Young Aussie Builds School For Life in Uganda

In 2007, 19 year old law student Annabelle Chauncey was evacuated from Kenya amidst an eruption of civil conflict. A controversial election held mid-way through her 3-month volunteering trip teaching in a rural school, saw two local tribes at loggerheads with each other and the local community in disarray. Eight years later and this event
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Quitting a day job that provides a stable income for a business venture is a big risk. Ebony Centazzo of Catnapping Suburban Retreat is doing just that.

As a new designer with a brand new fashion label that is growing quite rapidly in Australia and overseas, I have found myself noticing new ways I live my life.  My frame of mind has changed since I started my label BUTTONS. The word yes has found its way right at the top of my
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Editor’s Note: Christina Yiannakis checks out what young women at Melbourne University are doing to address the gender pay gap issue when they enter the workforce. In 2009, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that 34% of Australian men and 40% of Australian women aged 25-64 years had a tertiary qualification.  That is a lot
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Editor’s Note: Ambassador Tegan De Clark got up close and personal with Alyssa Azar, Australia’s youngest adventurer set to conquer Mt Everest in 2014. Photo credit: Sydney Owen There doesn’t appear to be a shortage young Australians who are set on taking the world by storm. Toowoomba resident, Alyssa Azar, is giving life a red
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Editor’s Note: Iona Yeung of Pretty Pickles dedicates this poem to the naysayers who drove her to achieve the very thing they said she couldn’t. Naysayers appear in all faucets of your life. When I was younger, I hated them. With their doubt and negativity, they instilled a fear of failure in me that was
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