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Services to be cut in Queensland’s looming domestic violence funding ‘catastrophe’, advocates warn | ABC News
ABC News website, Sunday 11 April 2021 ABC TV 7pm Queensland news, Sunday 11 April 2021 (starts at 12 minutes 22 seconds) Queensland domestic violence services warn there
Common and not often reported, elder abuse is domestic and family violence
Yarrabilba Bulletin | April 2021 Sadly, elder abuse is common and it’s often not reported in the media. The team at Logan’s community legal centre YFS Legal
Coronavirus pandemic to poverty pandemic | ABC News
Coronavirus pandemic to poverty pandemic Revised JobSeeker payments will impact family budgets, leave people homeless, advocates say – ABC News YFS is bracing for the impacts of
YFS emergency support during the lockdown
Everyone in the greater Brisbane area will go into lockdown from 5pm, Monday 29 March 2021. This includes people living and working in Logan City. Please don’t
Telling how to be a ‘man’
My City Logan | 26 March 2021 One of the young men behind a Logan-based service encouraging men and boys to change their attitudes towards consent and
Teaching consent to children: ‘The joke is where it starts and rape is where it ends’ | The Guardian Australia
R4Respect program coordinator Rachael Pascua offers an important young person’s insight in an opinion piece that ran in The Guardian Australia of 21 March 2021. The piece is
PNG students access digital learning for first time thanks to Queensland e-waste recycling charity | ABC News
By Jessica Stewart, ABC Reporter | Friday 19 March 2021 Some 18,000 students in Papua New Guinea are set to access e-learning for the first time after
Logan’s Men4Respect joins the Queensland Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Council
One of the young men behind a Logan-based service championing young men and boys to change their attitudes towards consent and respectful relationships has joined the Queensland
School boys taught about gender equality, masculinity | ABC News
https://youtu.be/kwln9ghj7CUAndrew Taukolo, coordinator for the Men4Respect program with YFS says the program teaches male empowerment to equip young boys with the skills to identify and change toxic traits.
ABC Radio National’s breakfast program turns to YFS Men4Respect
This morning’s ABC Radio National breakfast program relied on YFS’ Men4Respect coordinator Andrew Taukolo for an insight into boys and young men’s attitudes towards consent and respectful
Queensland entrepreneurs use old laptop batteries to help combat global energy crisis among poverty-stricken families | ABC News
By Jessica Stewart, ABC News A Queensland social enterprise is turning electronic trash into a global treasure, repurposing old laptop batteries to create a solar-powered solution for
JobSeeker payment to rise by $25 per week and increase recipient obligations | ABC News
ABC TV 7pm news bulletins in all Australian states have run a story featuring YFS CEO Cath Bartolo, about the new JobSeeker rate. The story was the