Telstra has joined the growing number of Australian businesses to implement a non-standard recruitment process in the aim of attracting neurodiverse employees, such as people with autism.
As many as one in 59...
The pre-budget spending announcements are coming thick and fast ahead of next Tuesday’s ACT Budget; with the government allocating homelessness services their first $2 million of a promised $18 million over the...
Before the first Budget of the ACT’s new parliamentary term is revealed next week, the Government has recommitted to its election promise of extending PACER - Police, Ambulance and Clinician Early Response...
A new study from the Australian Catholic University (ACU) has found young Australians surveyed during COVID-19 experienced a sharp drop in mental health, but their trust in government improved after years in...
In 2019 after Sean’s third time experiencing homelessness, he became a vendor for The Big Issue and found a home.
From sleeping in a swag behind the Woden Hospital, Sean walked to his...
Kat Reed is the new leader of Women with Disabilities ACT (WWDACT) and they intend to double-down on the existing gendered advocacy for Canberra’s 41,000 women, girls, female-identifying and non-binary people with...
Since the ACT election in last October, the new Mental Health Minister, Emma Davidson, has been working on the complexities of the portfolio to understand the service gaps and is optimistic they...
A new study from The Australian National University has found smoking was the cause of death for half the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population aged 45 and older.
The study began in 2006...
As the conversation about Australia Day’s inclusivity continues into 2021, the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) is taking you back to Bicentennial celebrations on 26 January 1988 with a screening of...
Just in time for Canberra’s forecast heatwave, in which temperatures are expected to hit the high 30s from Saturday to Tuesday, the ACT Government has issued a warning of its dangers and...
Residents of Canberra, Queanbeyan and surrounds continue to face growing waitlists for aged care home-care packages despite a Federal Government funding top-up in July of last year.
Over 1,000 people in Canberra and...
