MENTAL HEALTH WEEK During Mental Health Week Australians are urged to look out for their mates and family members who may be struggling, encourage them to seek treatment as well as take a moment to recognise actions to manage mental health. One of the most frequent activities we should learn to manage is our thoughts.…
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Despite an increasing number of studies suggesting that yoga is an effective practice for men and women experiencing anxiety disorders, some patients claim that the simple act of getting out of bed of a morning can be a major hurdle. While it’s quite common to experience some level of anxiety from time to time, the…
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The bushfire crisis, seven years of drought, and an estimated 50 per cent of corals on the Great Barrier Reef have died and still some Aussies including those in Federal government are denying the reality of climate change. The fires came in September of the hottest and driest year on record in Australia. And much…
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Inspirational Women’s Advocate and local business owner Daisy Cross is ready to find a name for her new business and she wants the community’s help to do so. Ms Cross said originally, she wasn’t going to name the studio. “A good friend of mine mentioned it would be fun to hand it over to the…
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The gases and fine particles produced during a bushfire can make underlying respiratory and cardiac diseases worse and wearing certain masks won’t help. Nephrologist and Chairperson for Doctors for the Environment Australia Victorian Committee, Dr Katherine Barraclough said bushfire smoke is made of gases and particles, many of which can be detrimental to human health.…
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Wildlife carer Rena Gaborovevacuated her home and wildlife shelter with an eight-month-old wombat named Fred, a six-month-old ringtail possum named Ginger, and three joeys named Satin, Lenny and Link, as a great wall of fire approached their property. Residents from Goongerah, East Gippsland, were urged to leave on Friday when fire authorities’ door-knocked expressing imminent…
Read more Wildlife Carer Escapes Unprecedented Fire to Look after Native Animals
The Indigenous Wulgurukaba people of the Island call it Yunbenun. Wulgurukaba which means canoe people are the traditional custodians of the land eight kilometres off the east coast of Townsville, known as Magnetic Island. They are descendants from the Dreamtime and they say their creation began with a snake that came down from the Herbert…
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Christmas is one of the busiest times of year with people rushing to buy gifts or trying to out-do one another by keeping up with the Jones’, travelling by land, air or sea to meet up with friends and family, and not to mention, working extra hours just to keep the essentials coming in. Christmas…
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Saving a person’s life could be as simple as starting a conversation about mental health this R U OK? Day, and that is just what Gidgee Healing Programme Officer Quiana Busch intended when she organised the Deadly Choice event with Headspace and Mob Fm. R U OK? Day is dedicated to reminding everyone to ask…
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Our major supermarket chains, Coles and Woolworths have been accused of lining their pockets rather than helping the environment. In a hypocritical move when most people are doing their best to bring their own reusable bags, choosing less packaging on their food and saying no to straws, they launch a plastic extravaganza and enlist parents…
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