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| UpdatedThe family of Zoe Marshall says the Canberra teen has vowed to stay in Vanuatu to continue her volunteer work in a remote village.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, cyclone, weather, cyclones, volunteers, vanuatu, canberra-2600, australia, act
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| UpdatedA long-serving volunteer firefighter is found guilty of starting a bushfire at Clarendon, just south of Adelaide.
Topics: courts-and-trials, arson, crime, law-crime-and-justice, volunteers, clarendon-5157, kangarilla-5157, adelaide-5000, sa
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Nev and Bev McLachlan have spent the past 45 years helping to protect the endangered loggerhead turtle. Their latest campaign involves protecting the nests and hatchlings from hungry goannas. Read more
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, great-barrier-reef, rural-tourism, volunteers, animal-science, bundaberg-4670
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| UpdatedThe National Landcare Network says it still has some reservations about the Green Army.
Topics: environment, rural-youth, volunteers, community-development, melbourne-3000
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The Shire of Manjimup, in south-west Western Australia, has organised to rebuild more than 100 kilometres of fencing lost in the Northcliffe bushfires last month.
Topics: bushfire, fires, volunteers, local-government, northcliffe-6262, manjimup-6258
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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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Every year hundreds of migratory wading birds call 80 Mile Beach in the north-west of Western Australia their temporary home. Volunteers collect data on the birds' numbers and health during their stop over. Read more
Topics: birds, volunteers, rural-tourism, conservation, environmental-management, eighty-mile-beach-6725
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The Livingstone Shire in central Queensland will host a volunteer clean-up day this weekend to help speed along local recovery efforts from Cyclone Marcia.
Topics: recycling-and-waste-management, volunteers, cyclones, environmental-management, yeppoon-4703, rockhampton-4700
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| UpdatedVolunteers have spent three weeks catching and tagging birds on Western Australia's Kimberley coast.
Topics: rural-tourism, birds, environmental-management, research-organisations, volunteers, community-development, pasture, eighty-mile-beach-6725
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Unruly puppy turned therapy dog Ralf the Giant Schnauzer and his owner Caroline Lovick join News Breakfast to talk about how he cheers up children at the Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital.
Topics: community-and-society, volunteers, health, animals, australia
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Topics: cancer, hair, volunteers, barmera-5345
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Topics: autism-spectrum-disorder, volunteers, family, mackay-4740
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| UpdatedFor every $1 spent on local football clubs, at least $4.40 is returned in social value, improving employment outcomes, mental wellbeing and personal development, a study finds.
Topics: community-and-society, volunteers, australian-football-league, sport, mental-health, vic, sale-3850, ballarat-3350, bendigo-3550, horsham-3400, mildura-3500, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690
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Topics: volunteers, homelessness, relief-and-aid-organisations, north-lismore-2480, lismore-2480
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Heritage train enthusiasts gather in Canberra for the naming of one of Australia's largest steam trains and to celebrate the nostalgia of a bygone era.
Topics: rail-transport, volunteers, act, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedTopics: volunteers, books-literature, primary-schools, renmark-5341
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The reason I can volunteer is because through sheer will my dad made sure we didn't spiral into poverty. It could be any of us on the street and it's our duty to pass on our strength.
Topics: community-and-society, volunteers
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Topics: volunteers, bushfire, boddington-6390, quindanning-6391, albany-6330
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| UpdatedRangers and volunteers at the Mon Repos Turtle Centre have been moving clutches of loggerhead turtle eggs away from large surf that could disturb nesting sites as Tropical Cyclone Marcia moves closer to the coast.
Topics: conservation, endangered-and-protected-species, volunteers, bundaberg-4670
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Topics: non-governmental-organisations, volunteers, family, darwin-0800, yirrkala-0880
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| UpdatedThousands of sandbags are thrown in the backs of cars and utes across Brisbane as the Queensland capital prepares for an onslaught of wild weather.
Topics: weather, community-and-society, volunteers, storm-event, emergency-planning, brisbane-4000, bowen-hills-4006, fortitude-valley-4006, herston-4006, windsor-4030, albion-4010
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The 30,000th wheelchair for disabled children in developing countries rolls off the production line in Perth, bound for Myanmar.
Topics: disabilities, charities, volunteers, perth-6000, burma
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| UpdatedMore than 200 coloured fit balls buried in the sand will recreate the Aboriginal dot painting Water Dreaming by artist Jangala 'Shorty' Robertson as part of this year's Sculpture by the Sea exhibition at Perth's Cottesloe Beach.
Topics: contemporary-art, aboriginal, volunteers, cottesloe-6011