services outside the NDIS into so-called Foundational Supports, while tightening rules around what the scheme will fund. The Australian Human Rights Commission says discrimination against Australians with disability remains widespread,  and must be addressed. …

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Logging Plans Threaten Endangered Gliders in NSW forest

Plans to log part of Glenbog State Forest in southern New South Wales are raising concerns among wildlife advocates. Conservation groups say the forest is a critical habitat for endangered greater gliders and vulnerable yellow-bellied gliders, which rely on hollows in old-growth trees for shelter. Locals and wildlife carers are now urging the Forestry Corporation …

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Top stories this week: US and Israeli strikes have reportedly killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, dramatically escalating tensions across the Middle East. We speak to an Australian traveller stranded in Qatar as the conflict disrupts flights and leaves many international passengers unable to leave the region. And later today, the Australian Labor Party Government …

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