March 29, 2011
It is reported that five people have committed suicide in Australian Detention Centres in the past seven months. A 19 year old Afghan asylum seeker committed suicide at the remote Curtin Detention Centre last night. Refugee advocates say he had […]
February 17, 2011
HelpOut cofounder, Nathon Irvin, says: ‘We wanted to find a way that average Aussies could assist flood, cyclone or fire victims in a non-financial but practical way’. HelpOut is an online service aimed at making it easier for disaster affected […]
November 11, 2010
Front-of-pack food labelling is a hotly contested issue. Sydney lawyer Professor Roger Magnusson has been investigating the competing proposals for food labelling. He finds that an interpretive, front-of-pack labelling scheme could encourage healthier eating patterns as well as being a […]
September 7, 2010
Ken Sibley has contacted PWF to pass on info about his skills and those of his partner Margaret, and their travel plans. About Ken And Margaret Ken is a fully qualified electrician and licensed contractor and Margaret is a qualified […]
September 6, 2010
ONE International is asking people to sign a petition to the IMF (International Monetary Fund) to help Pakistan’s poorest recover from the recent unprecedented floods. The Scale Of The Disaster Reports suggest 20 million people have been affected, devastating in […]
August 29, 2010
The need to better manage Aged Care processes has not lessened – something else for our Indies to address? PWF has addressed this issue before with Something’s Wrong – Families Struggle To Support Elderly and Good News On Direct Family […]
July 22, 2010
“An alarming number of retirees who take out a reverse mortgage do not fully understand how the product works until the equity in their home has already started eroding” reported The Australian recently. The National Information Centre on Retirement Investments […]
July 5, 2010
Lifeline is delighted with a Senate report into suicide in Australia, this being the leading cause of death for Australians under the age of 44. The Lifeline CEO says “Suicide is a whole of community health issue and everyone has […]
July 5, 2010
PWF has written previously about Susan and Renska, two inspiring young Australian women who have trained in Holistic Kinesiology and work with Compassion in Action to train staff and carers at organisations working with vulnerable children, first in Cambodia and […]
July 4, 2010
From 1 July 2010 Australian franchisors will have to comply with expanded disclosure requirements to prospective franchisees, meaning they must make changes to their disclosure documents and must also begin collecting new types of information reports Australian Law Firm Clayton […]
July 2, 2010
I have just received Anna Mitchell’s story from Mind Australia. As a young woman who has lived with mental ill health and is now an ‘Ambassador of Hope’ Anna has begun speaking about her experiences, with the goal of early […]
June 22, 2010
PWF is right behind GetUp’s Mental Health Campaign. What GetUp says: “I lost my beautiful youngest daughter to suicide 3 years ago… She was not referred on to an appropriate service after suffering post-natal depression… She had 3 children whom […]