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Second bite Winter Appeal launch.Curtis Stone in the kitchen with volunteer cooks cooking breakfast for ADRA clients (people affected by homelessness). SecondBite CEO Steve Clifford, Penny Fowler, Curtis Stone and SecondBite co-founder Simone Carson. Picture: Alex Coppel.

Why Aussie workers are the new hungry

A long, cold winter has arrived for a new group of food-insecure Australians, as charity SecondBite launches a winter appeal to bring relief now needed even by those in stable work.

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360Commercial - Coles: Towards a Better Future. Disability Confidence Awards. Senior digital accessibility analyst Laura Moller, left, and Inclusive Recruitment Specialist Anita Devereux during the Disability Confidence Awards Night on June 8th, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. Picture: Martin Keep/Coles

Top Aussie companies for access and inclusion

The inaugural Disability Confidence Awards has celebrated organisations improving employment opportunities for Australians. See who makes the list.

Wayne Shields with sons Oscar 10 and Flynn 12 .Peninsula Fresh have been awarded a $ 300,00 grant from the Coles Nurture fund to transform their irrigation infrastructure.Picture:Rob Leeson

How demand for organic is seeding sustainable practices

A fresh round of Coles Nurture Fund recipients from across the country have ambitious plans for innovative sustainability projects to help meet growing consumer demand for organic produce.

AFL great Eddie Betts, Mushroom Records CEO Matt Gudinksi and Coles chief marketing officer Lisa Ronson announce the supermarket's First Nations Pathways Program is moving into the music industry to support young Indigenous artists. Picture: supplied

Yothu Yindi inspires new generation of musical talent

Mushroom Group, which backed the hit ‘90s group Yothu Yindi, will mentor First Nations talent trying to break into the industry, with a new pathways program and Eddie Betts as ambassador.

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360Commercial: Coles Lismore store manager standing in what is left of the supermarket after the floods. Picture: Renae Droop/RDW Photography

Supermarket staff move to flood frontline

Efforts to feed flood victims have thrust supermarket workers back on to the emergency frontline as some lose everything.

360COMMERCIAL: Coles Towards a Better Future. Willa Webb is a single mum of six about to finish her law degree who is being supported by female employment charity Fitted for Work, with clothes and accessories for job interviews and a new role. Picture:Rob Leeson

How single Aussie mum of six found her success

As a victim of family violence before being left to raise six young kids alone, this Aussie mum chased down a law degree to change her family’s life forever.

Pip Kiernan from Clean Up Australia. This year volunteers will be asked to tally the number of masks and other items of Protective Personal Equipment (PPE) they pick up. Picture: Supplied

Time to clean up pandemic mess

Two years after Covid came ashore, Australia is awash in discarded single use face masks – part of the focus of this year’s Clean Up Australia Day.

NSW Fire and Rescue firefighters and “In-water” rescue experts operating in the in Northern NSW flood zones. Supplied

How you can help Aussie towns affected by the recent floods

Funds raised will go toward enabling volunteers and staff to help with evacuations and supporting people and communities to recover and to build resilience to disasters.

360COMMERCIAL: Coles - Towards a Better Future. Brandon Starc with Little Athletes in WA. Picture: supplied

Little athletes go bananas for high-jump hero

They’re portable, nutritious and taste tops on everything from toast to toffee – now bananas are boosting Little Athletics with a little help from high-jump hero Brandon Starc

Eat the rainbow sandwich from For the Love of Bread by Redkite. Please credit image to Freya's Nourishment.

Best things on sliced bread

Sandwiches are king of all comfort foods, and with these expert tips, yours will reign supreme.

Premier Peter Gutwein with former Hawthorn Football Club coach Alastair Clarkson. Clarkson is set to help Tasmania gain an AFL team. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

Clarko’s big call on Tassie expansion

Legendary coach Alastair Clarkson has spent the past two days in Hobart as the Apple Isle eyes an AFL team. Here’s what he’s been up to.

How to help children become aware, and interested, in where food comes from

How to help children become aware, and interested, in where food comes from

Food doesn’t grow in supermarkets. It isn’t always farmed by old men on tractors, either. These are just some of the misconceptions that farmers and others are working to reverse.

360Commercial: COLES - TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE. Eddie Betts in the NT. Picture: supplied.

‘Sport saved my life’: Betts pledges return to Top End

After relocating his family to Darwin to spend time with remote community kids, Eddie Betts has vowed to return packing a fresh club flag for the Palmerston Magpies.

Coles - Towards a Better Future. One of the winners of the 2021 Coles Supplier of the Year Awards, Mitolo Family Farm was named Fresh Produce Supplier of the Year. Pictured is managing director, Frank Mitolo at far right, with brothers, from left, Darren and John. Picture: supplied

‘We’re ecstatic’: Hot supermarket items flying off shelves

From pet products to the humble bag of spuds, supermarket suppliers are getting serious about sustainability — and they are being recognised for it.

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