Honestly… It’s nice to belong

Honestly… It’s nice to belong

Guest Blog by Neighbours Every Day Ambassador Kate Mulholland (7 February 2025) When I was a child, I was different to most children around me, not because I played the flute, but because I was brought up in a religion that most Australians found extreme and unusual,...
Guest Blog: We urgently need a community big build

Guest Blog: We urgently need a community big build

It’s understandable we want to put COVID behind us. But in our desire to move on, let’s not throw out this hard-won lesson: given the opportunity and support, local communities come up with the best solutions. Communities through COVID banded together to fight...
Good neighbours help communities flourish

Good neighbours help communities flourish

By Harry Lovelock, Acting CEO Mental Health Australia. Last weekend, amid an anti-trans rally, the passing of South Australia’s First Nations Voice to Parliament Bill, and the New South Wales state election results, Neighbour Day had its 21st anniversary. Neighbour...