Author Zoë Prebble, The Conversation, Published: August 1, 2025 9.47am AEST CLICK HERE TO READ ARTICLE
Enjoy some snapshots of our 25th Anniversary day and night from Saturday 6 July 2025 when we celebrated 25 years of CLAN caring for Care Leavers! Iwona & Ian from Perth, Western Australia Wreford, Victoria Co-Founder of CLAN Joanna Penglase, NSW & CLAN Committee member Carol, South Australia
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By Hannah Cross, The West Australian Sun, 20 July 2025 A large-scale European study has found older adults experiencing hearing loss and loneliness could be at triple the risk of cognitive decline. Researchers from the University of Geneva in Switzerland wanted to investigate how social isolation and perceived loneliness can
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Check out our new logo on the top left & bottom left of all CLAN webpages! See also the Australian Orphanage Museum’s new logo here Tell us what you think at support@clan.org.au
I want to say thank you all Clannies CareLeavers & our Supporters who show their support in many varied ways: Coming to socials & bringing food to share. Attending protests. Retweeting CLAN’s tweets & adding your comments – remember Governments & public servants read them. Donating stamps, money, cards library
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Please know the Minister for Aged Care and Seniors The Hon Sam Rae MP has written an open letter dated 04.06.2025 informing aged care providers of a delay to the start of the new Aged Care Act. The Act will now start 1 November 2025. CLICK HERE To read the
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The Australian Orphanage Museum is now open after renovations have been completed. A few changes to the operations of the Australian Orphanage Museum: Entrance is now via Fitzroy St ONLY. Opening Hours are Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday from 10am-4pm. Group bookings by appointment only. Phone: 0425 204
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The New Zealand government will spend hundreds of millions of dollars in its 2025 budget for redress and compensation for hundreds of thousands of children, young people and vulnerable adults who were abused in state care. Click here for full article Canberra Times, by Renju Jose first published 9 May
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We’d love to hear your views about the Australian Orphanage Museum!
Wishing ALL Clannies a very happy and safe Easter. Please take care of each other. The CLAN office will be closed during the Easter period. Closing from 5pm Thursday 17th of April & re-opening 9am Tuesday 22nd of April 2025.
Please know the CLAN office will be CLOSED Wednesday 16 April 2025 from 9am – 1:30pm. Phone 1800 008 774 and leave a voicemail and we will call you back OR email support@clan.org.au Thank you for understanding.
Fifteen survivors of the Lake Alice child and adolescent unit – the Rangitīkei psychiatric institution where children were tortured in the 1970s – have so far received $150,000 government rapid redress payments. By Jimmy Ellingham, RNZ in the Whanganui Chronicle dated 09.03.2025 Full article here.
