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RESEARCH LINKS HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OUTCOMES TO ECOLOGICAL PARTICIPATION
A project engaging disadvantaged and unemployed workers in ecological restoration work is achieving a range of health and well-being benefits according to new research by the University of Tasmania. The Restoring Nature and Communities project, supported by Highways...
START LOCAL THEN GO GLOBAL
GOODWOOD, QLD Ask kids around the Bundaberg region what should be done to protect the environment and they’ll point you in the right direction. Stop buying too much, stop throwing it away and look after where you live. These are a few of the messages school children...
Our April Newsletter!
We hope you enjoy reading our Highways & Byways newsletter! We farewell the incredible Liz McAloon as she finishes up eight years of growing Highways & Byways into what it is today! Liz hands over the baton of Executive Officer to Jane Collopy. Our newsletter...
AND THE WATER IS RUNNING AGAIN
STANTHORPE, QLD Jane Muller got used to hearing people talk about gardens being abandoned and trees, growing for generations in a family’s backyard, dying because of the drought. The same thing happened to the garden at her workplace, the Granite Belt Support Service...
WILDLIFE WELCOMED BACK AFTER BUSHFIRES DESTROYED ‘HOLLOW’ HOMES
CARDINIA, VIC Lindsay McNaught hopes to see ringtail possums and eastern rosellas nest in the new accommodation that is being set up on his farm and on 22 nearby properties. It won’t be as good as the hollows in old eucalypts, but it's a start. Hundreds of old hollow...
December 2021 Newsletter and 2021 Annual Report
Greetings, We have reached the end of another challenging, yet wonderfully productive year for Highways and Byways. Thank you for the support we receive from across Australia - many small communities are helped because of your generous donations. The spirit of the...
A GREATER COMMITMENT TO THE MARGINALISED The 2021 John Wallis Memorial Lecture 27th October 2021
Around the Kitchen Table with Pope Francis - a voice and a place for the poor, the 2021 John Wallis Memorial Lecture, was delivered by Dr Wayne Tinsey on Wednesday 27 October via Zoom from Melbourne to a live audience of more than 60 people at the Don Bosco Creative...
HOBART JOHN WALLIS 2021 MEMORIAL LECTURE – WEDNESDAY 27TH OCTOBER 2021
AROUND THE TABLE WITH POPE FRANCIS - A PLACE AND A VOICE FOR THE POOR with Dr Wayne Tinsey If you wish to attend in person - BOOKING DETAILS HERE Click here for the youtube link to watch via Livestream. There is no need to register. Just come in a little early...
GROWTH DURING A SEASON OF CHALLENGES
WYNYARD, TASMANIA Live Well Tasmania volunteers grew more than they anticipated when they began their seedling project with hundreds and hundreds of tiny seeds, soil, and a hothouse. As well as producing hundreds of tomato, vegetable and herb seedlings for local...
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