News: lumen spring summer 2023

Giving Day: Lifelines for stroke research

The late Peter Couche with his brother Stephen

Every 10 minutes someone in Australia suffers a stroke, making it the leading cause of disability in our country. In 1992, at just 42 years old, healthy stockbroker and father of three Peter Couche became one of the 250,000 Australians who were then living with the aftermath of a stroke.

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Giving Day: Citizen Science supports important research

The short-beaked echidna

Citizen science has boomed in Australia in the past few years, with volunteers now contributing valuable data to more than 640 projects nationwide. In addition to representing billions of dollars annually in volunteered time, citizen scientists contribute to and enable breakthrough research.

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