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Dementia Australia today acknowledged Brisbane City Council; Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art; University of Queensland’s Healthy Living Centre, and Art Museum; along with Iona College for their combined commitment to creating a dementia-friendly Brisbane as a strategic element of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.  These…

Former Test cricketer and Australian Cricket Team coach, Darren “Boof” Lehmann, is lacing up for a second year in the Heart Foundation’s MyMarathon – and in 2021 has vowed to double his kilometres in the charity’s annual fitness and fundraising challenge. MyMarathon participants will have the entire month of October to walk…

Landcarers in the Mulgoa Valley safeguarding the future of a recently discovered population of platypus have secured Landcare funding to mitigate the impacts of Black Summer fires on the rare species.   With $55,000 from the Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery Grants, Mulgoa Landcare – based outside Penrith in NSW – will…

13 Seeds (13seeds.com.au) is a health and wellness brand delivering quality, Australian-made products direct to consumers at affordable prices. 13 Seeds provides customers with innovative, research-backed plant-based supplements, food and drink products using Tasmanian-grown hemp and other superfood ingredients including turmeric. Known for its science-focused approach and developing best-selling products…

The 2021 Tony Awards were held today at the Wintergarden Theatre in New York City. After over 11 months of Broadway being dark due to the pandemic, the awards were back to celebrate the best of live theatre, plays, and musicals. Here is the full list of winners. Best Play…

Nearly 350 heart attacks, strokes or heart-related deaths over the next five years could have been prevented if 27,000 Heart Health Checks had not been missed or delayed because of COVID-19, according to new modeling released by the Heart Foundation today.  At least 27,000 Australians are likely to have missed…