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Calls for better support with children of prisoners six times more likely to be jailed
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As the number of Australian prisoners continues to rise, a judge calls for more support of programs that break the cycle of reoffending and protect the growing number of children left behind.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, charities-and-community-organisations, adelaide-5000, sa
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Fundraising for a cause: What are the rules?
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Fundraising for a good cause can be fraught with financial and legal pitfalls, so make sure you know the rules.
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, laws, human-interest, perth-6000
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Children with disabilities learn 'I can' as they set sail
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Charity returns to Hobart to give children with disabilities the chance to sail a yacht and discover disability does not mean inability.
Topics: disabilities, sailing, charities-and-community-organisations, hobart-7000, tas
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New colony of endangered northern bettong discovered north of Cairns
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Rare and endangered northern bettongs have been found in far north Queensland in an area where the animal was thought to have died out, environmental group WWF says.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, environmental-management, charities-and-community-organisations, university-and-further-education, cairns-4870
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Is Australia handling charity the wrong way?
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Not all charities spend your donated dollars equally and we should take a more rigorous approach to who we support, according to global social movement that is starting an Australian chapter.
Topics: charities, charities-and-community-organisations, community-and-society, australia
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Million Dollar Challenge swaps voucher for bicycle for MS research image
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Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, social-media, offbeat, secondary-schools, multiple-sclerosis, helensvale-4212
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Trading up from chocolate bar to $1m for MS research
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A pair of enterprising Gold Coast students are trying to turn a chocolate bar into $1 million dollars for charity.
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, social-media, offbeat, secondary-schools, multiple-sclerosis, helensvale-4212
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We should take an evidence-based approach to donations, says Peter Singer Video
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Philosopher Peter Singer is helping to launch a new social movement in Australia called Effective Altruism, which aims to take a research-based look at what charities we should be donating our money to.
Topics: charities, charities-and-community-organisations, australia
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RSL NSW council agrees to step down on condition of selecting caretaker
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The RSL's national leadership and its NSW branch are negotiating terms for the entire state council to stand down amid investigations over several alleged financial scandals.
Topics: veterans, charities-and-community-organisations, nsw
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Aboriginal families stranded as roads cut due to flooding
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Emergency accommodation is being erected in Kalgoorlie-Boulder for about 80 residents from the remote Aboriginal community of Tjuntjuntjara who have been stranded due to widespread flooding.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, emergency-incidents, floods, weather, housing, charities-and-community-organisations, volunteers, community-and-society, kalgoorlie-6430, boulder-6432
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Medical ship to carry out cataract surgery in Vanuatu thanks to donation Audio
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Some of Vanuatu's poorest and most vulnerable suffering from cataracts might finally have access to life-changing surgery when a medical ship visits in July.
Topics: eyes, charities-and-community-organisations, pacific, vanuatu, new-zealand
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Stockmen to drive cattle across Sydney Harbour Bridge
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A group of Australian stockmen will cross the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge with a herd of cattle in May to raise awareness about organ donation.
Topics: beef-cattle, charities-and-community-organisations, sydney-2000
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Jim Willoughby rides his daughter Megan down the aisle image
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Doctor David Merefield image
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Topics: charities, charities-and-community-organisations, eyes, diseases-and-disorders, health, bundaberg-4670, cambodia
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Cambodian man given eye test image
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Topics: charities, charities-and-community-organisations, eyes, diseases-and-disorders, health, bundaberg-4670, cambodia
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From high humidity to hospital air con image
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Topics: charities, charities-and-community-organisations, eyes, diseases-and-disorders, health, bundaberg-4670, cambodia
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Waiting to see the doctor image
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Topics: charities, charities-and-community-organisations, eyes, diseases-and-disorders, health, bundaberg-4670, cambodia
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And just press when your hear the tone image
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Topics: charities, charities-and-community-organisations, eyes, diseases-and-disorders, health, bundaberg-4670, cambodia
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Waiting patiently image
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Topics: charities, charities-and-community-organisations, eyes, diseases-and-disorders, health, bundaberg-4670, cambodia
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Cambodia Vision offering a helping hand image
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Topics: charities, charities-and-community-organisations, eyes, diseases-and-disorders, health, bundaberg-4670, cambodia
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A big thumbs up image
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Topics: charities, charities-and-community-organisations, eyes, diseases-and-disorders, health, bundaberg-4670, cambodia
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Arrival at Persat image
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Topics: charities, charities-and-community-organisations, eyes, diseases-and-disorders, health, bundaberg-4670, cambodia
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Happy Birthday Gary image
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Topics: charities, charities-and-community-organisations, eyes, diseases-and-disorders, health, bundaberg-4670, cambodia
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A rainy day but a brighter future image
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Topics: charities, charities-and-community-organisations, eyes, diseases-and-disorders, health, bundaberg-4670, cambodia
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Eye exam with translators image
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Topics: charities, charities-and-community-organisations, eyes, diseases-and-disorders, health, bundaberg-4670, cambodia
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