17
2019
Helpful Contacts for the Christmas Period
During the Christmas period many community service organisations close their doors. If you or someone you know needs support during the holiday season here are a list of helpful contacts:...
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10
2019
Queensland Government’s Proposed Tenancy Reforms
QCOSS have distributed a letter to its networks about this topic as follows. Thank you QCOSS. Everyone in Queensland deserves to live in a place where they can create a...
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27
2019
Residential Aged Care Communique November 2019
Welcome to the final issue of the Residential Aged Care Communiqué for the year 2019. By now most of you will have read parts or all of the interim report...
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20
2019
It’s not just the air that heats up when there are bushfires
There’s a growing awareness in Australia among researchers and those working in women’s support services that natural disasters amplify conditions leading to incidents of domestic violence, writes Rowena Maguire, Danielle Bozin...
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19
2019
Stop Telling People to “Be More Confident”
When an audience of women are asked whether they have ever been told to “be more confident”, anywhere between 40 and 60 per cent of hands go up. When asked...
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06
2019
Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s Interim Report has now been tabled in the Australian Parliament. Links to find out more are below: OWN Qld has put...
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23
2019
A Place to Call Home – 25th National OWN Conference
The 25th National Older Women’s Conference was held on 17th-18th October in Sydney, hosted by OWN NSW. The conference was an incredible expression of the passion and resilience of older...
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23
2019
Five ways to get ready for the new Queensland Human Rights Act
The first stage of implementation of the historic Human Rights Act 2019 (the Act) commenced from 1 July 2019, when the Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland became the Queensland Human Rights Commission (QHRC)....
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15
2019
Australia’s Hunger Crisis Leaving Vulnerable Women Without Food
Pro Bono news reports: Women are bearing the brunt of Australia’s worsening hunger crisis, with new research showing women are 50 per cent more likely than men to go without...
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15
2019
Why Older Women are Happier than Anyone Else
Women growing older contend with ageism, misogyny, and loss. Yet, as US clinical psychologist Mary Pipher writes, most older women are deeply happy and filled with gratitude for the gifts...
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