Mater Closes the Gap One Scholarship at a Time 

Mater Education nursing scholarships are helping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people work in regional and remote communities, while closing the gap in Queensland’s healthcare workforce. Mater Education Student Services Team Leader Lauren Andrew said the Access and Equity Scholarships were supporting […]

She Inspires: Annabel Sutherland

She Inspires: Annabel Sutherland   Australian Women’s Cricket player Annabel Sutherland sat down with She-Society before the ICC world cup to discuss her experiences as a woman in sport and her cricketing journey that recently saw her represent Australia in the Women’s […]

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Tennis fans and pundits have ripped into world No. 1 Novak Djokovic for claiming he is not anti-vax, despite admitting he is willing to miss grand slam tournaments to avoid getting the jab. Djokovic found himself in a world […]

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Norway has banned breeding of two dog breeds. In a special ABC report Peter Gunders asks, will Australia follow suit? Cheryl White fell in love with Cavalier King Charles spaniels the first time she locked eyes with a puppy […]

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February 14, 2022 Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne has won an appeal against his sexual assault convictions.    Hayne, 33, was found guilty of two charges of sexually assaulting a woman in her bedroom on the night of the 2018 NRL grand final.   […]

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Gladys Berejiklian has been appointed to Optus’ executive team in a “game changing” move, four months after she resigned from politics. The former NSW premier has been appointed managing director, enterprise, business and institutional for the telecommunications giant. Optus […]

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Russian media is reporting 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva has tested positive for a banned drug. It follows a ceremony to present the Russian and her teammates with their Olympic gold medals being postponed due to an unspecified, last-minute […]

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  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Nicole Kidman will lead the Australian charge at the 94th Academy Awards, having been nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Being the Ricardos. The nomination is the fourth time in her career that Kidman […]

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8  Pope Francis admitted he had “no explanation” for why God would allow children to suffer during a rare TV talk show appearance on Sunday. The head of the Catholic Church appeared on the Italian talk show Che tempo che […]

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7  Jakara Anthony has created history by winning Australia’s first gold medal in the women’s moguls at the Beijing Winter Olympics. It is Australia’s first gold in Beijing, breaking a 12-year drought since an Australian last topped the podium at […]

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THURSDAY, February 3 Australian billionaire mining magnate Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest has launched criminal proceedings against social media giant Facebook, alleging the company has breached Australia’s money laundering laws by failing to prevent false cryptocurrency advertisements. In the proceedings lodged in the Western […]

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WEDNESDAY, February 2 After moving from Bangladesh to Australia, 19-year-old Armina Hayat planned to make the most of her new life in Sydney. Those who knew her described her as a kind, hardworking and quiet young woman who loved music and had […]

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  Tuesday, February 1 Going back to school on a budget is proving more difficult this year with inflation and soaring education expenses fuelled by the pandemic, but experts say parents can still try to save on costs, according to a special […]

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  MONDAY, January 31 Children in Queensland won’t need to be regularly tested for COVID-19 when they return to school next Monday. That’s one of the main points of the government’s back-to-school plan, which covers the first four weeks of the new […]

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  FRIDAY, January 28 The NSW Health Minister has suggested making the booster dose a requirement to be considered fully vaccinated after the state recorded 35 new COVID-19 deaths. The proposal comes amid slow uptake of booster shots in NSW, with many […]

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