Joseph Kim
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Sydney Siege: Australians turned to prayer in crisis, says Priest
An Irish Catholic Priest, whose church is located a five-minute walk away from the Martin Place Lindt cafe where the Sydney siege occurred, shared his observations with the Catholic Herald on Wednesday.
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Understanding social anxiety disorder during the holiday season can make all the difference
While topics such as anxiety, phobias and mental health are not at the top of people\'s minds as they prepare for Christmas, British online publication Medical News Today raised social anxiety disorder as a subject of importance for families and friends.
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Oxfam urges Australian shoppers to make ethical choices this Christmas
Oxfam Australia has reminded country ahead of Christmas that putting some thoughtfulness into our gift-buying this year will make a difference in the lives of fellow humans.
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IOM calls for end to people smuggling as migrant death toll reaches record high
In the lead-up to International Migrants Day, held every year on Dec 18 since 2000, the head of the International Organisation for Migrants (IOM) has drawn attention to the increasing death toll for migrants who attempt to secure a better quality of life by crossing borders.
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Nick Vujicic's 'Attitude is Altitude' magazine to be released in January 2015
Nick Vujicic will publish the first edition of his new, free monthly magazine in January 2015.
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Academic chides government's 'failure' in creating 'effective' Indigenous policies
Prominent academic, social commentator and activist Eva Cox, who is currently with Sydney\'s University of Technology (UTS), concluded on Monday that there are no signs indicating that the Coalition government\'s future Indigenous policy development will not embrace the evidence of what is effective.
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Human activity to be the cause of sixth 'great extinction'?
Prominent scientific journal Nature published a special analysis on Wednesday that shows that 41 per cent of all amphibians on the planet now face extinction, while 26 per cent of mammal species and 13 per cent of birds are also under threat of disappearing.
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Working poor seeking help from Salvation Army as part of higher demand this Christmas
The working people who have registered with the Salvation Army, which has seen an increase in demand, to receive charitable assistance this Christmas echoes the data collected by Sydney\'s Exodus Foundation last month, which reported a 25 per cent rise in the demand for free meals.
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Coalition's mid-year foreign aid cuts 'madness'; 'absolutely disgraceful'
There has been no shortage of outcries regarding foreign aid after Treasurer Joe Hockey\'s mid-year budget update on Monday.
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Australians are not taking their sleep seriously enough, study finds
Although writer Karen Emslie argues that a continuous block of sleep is a modern phenomenon, the Sleep Health Foundation has concluded that Australians are not embracing the importance of sleep after conducting a study with 1,500 participants.