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The Tampa affair, as it became known, was an incident at sea in 2001 which changed Australia's policy toward asylum seekers. At the time, increasing numbers of people attempted to travel to Australia by boat to seek asylum. On 24 August 2001, a small wooden fishing boat, the Palapa 1, began to sink about 140 kilometres north of Christmas Island, off the far north coast of Western Australia, in what is considered international waters. Even though the boat was small, it was carrying 438 mainl…
over 4 years ago
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The Adaptive Clothing Collective has made its runway debut, bringing inclusive
clothing to the forefront of Australian Fashion Week.
over 3 years ago
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Retail giant Woolworths has admitted underpaying thousands of its employees by hundreds of millions of dollars over a nine-year period. The Fair Work Ombudsman is looking to prosecute the retailer for breaching workplace law.
over 3 years ago
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ABS data suggests that within 24 years, more than a million Australians will be aged over 85.
over 3 years ago
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A psychologist who experienced mental ill-health believes pop-up ads could help
people when they’re at their most vulnerable.
about 3 years ago
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The rates of self harm among young women are on the rise -- both here in Australia and overseas. A summit of world experts has been meeting in Sydney to discuss the mental health illness that's not widely talked about. And a warning - this story references self harm.
about 3 years ago
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Annie had always wanted to be a teacher but says the job was too emotionally draining to be sustainable. She’s not the only one, with empathy fatigue on the rise.
over 2 years ago
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<b><i> SBS On Demand.</i></b> In November 2019 as bushfires ravaged Australia's east coast, Ed Roy and his wife Cheryl Laffernis were at their five-acre home surrounded by bush, watching nervously as the blaze approached. The ferocious fire had already crossed containment lines close by at Bobin near Taree, on the NSW mid-north coast, and was gaining momentum. Ed and Cheryl were sitting glued to their Fires Near Me app when they received a call from neighbours. “They said, &apos…
over 2 years ago
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Sorry can mean nothing, or it can mean everything. Here three women share how their lives have been shaped by the presence – or absence – of that one small word.
over 2 years ago
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<b><i> SBS On Demand.</i></b> Landscape photographer Dani Watson loved posting photos of stunning, remote and unusual locations. Then she realised she was fuelling a dangerous selfie-taking culture. Within hours of posting an image on social media, she would receive a flood of messages from followers. "They’d ask: 'where did you take it?' 'How did you get there?' 'Can you pinpoint it on Google Maps?'" she told Insight. "I realised I was sort of…
over 1 year ago
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The number of single-child families has almost doubled over the past 40 years. Couples facing mounting financial pressures, infertility and not having enough social support contribute to the growing trend — yet stereotypes about only children being spoilt and selfish remain.
over 1 year ago
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