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Consumer advocates call for ban on 'green' weasel words

Consumer advocates call for ban on 'green' weasel words

Vague and misleading marketing terms like 'for the planet' should be banned in Australia, according to a report analysing green claims in social media ads.

People with disability receive help to advance careers

People with disability receive help to advance careers

People with disability receive help to advance careers

People with disability receive help to advance careers

More than $3 million is going towards a pilot program to help Australians with a disability find a job and enjoy the same career opportunities as others.

Art examines the cost and consequence of rural utopias

Art examines the cost and consequence of rural utopias

Art examines the cost and consequence of rural utopias

Art examines the cost and consequence of rural utopias

Artists who undertook residencies in regional towns explore the sometimes troubling country landscape, and the notion of rural utopias, in a new exhibition.

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Social housing data to become available in Queensland

Social housing data to become available in Queensland

Quarterly data on social and affordable housing will become publicly available in Queensland after the state government committed to its release.

Teen binge drinking rate down ahead of schoolies events

Teen binge drinking rate down ahead of schoolies events

A federal government study has found a 15 per cent decrease in 14 to 24-year-olds participating in binge drinking over the past 12 months.

Rays of hope pierce the trauma for disability community

Rays of hope pierce the trauma for disability community

Disability advocates are hopeful a royal commission's report will end years of violence, neglect and abuse, but the grief is still too raw for celebration.

Isolation 'should be outlawed' for youth justice system

Isolation 'should be outlawed' for youth justice system

A ban on solitary confinement in youth detention is among key recommendations of a royal commission into the abuse and exploitation of people with a disability.

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'Harrowing' disability report reveals need for change

'Harrowing' disability report reveals need for change

'Harrowing' disability report reveals need for change

'Harrowing' disability report reveals need for change

A royal commission has made 222 recommendations, including new laws to enshrine rights for those with disabilities.

'Disturbing' disability report to finally be laid bare

'Disturbing' disability report to finally be laid bare

'Disturbing' disability report to finally be laid bare

'Disturbing' disability report to finally be laid bare

A long-awaited final report by the disability royal commission will make for "disturbing reading", a senior government minister has warned.

Climate experts go cold on platform now known as X

Climate experts go cold on platform now known as X

Climate experts go cold on platform now known as X

Climate experts go cold on platform now known as X

Environment, climate and biodiversity experts are leaving the social media network formerly known as Twitter in huge numbers, a study reveals.

Volunteer groups get extra support as numbers decline

Volunteer groups get extra support as numbers decline

Volunteer groups get extra support as numbers decline

Volunteer groups get extra support as numbers decline

Grants to help volunteers buy equipment or reimburse training costs aim to boost the the dropping number of Aussies who are serving their communities.

TikTok suspends millions of underage users

TikTok suspends millions of underage users

TikTok suspends millions of underage users

TikTok suspends millions of underage users

The social media giant is open to the idea of a government-run age verification database to stop children lying about their age to access the app.

Aussies live longer and prosper but face money worries

Aussies live longer and prosper but face money worries

Aussies live longer and prosper but face money worries

Aussies live longer and prosper but face money worries

Life expectancy and job satisfaction in Australia have improved but a report tracking the nation's wellbeing was less positive on other key measures.

Heat disrupts cancer tests for a million rural Aussies

Heat disrupts cancer tests for a million rural Aussies

Heat disrupts cancer tests for a million rural Aussies

Heat disrupts cancer tests for a million rural Aussies

Bowel cancer screening kits cannot be used when temperatures rise above 30.5C, sparking calls for targeted rural health campaigns during winter.

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TikTok data gathering behind federal ban: cyber agency

The Australian Signals Directorate says TikTok's ability to gather user information was partly behind the reason for its ban from federal devices.

TikTok admits 'serious misconduct' in surveilling press

Executives from social media platform TikTok admit serious changes are needed in the wake of misconduct by "rogue employees" who allegedly spied on journalists.

Victoria crime surge as offences by youths spike

Youth crime continues to rise across Victoria, with burglaries committed by children aged 10 to 14 almost doubling in the past year.

Tight rent market drives up regional Vic homeless rates

The Council to Homeless Persons has found the number of Victorians experiencing homelessness has surged in regional areas.

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Faces in the street again in famed poet's birthplace

Grenfell's Henry Lawson Festival is putting a new twist on the famous poem Faces in the Street, having bounced back from floods and isolation.

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