Graduates of the Leading Australian Resilient Communities (LARC) program. Better representing the needs of local youth, addressing multi-generational unemployment, improving access to health services, and creating resources to drive better community advocacy and engagement are among the priorities of a new network of local leaders committed to action and outcomes. They’re graduates of the Leading … [Read more…]
Albury GP and now Greens MP Amanda Cohn (centre) campaigning for abortion access in rural NSW in 2020. Photo: Facebook. Four years after abortion was decriminalised in NSW, women across the Riverina are still denied access to pregnancy termination services. Region understands there is still no public or private facility in Wagga, Griffith or any … [Read more…]
TODAY The Hopelands Concert Series will be held Mondays through June 26. Parris Island Marine Band will perform at 7 p.m. today at the Roland H. Windham Performing Arts Stage at Hopelands Gardens, 135 Dupree Place. Lawn chairs and blankets may be brought, as well as picnic dinners and non-alcoholic beverages. Parking is at the Green … [Read more…]
“If you’re listening, and you’re a Central Coast local, you really do feel you’re on the Coast. And there’s something magical about hearing those old hosts, their voice is real Aussie, real Gosford, been here for a long time,” Singleton says. “And they’re all from here. I’ve never seen anyone who’s not happy. I wish … [Read more…]
Queen Latifah, Billy Crystal and Dionne Warwick are among this year’s Kennedy Center honorees. Advertisement Leaders at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have picked Queen Latifah, Crystal and Warwick to receive their annual lifetime achievement honors alongside Bee Gees star Barry Gibb and opera singer Renée Fleming. Actor/rapper Queen Latifah told … [Read more…]
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With the NBA Draft now three days behind us, the trade ideas are flying once more By Conor Bergin on June 25, 2023 12:00 pm The Portland Trail Blazers drafted three prospects in the NBA Draft on Thursday, but how certain is it the rookies will line up on opening night in a Rip City … [Read more…]
One-quarter of all inbound major metro moving inquiries during May were targeted at the Victorian capital, marking its 15th consecutive month Melbourne has remained the most popular capital city for internal movement. A large portion of Melbourne’s newest residents hail from Sydney, followed by Brisbane and Perth. However, despite this growth, James Morrell, Muval chief … [Read more…]
“They obviously hold, again, all the levers and the powers around this. Some of them are doing some quite inventive things.” The National Housing Supply and Affordability Council, led by former Mirvac boss Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz, was also looking at “quick wins” to expand housing supply, Ms Collins noted. In Melbourne’s Cheltenham, single mother-of-two Bessie Dossetor … [Read more…]
The owner of a beloved Tasmanian bar he founded seven years ago in a former dilapidated artists’ studio says the time is right, while the site’s new owners have revealed their plans. In its place is set to rise a sleek cocktail and wine bar serving charcuterie boards and desserts, targeting the “before and after … [Read more…]
Last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken travelled to Beijing on a mission “to cool exploding tensions” (as the Associated Press puts it). The Secretary’s counterparts on the Chinese side aver — as they have for fifty years — that blame for exploding tensions is entirely with the Americans. And exploding tensions now, as … [Read more…]