Aussie Helpers Virtual Psychologist given $1m for innovative SMS psychological access. Queensland Country Life-Sally Cripps @sallyQCL 6 Jun 2018, 5 a.m. Faced with a suicide rate twice as high in rural Australia as other parts of the country, governments have long grappled with the challenge of how best to deliver psychological counselling services in country areas. Photo – Sally Cripps. After a concerted effort over a number of months, and in the face of increasing desperation by landholders facing relentless drought, the federal government has...
March 13 2018 – 5:47PM The heart-wrenching moment charity ‘Aussie Helpers’ delivers supplies to Upper Hunter farmers on the brink Written by :Caitlin Reid YESTERDAY Upper Hunter farmer Paul Metcalf had nearly lost all hope. With little feed left on his Gundy property “Belah”, he was loading his last 40 head of cattle to be sent off to sale when he received an unexpected call. “They were in the yard ready to go,” an emotional Mr Metcalf recalled. “Then I picked up the phone and they...
Requests for assistance mounting in Aussie Helpers office. Sally Cripps @sallyQCL 25 Jan 2018, 8 a.m. The need to keep feeding weaners such as this one at Barcaldine have been behind the requests for help overwhelming the Aussie Helpers hotline. Photo supplied. It’s not only drought-stricken Cunnamulla that will be feeling the helping hand of fellow Aussies reaching out with a hay drive on Australia Day – rural charity, Aussie Helpers, is preparing for a hay relief effort in the state’s central west. Centred around Barcaldine...
Alan Jones and Peta Credlin talk with Brian Egan of Aussie Helpers about the plight of farmers more than 6 years living with drought, and the toll it is taking on their livestock and their families. IMAGES SUPPLIED BY AUSSIE HELPERS (c) 2017 SOURCE OF AUDIO: http://www.skynews.com.au/connect/podcast.html ...
$100,000 RELIEF FROM AUSSIE HELPERS FOR CYCLONE DEBBIE VICTIMS Aussie Helpers, Australia’s leading rural charity, today announced that it would be assisting primary producers in areas north of Marlborough in Central Queensland, specifically Saint Lawrence, Lotus Creek and Clarke Creek. The decision was made to help these areas as they have not been mentioned in most media reports. Aussie Helpers’ assistance will ensure communities who would not otherwise be aided will be able to...
Join the Caravan, Camper, Motorhome Rally to help our Outback Aussies. Follow in the footsteps of Ludwig as we make our way from Jimbour House, Dalby to Normanton. All registration fees are donated to our Aussie Farming Families. Safe Travels! ...
LIONS CLUBS REACH THEIR MILLION DOLLAR GOAL!! On a cattle station near Hughenden Brian Egan first met Brian McAtee who had stopped to see what Aussie Helpers were doing giving stock feed away to graziers and when Brian Egan explained to him the huge cost involved in doing this type of drought relief work he told me that Lions should be able to do something to help Brian McAtee invited Brian Egan to a meeting at Castle Hill Lions Club...
Dick Smith and Ian MacNamara ( Macca )fly in to visit Aussie Helpers in Charleville. On the first day of March Dick Smith and Macca from Australia all Over flew into Charleville from Sydney enroute to Mornington Island. Dick Smith Foods donated one million dollars to Aussie Helpers last December and Dick decided to stop over in Charleville and have lunch with Brian and Nerida Egan, founders of Aussie Helpers, and to meet some of the volunteers who freely give their...
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