Charities and Community Organisations
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Coast guard vessel Tin Can Bay Qld image
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Topics: death, maritime, charities-and-community-organisations, tin-can-bay-4580
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Missing Canberra woman found in cyclone-hit Vanuatu
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The family of Canberra woman Zoe Marshall says the teenager has been spotted alive and well on a remote island in cyclone-hit Vanuatu.
Topics: missing-person, weather, charities-and-community-organisations, foreign-affairs, vanuatu, canberra-2600, act
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Riverland community unites to help fire-hit family
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South Australia's Riverland community is rallying behind a family whose home was destroyed by fire on the weekend.
Topics: residential, charities-and-community-organisations, berri-5343
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Drop-in centre for women being sexually exploited to open in Dandenong
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A drop-in centre for street sex workers in St Kilda's red-light district is opening a new branch in Melbourne's outer suburbs, where it says there is an increase in young women being sexually exploited.
Topics: child-abuse, sexual-health, sexual-offences, charities-and-community-organisations, community-and-society, dandenong-3175
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Million dollar McCloy donation to kickstart local Salvos cyclone appeal
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Newcastle's former lord mayor who resigned in the wake of a political donations scandal, has today donated a million dollars to a cyclone disaster appeal for the people of Vanuatu.
Topics: cyclones, charities-and-community-organisations, newcastle-2300
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Millamolong polo ground March 2015 image
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Topics: equestrian, rural, family-and-children, charities-and-community-organisations, community-and-multicultural-festivals, orange-2800, mandurama-2792
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Brisbane's Vanuatu community strives to help loved ones
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Brisbane's Vanuatu and Pacific Island community hopes to help family and friends affected by Cyclone Pam by connecting with the south-east Queensland community to collect aid.
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, human-interest, disasters-and-accidents, brisbane-4000
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Bendigo group rejects scaled-back pool option
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The community group leading the push for a new aquatic centre in Bendigo has ruled out supporting a scaled-back design.
Topics: activism-and-lobbying, urban-development-and-planning, local-government, lifestyle-and-leisure, charities-and-community-organisations, kangaroo-flat-3555, bendigo-3550
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Major parties urged to do more to tackle Hunter's housing crisis
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In the lead up to the New South Wales election, Hunter-based charity Samaritans is calling on Labor and the Coalition to promise to do more to tackle the region's housing crisis.
Topics: housing, charities-and-community-organisations, elections, newcastle-2300, muswellbrook-2333
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Calls to beware of Cyclone Pam charity scammers, regulator warns
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Australia's national charity regulator warns the public to beware of scammers when donating to Cyclone Pam relief funds after reports of sham collectors in shopping centres and going door-to-door.
Topics: charities, charities-and-community-organisations, community-and-society, relief-and-aid-organisations, disasters-and-accidents, law-crime-and-justice, australia, vanuatu
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Volunteers on mission to help drought-hit outback Qld families
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The charity Aussie Helpers is sending what it calls a "rescue mission" to drought-affected central western Queensland this week.
Topics: drought, volunteers, charities-and-community-organisations, mental-health, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, ilfracombe-4727, winton-4735
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Record challenging giant pumpkin image
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Topics: rural, agricultural-shows, charities-and-community-organisations, hobart-7000, bream-creek-7175
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Record challenging giant pumpkin image
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Topics: rural, agricultural-shows, charities-and-community-organisations, hobart-7000, bream-creek-7175
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Cosseting the giant pumpkin image
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Topics: rural, agricultural-shows, charities-and-community-organisations, hobart-7000, bream-creek-7175
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New record tipped for Tasmanian giant pumpkin (photos)
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A giant pumpkin could set a new record at the Bream Creek Show in south-east Tasmania this year.
Topics: rural, agricultural-shows, charities-and-community-organisations, tas, bream-creek-7175
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Refugees volunteer to keep African restaurant open in Brisbane
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A not-for-profit Brisbane restaurant helping female African refugees hopes volunteers and diversification will help keep the business running.
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, human-interest, refugees, west-end-4101
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'Rapunzel' librarian shaves 1.4m locks for charity
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Librarian Nicolette Suttor cut off all her Rapunzel-like tresses at a dramatic shave ceremony in Canberra today to raise money for leukaemia research.
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, hair, medical-research, canberra-2600, act
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Action group warns Hanging Rock decisions must protect site's future
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The community group that successfully sought the heritage listing of Hanging Rock, in central Victoria, says it hopes good choices are made about the future of the site.
Topics: land-management, community-and-society, charities-and-community-organisations, activism-and-lobbying, macedon-3440, bendigo-3550
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Woman knits knockers across the Nullarbor for cancer survivors
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A Queensland woman has knitted her way around Australia creating breast prostheses for breast cancer survivors.
Topics: human-interest, breast-cancer, charities-and-community-organisations, craft, deception-bay-4508, caboolture-4510
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Thousands pound Brisbane's city streets in International Women's Day fun run
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Thousands of men, women and children hit the road in Brisbane's CBD for the 24th annual International Women's Day fun run.
Topics: people, charities-and-community-organisations, breast-cancer, brisbane-4000
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ACT urged to fund primary school program to stop violence against women
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Canberra's YWCA calls on the ACT Government to fund a primary school program aimed at preventing violence against women.
Topics: domestic-violence, community-and-society, primary-schools, states-and-territories, charities-and-community-organisations, act, canberra-2600
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Report into alleged sexual abuse at Nauru detention centre 'disturbing'
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Aid organisation Save the Children says it is frustrated and angry over a "disturbing" intelligence report that sparked the Moss review into allegations of sexual misconduct at the Nauru detention centre.
Topics: immigration, charities-and-community-organisations, federal---state-issues, federal-parliament, activism-and-lobbying, nauru, australia
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Townsville Red Cross seeing more 'ice' users
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The Red Cross in Townsville, in north Queensland, says it has noticed a rise in 'ice' users seeking help from the homelessness service.
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, drugs-and-substance-abuse, townsville-4810
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Canberra community services vow to reverse major Federal Government funding cuts
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Canberra's peak community organisation says ACT services are in chaos following the Commonwealth's move to slash more than $1 million from annual grants.
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, homelessness, drugs-and-substance-abuse, act, canberra-2600
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Food vouchers extend queues at Cyclone Marcia disaster recovery hubs
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Queensland's disaster recovery coordinator says extra assistance offered to central Queenslanders affected by Cyclone Marcia has put additional pressure on services.
Topics: cyclones, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, states-and-territories, charities-and-community-organisations, programs-and-initiatives, dams-and-reservoirs, floods, rockhampton-4700, biloela-4715, byfield-4703, yeppoon-4703
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