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We offer affordable IT training workshops for the community sector, government agencies, business workers and individuals in our training room in Penrith, Parramatta, Macarthur or onsite. Most courses start from as little as $75 (incl GST) for workers in non-profits and government organisations. We also have some specialty courses which start at $90 (incl GST).85% of Australians support anti-discrimination law
A new national poll shows that 85% of Australians support the Federal Government introducing anti-discrimination laws to protect Australians from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation & gender identity. Australian Coalition for Equality (ACE) campaign coordinator Corey...
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Study sheds new light on how babies are parented
A groundbreaking study of how babies' days are spent has found there is little difference between how much time the babies of working mothers are held, cuddled and read to compared to the babies of full time stay at home mothers. And babies who are breastfed are held...
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Thicker Than Water: Essays by Adult Siblings of PWD
US-based The Sibling Support Project's book Thicker Than Water: Essays by Adult Siblings of People with Disabilities has been published by Woodbine House. In this thought-provoking anthology, 39 adult siblings from US, Canada, England, Japan, and Australia reflect...
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Low Income Household Refit Program
Over the next four years, 220,000 households across NSW will receive a free
home energy assessment, have energy saving fittings put in and get personal
advice about how to save power. The program is being offered to 1,000 homes in Western Sydney as part of a
pilot.
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Indigenous prisoners: solutions for a broken system
A paper on Indigenous incarceration and health has been released NIDAC. Despite the investment by governments to reduce incarceration, Indigenous Australians have continued to fill our correction systems at alarmingly disproportionate rates, making up almost one quarter...
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DADHC Unit Costing Tool & Excel Training
DADHC has contracted NDS to deliver a rolling state-wide training program of financial management training from July 2009 to May 2010. This will combine training on the DADHC Unit Costing Tool (UCT version 2), and Intermediate Microsoft Excel.
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Social Exclusion: The Sydney Experience
A report by ANGLICARE Sydney provides confronting evidence of poverty, deprivation and exclusion for many who live in Sydney and the Illawarra. The Sydney Anglican community service organisation says an overhaul of how emergency relief is provided is desperately needed...
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2009 SANE Book of the Year
The 2009 SANE Book of the Year is Back From The Brink Too: Supporting Your Loved One In Overcoming Depression by Graeme Cowan. The SANE Book of the Year Award recognises outstanding Australian non-fiction titles which promote understanding of...
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