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02/06/2026

Heard about 20% off your rego but not sure if it applies to you? Here’s what you need to know.

Heard about 20% off your rego but not sure if it applies to you? Here’s what you need to know.

📩 You must apply, it's not automatic.
2️⃣ Claim for up to two vehicles per person.
✅ The vehicle must be registered in the claimant's name.
🛻 Eligible vehicles include cars, utes, vans, motorcycles, scooters and light trucks.
💰 Pay your registration in instalments? You are still eligible.
💼 Sole trader? If the vehicle is registered in your name, you are eligible.
⚠️ Only the current owner can apply.

Applications are open now through Service Victoria until 31 July. Check your eligibility and apply at service.vic.gov.au/services/registration-rebate

30/05/2026

World Environment Day 2026
Saturday 6 June 2026
2.00pm to 4.00pm
Free Event

29/05/2026

Fusion Festival 2026
World Refugee Week
Sunday 21 June
2pm to 5pm

28/05/2026

Cardinia Communities Speed Network 2026
Wednesday 19 August 2026
9.00am - 12.30pm

This free annual event brings together community services, educators, health services, businesses and those working with children and families in Cardinia Shire to connect and refine referral pathways.

28/05/2026

Cardinia Shire Council
Monthly Connection & Culture for Mob

28/05/2026

Financial Hub 2026
Support with rising living costs

Wednesday 1 July 2026
9.30am to 12.30pm

28/05/2026

Medicare support for speech-sound difficulties.

See this update from ACD - Advocating for children with disability

Medicare support for speech-sound difficulties 💜

Recent changes mean Medicare now helps cover the cost of speech therapy for children and young people who stutter or have speech-sound difficulties (including articulation disorder, phonological disorder, childhood apraxia of speech, dysarthria), and for those with cleft lip and/or palate.

Children and young people under 25 may be able to get Medicare rebates for:
🔹 speech assessments (up to 8 sessions)
🔹 ongoing speech therapy (up to 20 sessions)

Helpful tips for families 📌
🔸 A referral is required from a GP, specialist or consultant physician
🔸 Medicare provides a rebate, so some families may still have a gap fee depending on the provider
🔸 Not all speech pathologists offer Medicare rebated sessions, so ask first
🔸 Early support can make a real difference, but it’s never too late to seek help
🔸 NDIS and Medicare cannot be used for the same session

This is an important change that parents of children who stutter or who have speech-sound difficulties have long advocated for.

19/05/2026

More than 1 in 5 Australians surveyed* agree that a woman is partly responsible if her n**e image is shared without consent after sending it to her partner 🤳📲

Victim-blaming and minimising digital sexual violence can stop people from reporting abuse and fuel shame, self-blame and trauma.

The person who shares intimate images without consent is the one causing harm and wholly responsible. The responsibility is not shared with the victim.

Consent must always be sought and always respected.

If someone shares or threatens to share an intimate image or video of you, eSafety can help have the content removed or stop the threats.

*2021 National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey ANROWS

19/05/2026

Join us as we share insights for parents and carers from research and lived experience about supporting young people who are experiencing school can't Saturday 23rd May 3:30-5:30pm.

For parents and carers the fastest way to access the SCA peer support space is via the parent carer webinar.

👉 Book here: https://www.schoolcantaustralia.com.au/events/parents-and-carers-webinar-february-2026-f6md6-dcsfk-jyjpp

19/05/2026