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Parliamentary committee opens consultations on assisted dying
The committee tasked with consulting Territorians on voluntary assisted dying has revealed where it will visit and what questions it will ask as it prepares a report for the Northern Territory Parliament. Source: NT News.
Health sector issues warning over growing waitlist for home care packagesÂ
The growing waitlist for home care packages risks thousands of hospital beds being taken up by elderly people experiencing otherwise avoidable complications or falls without adequate support, providers have warned. Source: The Australian.
Audit finds Sisters ‘100 per cent’ committed to safety of Hunter community
The Sisters of St Joseph Lochinvar in New South Wales are committed to placing the needs and safety of the Hunter community first, according to a safeguarding audit report published today by Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd.
From loss to hope: Camino Domini ‘tells story of rural Victoria’
This pilgrimage tells the story of rural Victoria, Deacon Joe Leach said at the start of the Camino Domini from Lyonville to St Mary Magdalen’s Church, Trentham. Source: Melbourne Catholic.
CESA’s 200-strong workforce on the move
Catholic Education South Australia will relocate its head office to a prominent city-fringe office space in one of Adelaide’s key commercial precincts. Source: The Southern Cross.
How kicking a ball can promote peace and unity
Pope Leo XIV has emphasised the importance of coming together for peace and promoting unity through sport, politics, music, and other means. Source: Vatican News.
Interfaith event calls for abolition of nuclear weapons
Representatives of various groups have gathered at an interfaith event in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to call for nuclear disarmament worldwide. Source: OSV News.Â
Muslims join Christians in Marian festival in Indonesia
Muslims joined Catholics in processions and shared prayers to celebrate a religious and cultural festival dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary on Indonesia’s Christian-majority Flores Island. Source: UCA News.
Exploitation of young workers by employers ‘rife’, study finds
More than one-third of young workers are exploited by their employers, according to a new study, with many paid less than the minimum wage, forbidden to take entitled breaks or compelled to pay for work-related items. Source: The Guardian.Â