The Salvation Army today issued an urgent warning that Australia’s cost of living crisis is spiralling into an emergency for the nation’s most marginalised people, with a new report revealing nearly one in five people surveyed saying they had eaten from bins and three in five saying they had eaten expired or spoiled food in the past 12 months.

New polling data from The Australia Institute and the Everybody’s Home housing rights alliance shows most Aussie voters want reduced tax breaks for property investors and more money for social housing.

At its December meeting, Richmond Valley Council, in a five-part motion, resolved to continue to allow 4 wheel drive vehicles (4WDs) access to Airforce Beach, Evans Head, but locals say risks have not been addressed.

The views of more than 4,000 young people aged 12–25, highlighting urgent reform needed across safety, mental health, education, and the rising cost of living, were heard in Canberra last week

The Clarence River Guardians in collaboration with Southern Cross University, is calling for participants in a major citizen science survey of the Clarence River.

A chance for new mums to let the health sector know what they need in terms perinatal care has begun at Southern Cross University.

The local community is evenly split regarding the future of Byron Bay’s Main Beach carpark, a wide-ranging survey and consultation process conducted by Byron Shire Council suggests.

Half of Australians experience more financial stress during winter, according to new research conducted by YouGov for the St Vincent de Paul Society NSW.

Resilient Lismore says results of a recent door-to-door survey include more than two thousand residents living in more than a thousand households that haven’t recovered from the 2022 floods and aren’t properly prepared for future disaster.

New polling shows supermarkets are Australians' public enemy No. 1 in the cost-of-living crisis.