The article below comes from the Women’s Agenda Daily Update newsletter, dated 23rd April 2019. On Thursday Borce Ristevski was sentenced to ‘at least’ six years in jail for killing...
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Ten leading national peak bodies working in the charity sector – across the arts, emergency relief, fundraising, community organisations, volunteering, philanthropy and governance – have today launched a policy to...
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Do you want to have a conversation about the big themes in your community and envision what that community could be like? Wondering what QCOSS has been up to lately? Want...
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The quotes in this article come from a new book by Anna Russell titled “So Here I Am” – a collection of powerful speeches by women in their own words. Due...
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Australia is witnessing a spike in older women finding themselves on the verge of homelessness. As more vulnerable women take desperate action just to find somewhere to sleep, Luke Michael...
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The Queensland Government has developed age-friendly resources in accordance with the World Health Organization’s age-friendly cities model. The Queensland: an age-friendly community domain information (PDF, 534 KB) Queensland: an age-friendly community domain information(RTF,...
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The OWN Qld State Office will be closed from 5.00 p.m. Thursday 20th December 2018, re-opening at 9.00 a.m. on Wednesday 2nd January 2019. The Management Committee and Staff wish...
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From the Opal Institute Margarita is a 96 year old woman who was sexually abused by the acting manager of the Seniors Rental Service she was living in. Margarita is the...
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Recently COTA Queensland joined their COTA colleagues from around the country to launch the inaugural State of the (Older) Nation report. The landmark report has found the majority of older Australians...
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Does kindness lead to happiness? Voluntary activities and subjective well-being…. The act of volunteering makes people happy, and the more unhappy they are to start with, the bigger the boost...
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