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Council Takes Holistic Approach To Graffiti Management
12+ hour, 16+ min ago (361+ words) The City of Casey is taking an innovative approach to tackling graffiti with a new program focussed on prevention and positive community engagement to help keep public spaces clean and welcoming. The plan also contains a range of new initiatives…...
Carinity aged care resident celebrates 100 years of love and laughter
7+ hour, 40+ min ago (565+ words) A great-grandmother who is a former fashion model and video shop owner has celebrated 100 years of life, love, laughter, and cherished memories with friends and family. Helen Whitney, a resident of the Carinity Cedarbrook aged care home on the Gold…...
Building sustainable pathways for Vietnam's medicinal plant sector
9+ hour, 34+ min ago (532+ words) Vietnam is home to more than 5, 000 medicinal plant species, representing around 15% of the world's known medicinal plants. The sector is rich in biodiversity and cultural knowledge, with growing commercial potential. However, growing demand for medicinal products is placing increasing pressure…...
Prostate cancer hit for six thanks to the South Australian Veterans Cricket Association
9+ hour, 52+ min ago (350+ words) Around 70 men in their 50s, 60s, 70s, and even 80s played in four very enjoyable Twenty-20 matches. "A number of our players have suffered from prostate cancer and have survived," Chris "Dixie" Daw said. "The spirit exhibited by the players was superb. Everyone had…...
Cricket Victoria Reveals Female U16 Country and Metro Squads for 2026/27
8+ hour, 58+ min ago (140+ words) 2 Jul 2026 2: 48 pm AEST 2 Jul 2026 2: 42 pm AEST 2 Jul 2026 2: 39 pm AEST 2 Jul 2026 2: 37 pm AEST 2 Jul 2026 2: 36 pm AEST 2 Jul 2026 2: 33 pm AEST 2 Jul 2026 2: 30 pm AEST 2 Jul 2026 2: 28 pm AEST 2 Jul 2026 2: 27 pm AEST 2 Jul 2026 2: 24 pm AEST 2 Jul 2026 2: 21 pm AEST 2 Jul 2026 2: 15 pm AEST 2 Jul 2026 2: 09 pm AEST 2 Jul…...
Three clinical scholars appointed to the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
22+ hour, 43+ min ago (249+ words) JULY 1, 2026, NEW YORK " It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of three Clinical Scholars of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research: Bernhard Gentner and Caroline Arber at the Institute's Lausanne Branch, and Christian Hinrichs of the Rutgers…...
DOC To Vaccinate "at Risk" Birds Against Bird Flu
14+ hour, 7+ min ago (759+ words) DOC is set to begin vaccinating some of New Zealand's most threatened bird species to protect them against the highly virulent strain of H5 N1 bird flu, in case it arrives here. H5 N1 has been spreading around the world and has caused large…...
Hearing Loss In Diabetes Patients "hidden Epidemic
16+ hour, 25+ min ago (596+ words) Researchers have called for hearing tests to become a standard part of diabetes care and for hearing loss to be recognised as a significant complication of the condition. Dr Mehwish Nisar from UQ's School of Public Health said most people…...
Huntington's Disease: Targeted Light Pulses Improve Motor Function
22+ hour, 19+ min ago (774+ words) Targeted activation of specific nerve cells using pulses of light alleviates motor impairments in an animal model of Huntington's disease and restores healthy neuronal activity. These findings have now been published in the journal Nature. According to Germany's AOK health…...
Be heard: Help researchers improve support for survivors of online child sexual abuse material
23+ hour, 19+ min ago (760+ words) A new survey, led by Monash University researchers and funded by global digital child protection organisation UNICEF's Safe Online, is inviting Australians to participate in a national research project focused on improving responses to unknowing victim-survivors of online child sexual…...