Community

Assistant Minister Julian Hill announces Office for Community Cohesion

Assistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Julian Hill announced the creation of an Office for Community Cohesion under the Department of Home Affairs. Mr Hill says social cohesion is critical to continue being a successful multicultural nation despite the number of conflicts happening across the world, and the Australian government’s proposal is the way …

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Byron Shire Council to support local’s lifelong dream of giant chess board

A local resident in Byron Bay is planning a massive project for the community.  Peter Hanna founded the Byron Bay Chess Club more than twenty years ago, and earlier this month brought his love for the game to the last Byron Shire Council meeting before upcoming local government elections in September. He’s raised a petition …

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National Volunteer Week

A new report reveals volunteers are essential to Australia’s crisis resilience. The Volunteering Australia research examines the volume and breadth of volunteers playing crucial roles in communities during natural disasters and COVID-19 outbreaks. This resilient and skilled workforce includes over 200,000 volunteers in fire services organisations and around 25,000 volunteers in State and Territory Emergency Service . A further 200,000 volunteers are engaged in over 1,000 …

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