Forty years ago,Band Aid stirred my Gen X conscience. Who’s inspiring Gen Z?
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Gen Z

Forty years ago,Band Aid stirred my Gen X conscience. Who’s inspiring Gen Z?

The fundraising pop stars helped my generation construct a compassionate worldview but the music my kids listen to seems devoid of any warriors for justice.

  • byMaree Badgery-Parker

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These four women have found the secret to fulfilment

These four women have found the secret to fulfilment

About five million Australians take part in volunteering activities and find they get as much as they give.

  • byDilvin Yasa
Foxes,joggers and fat feet:What I learnt doing Sydney’s new overnight walk

Foxes,joggers and fat feet:What I learnt doing Sydney’s new overnight walk

To preview the first UNICEF Dusk to Dawn walk,Herald writer Garry Maddox plodded from North Sydney to Bondi with ultramarathoner Pat Farmer.

  • byGarry Maddox
Duchess of York packs venue in first of five WA appearances

Duchess of York packs venue in first of five WA appearances

Seven hundred people packed a Perth resort on Friday night to see ‘Fergie’ talk about her charity work and why she’s choosing to publish in Western Australia.

  • byEmma Young
Prince of Wales:I talk to my children about homelessness – like my mother Diana did

Prince of Wales:I talk to my children about homelessness – like my mother Diana did

She made sure we knew “the life outside palace walls thing was real,you know,” William says.

  • byIndia McTaggart
WIRES risks mass exodus as internal warfare comes to a head
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Wildlife

WIRES risks mass exodus as internal warfare comes to a head

Australia’s largest and richest wildlife rescue charity has introduced a structural change that lessens oversight of what remains of the $100 million raised during the Black Summer bushfires and curtails the rights of volunteers.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
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WA’s most reclusive billionaire now has a women’s shelter named after her

WA’s most reclusive billionaire now has a women’s shelter named after her

Ruah chief executive Debra Zanella revealed Bennett made a “significant contribution” to the facility but would not reveal the exact amount she donated.

  • byHamish Hastie
No power steering,no air con,no worries:the pride of the Shitbox Rally

No power steering,no air con,no worries:the pride of the Shitbox Rally

More than 200 “shitboxes” are gearing up to leave Bendigo on Saturday,headed for Townsville. One contestant is just hoping to make it to Bendigo.

  • byCarolyn Webb
‘It is the right time for change’:Forrests step aside at multibillion-dollar Minderoo charity

‘It is the right time for change’:Forrests step aside at multibillion-dollar Minderoo charity

Billionaires Andrew and Nicola Forrest have resigned as co-chairs of their multibillion-dollar charity Minderoo just months after the organisation shed almost one-third of its workforce.

  • byJesinta Burton
Who decides who goes hungry in Queensland and who gets to eat?
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Who decides who goes hungry in Queensland and who gets to eat?

Food – or a lack of it – is on the political table this week,but not everyone agrees on who should have to worry about someone’s next meal.

  • byCourtney Kruk
‘The price I have to pay’:Nedd Brockmann recounts injuries after 1600km run
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Running

‘The price I have to pay’:Nedd Brockmann recounts injuries after 1600km run

The ultra marathon runner finally crossed the finish line on Wednesday morning after more than 12 days of running laps for charity.

  • byJessica McSweeney andCindy Yin