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2020Loneliness is an issue all year round
In the lead-up to Christmas, there is always a spate of reminders about taking care of each other and ensuring others are not alone over the holidays. Visiting programs, shared...
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In the lead-up to Christmas, there is always a spate of reminders about taking care of each other and ensuring others are not alone over the holidays. Visiting programs, shared...
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Queenslanders are being warned to beware of fake appeals claiming to be collecting for victims of the ongoing bushfires. Donating to a registered charity is the best way to ensure...
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Below are snippets and links to articles from a number of sources, to start the new year off with. QUEENSLAND’S FRAMEWORK TO ADDRESS SEXUAL VIOLENCE (snippet from the Office...
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Australia slips backwards in global Gender Gap rank. Again. Australia has slipped backwards again in the World Economic Forum’s latest Global Gender Gap Report. In the inaugural Index back in 2006 Australia...
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During the Christmas period many community service organisations close their doors. If you or someone you know needs support during the holiday season here are a list of helpful contacts:...
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QCOSS have distributed a letter to its networks about this topic as follows. Thank you QCOSS. Everyone in Queensland deserves to live in a place where they can create a...
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Welcome to the final issue of the Residential Aged Care Communiqué for the year 2019. By now most of you will have read parts or all of the interim report...
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There’s a growing awareness in Australia among researchers and those working in women’s support services that natural disasters amplify conditions leading to incidents of domestic violence, writes Rowena Maguire, Danielle Bozin...
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When an audience of women are asked whether they have ever been told to “be more confident”, anywhere between 40 and 60 per cent of hands go up. When asked...
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The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s Interim Report has now been tabled in the Australian Parliament. Links to find out more are below: OWN Qld has put...
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