On today’s episode of Coogee Voice Dr Marjorie O’Neill sits down with Annik Petrou from Greenpeace Eastern Suburbs Support Group and discuss the organisations current projects including Reenergising Australia’s power sources and what you can be doing at home to help address climate change.

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In today’s episode, Dr Marjorie O’Neill sits down with Associate Professor Simon Rosenbaum from the School of Psychiatry at UNSW and an honorary fellow at the Black Dog Institute. Today’s interview explores Simon’s research where exercise and mental health meet and how physical activity can help address our mental health crisis and how we need to shift the focus away exercise and body image to one of health care management.

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Simon has worked with a variety of groups including youth, veterans, emergency service workers and refugees. Simon has published >180 peer-reviewed publications including a textbook and a Lancet Commission. He serves as an elected national director of Exercise and Sports Science Australia, the President-Elect of the Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and co-chair of the Olympic Refuge Foundation’s think tank on sport and humanitarian settings. Simon has led international research and capacity building projects, including working in the Rohingya refugee crises in Bangladesh. In 2019, Simon was recognised by the Clarivate Highly Cited list for mental health, awarded to the top 1% of researchers in a given field worldwide. You can follow Simon’s work here: https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/associate-professor-simon-rosenbaum

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On today’s episode of Coogee Voice Dr Marjorie O’Neill sits down with the CEO and founder of Support the Girls, a not for profit organisation that works to ensure all women have dignity by ensuring they have access to essential products including sanitary items and bras. The Coogee Electoral office is a drop off point Support the Girls, so if you have preloved bras in good condition or brand new that you no longer need and would like to donate, bring them around.

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For more information on Support the Girls head to: https://supportthegirls.com.au/what-we-need/

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On today's episode, Dr Marjorie O’Neill sits down and talks with Julia Sussman one of the founding members of Youth HEAR, an organisation dedicated to bridging the gap between Australian youth and the memory of the Holocaust. We discuss the increasing rates of anti-Semitism and hate throughout our community and why hate in all forms should never be accepted.
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Youth HEAR is an organisation dedicated to mitigating hate in society by connecting young Australians with the memory of the Holocaust. We are committed to engaging Australian youth through education, commemoration and cross-community collaboration. In this way, we strive to learn the lessons of the past in the hope that we will truly be able to say never again. Fundamental to Youth HEAR’s approach is a dedication to maximising the engagement of youth, defined as 17-30 years of age.
If you would like to learn more about Youth HEAR and the Jewish community head to:
Youth HEAR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/youthhear
Executive Council of Australian Jewry – 2020 report covering antisemitic incidents and antisemitic discourse in Australia.https://www.ecaj.org.au/the-ecaj-2020-antisemitism-report/
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies – roof body for the NSW Jewish communityhttps://www.nswjbd.org/
The Sydney Jewish Museumhttps://sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au/
Live For Me commemoration bracelethttps://www.instagram.com/liveforme.bracelets/?hl=en

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In today’s episode, Dr Marjorie O’Neill sits down with Chanel Contos, the founder of the Teach us Consent petition that has since gone viral and has become a petition to the NSW Parliament.
Through her website thousands of woman have since disclosed their own sexual assault experiences subsequently sparking a public debate regarding reform within our education system and the need to teach all young people about age appropriate consent. https://www.teachusconsent.com/
If you would like to sign the NSW Parliamentary petition you can do so here: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/la/Pages/ePetition-details.aspx?q=E1vJM17r85TsPf4J7KNUbg==
Please be advised that this episode contains material that may disturbing or triggering for some. If you require assistance or advice pertaining to sexual assault call 1800 Respect

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On today's episode of Coogee Voice, Dr Marjorie O’Neill sits down with Paul Vanni, the President of Coogee Dolphins and Mark Daoud the Clubs Captain. The episode explores the club's rich history, as well as the rugby league team’s deep commitment to giving back to the community and their desire to expand and have a women’s team.
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If you would like to learn more about the Coogee Dolphins, head to http://www.coogeedolphins.com.au/

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In this weeks episode Marjorie sits down with Professor David Goldstein for the final episode of pancreatic cancer month. David is a clinical professor who is a senior staff specialist at the prince of wales hospital, Sydney and the director of the translational cancer research network at UNSW. David is a leading researcher in pancreatic cancer and has played a big role in raising awareness.

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November is pancreatic cancer awareness months. As part of pour month long series on today’s episode Dr Marjorie O’Neill in this episode is interviewing Dr Baggoley who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2019.
Between 2011 and 2016, Dr Baggoley was the country's Chief Medical Officer, advising the government on major health matters including the Ebola and Zika pandemics, giving him a unique background and understanding of pancreatic cancer before his diagnosis.
Dr Baggoley is one of the lucky 10% of people who are able to have surgery to remove his tumour, followed by chemotherapy and he is now doing well. Today Chris joins us to share his journey with pancreatic cancer including talking about the new roadmap that you can personally contribute to here: https://www.canceraustralia.gov.au/national-pancreatic-cancer-roadmap

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November is pancreatic cancer awareness months. As part of pour month long series on today’s episode Dr Marjorie O’Neill interviews Associate Professor Phoebe Phillips, a Senior Research Fellow in the Adult Cancer Program at the UNSW Lowy Cancer Research Centre where she is head of the Pancreatic Research Group. Pancreatic cancer is a particularly devastating form of cancer which claims around 7 lives in Australia every day. Pancreatic cancer is currently the third leading cause of cancer-related death but is expected to become number two by 2030. If you would like to make a tax deductible donation to this important research head to: https://alumni.unsw.edu.au/Giving/MED/PPCRF

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This month, Coogee Voice dedicates each episode to raising the awareness of pancreatic cancer. In this weeks episode Marjorie sits down with Danny and Jess from 'purple our world.' Following the loss of their mother from pancreatic cancer the family have put forward a social media platform to support those affected by pancreatic cancer and to raise awareness and much needed funds.

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