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News on the Thriving Kids Program is posted in reverse chronological order as information comes to hand. The full details are yet to be announced by the Australian Government. It is not clear how this affects therapy and disability services which are government funded. Update Thriving Kids: Feb 2026 Aust Government Fact Sheet and FAQs (updated 12/2/26) https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/thriving-kids Thriving Kids Advisory Group - https://www.health.gov.au/committees-and-groups/thriving-kids-advisory-group Petition: Teachers, Families, Allied Health, and NDIS Professionals Professional groups are debating the value of the Thriving Kids Program. A petition has been raised. The Change.Org. website explains professional reasoning with the slogan 'Say No to Thriving Kids.' Thriving Kids Advisory Group Final Report: Feb 2026 Today (3 Feb 2026) the Australian Government released the  Thriving Kids Advisory Group’s Final Report . See link: https://bit.ly/4qfgsvp Occupational Therap...

  Title:            The Drumley Walk: Promoting Health through Poems and Songs that Remember Yugambeh Aboriginal Leaders and Languages  (Presented at Gold Coast Health and Medical Research Conference, 2013)   Author:         Sandra Kirkwood B.Occ.Thy, B.Music, M.Phil. Director, Music Health Australia. Email: kirkwood13@bigpond.com   Key Words: Applied Ethnomusicology, Primary healthcare, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, cultural heritage, community development.   Abstract: The Drumley Walk is an annual three-day walking pilgrimage from Beaudesert, south of Brisbane, to Southport on the Gold Coast. The 65 kilometre journey follows the footsteps of Beaudesert Aboriginal identity Billy Drumley. In the early 1900s he trekked through farmland and bush to visit his sister Jenny Graham who lived at Southport with her many children and grandchildren. Rory O’Connor...