Sunday, 23 November 2025 08:59
RETURN AND EARN AND GUIDE DOGS
A SIX-month Return and Earn campaign has raised more than $175,000 for Guide Dogs NSW/ACT, funding the breeding, raising and training of three new guide dogs, each costing over $50,000. The donations—generated through 10c container refunds—will support people living with low vision or blindness, a growing group of more than 500,000 Australians. Return and Earn has become an important fundraising channel, raising over $82M for charities and community groups since 2017 through the NSW Government’s recycling initiative.
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Sunday, 23 November 2025 08:57
CLAIM FARMING WILL BE OUTLAWED
THE NSW Government has introduced new legislation to outlaw ‘claim farming’ in motor crashes, protecting injured people from coercive tactics used to pressure them into lodging compensation claims. The Motor Accident Injuries Amendment (Claim Farming Practices Prohibition) Bill 2025 strengthens earlier reforms by adding two new offences to the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017, each carrying $55,000 penalties. The changes ban unsolicited contact, safeguard vulnerable crash victims, and protect the integrity of the CTP Scheme.
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Sunday, 23 November 2025 08:56
WARNING: LOINELINES AFFECTS HEALTH
ON World Mental Health Day, Relationships Australia NSW urges recognition of relationships as a core pillar of mental health. Loneliness affects one in six people globally and contributes to significant ill-health, yet social connection is often overlooked in a medically focused system. CEO Elisabeth Shaw says relationship distress is a major driver of mental health issues and calls for early intervention, stronger integration with mental health services, and greater investment in relational support to improve wellbeing.
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