COMMUNITY
Resilience in Action: How Communities Thrive After Cyclones
Cyclones present serious challenges, disrupting lives, damaging properties, and creating significant hardships. However, they also highlight the incredible resilience, determination, and spirit within communities....
COMMUNITY
Tiny and alternate houses can help ease Australia’s rental affordability crisis
Image: ShutterstockRental housing in Australia is less affordable than ever before. It is no exaggeration to call the situation a crisis, with vacancy rates at record lows.But...
COMMUNITY
Want to help people affected by floods? Here’s what to do – and what not to
AAP Image/Jason O'BrienLismore and Brisbane’s catastrophic flood emergency has come only a short time after the last flooding disaster.We know from previous floods that...
COMMUNITY
Why do we find making new friends so hard as adults?
Image: GettyimagesIf you’ve ever tried to make new friends as an adult, you’ll probably see why loneliness is at an all-time high. Making new...
CHARITIES/CAUSES
More than 6,500 meals provided and more support required
Christmas: a time to keep up our giving at
Christ Church Mission's Community Centre, St Kilda
This year we have provided more than 6,500 meals to people including...
COMMUNITY
‘I’m scared we won’t have money for food’: how children cope with food insecurity in Australia
Image: ShuttlestockThere is a deafening silence regarding household food insecurity in Australia, particularly when it comes to children. Food is a basic human...
COMMUNITY
No, Twitter is not censoring Donald Trump. Free speech is not guaranteed if it harms others
Picture: Alex Brandon/APThe recent storming of the US Capitol has led a number of social media platforms to remove President Donald Trump’s account. In...
ARTS/CULTURE FEATURES
Visions of future cemeteries: 5 models and how Australians feel about them
Picture: Richard Wainwright/AAP
The coming decades represent an era of uncertainty for Australia’s cemeteries. They also present an opportunity to reflect on what our...
COMMUNITY
The Altar Boys: new questions about suicides of clergy abuse survivors should spark another inquiry
Picture: DANIEL POCKETT/AAP
Investigative journalist Suzie Smith’s new book The Altar Boys is a searing read that raises new questions about the suicides of three former...
COMMUNITY
‘No one is truly there to help’: why so little is known about the reasons people go missing
Image: Shuttlestock
As part of new research into missing persons in Australia, I have been asking people who return after disappearing what they needed or...
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