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MAY
Starlight Day, Starlight Children's Foundation Australia
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May 1
Domestic Violence Prevention Month, Department of Communities
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May 1-31
National Autism Awareness Month, Autism Queensland
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May 1-31
Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Week, Motor Neurone Disease Association of Australia
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May 3-9
Privacy Awareness Week, NZ Privacy Commissioner
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May 4
World Asthma Day, Asthma Queensland
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May 5
World Press Freedom Day
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May 3
National Volunteer Week, Volunteering Australia
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May 11-17
Hospice Appeal Week, Hospice New Zealand
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May 11-17
International Day of Families
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May 15
Transverse Myelitis Day, Spinal Injuries Association
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May 17
Schizophrenia Awareness Week, Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia
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May 17-23
World Hepatitis Day, World Hepatitis Alliance
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May 19
International Day for Biological Diversity
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May 22
40 Hour Famine, World Vision New Zealand
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May 22-24
Kidney Health Awareness Week, Kidney Health Australia
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May 24-30
Macular Degeneration Awareness Week, Macular Degeneration Foundation
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May 24-30
Diversity Week, University of Queensland
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May 25-29
Australia's Biggest Morning Tea, Cancer Council Australia
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May 28
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
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May 29
World No-Tobacco Day
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May 31
JUNE
MS Readathon, Multiple Sclerosis Australia
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June 1-30
MS Awareness Week, Multiple Sclerosis Australia
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June 1-7
Brain Injury Appeal Week, The Brain Injury Association of New Zealand Inc
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June 1-7
Rape Awareness Week, Rape Prevention Education NZ
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June 1-9
World Environment Day
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June 5
Red Apple Day, Bowel Cancer & Digestive Research Institute Australia
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June 10
Go Red for Women, Heart Foundation
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June 12
Bowel Cancer Awareness Week, Bowel Cancer & Digestive Research Institute Australia
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June 7-13
World Blood Donor Day, Red Cross
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June 14
Dyslexia Action Week, Dyslexia Foundation of NZ
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June 15-21
Blue Care Awareness Week, Blue Care
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June 15-21
International Men's Health Week, Australasian Men's Health Forum
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June 15-21
National Crohn's & Colitis Awareness, Crohn's and Colitis Australia
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June 16-22
World Refugee Day
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June 20
Motor Neurone Disease Global Day, Motor Neurone Disease Association of Australia
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June 21
Deafblind Awareness Week, Senses Foundation Inc
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June 21-28
Drug Action Week, Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia
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June 21-27
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
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June 26
JULY
JulEYE, The Eye Foundation
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July 1-31
International Day of Cooperatives
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July 4
NAIDOC Week, National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee
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July 5-12
World Population Day
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July 11
National Diabetes Week, Diabetes Australia
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July 12-18
Wee Week, Kidney Health Australia
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July 19-25
National Farmsafe Week, Farmsafe Australia
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July 20-27
FragileX Awareness Day, Fragile X Association of Australia
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July 22
Multiple Sclerosis Brissy to Bay Bike Ride, Multiple Sclerosis Australia
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July 26
Pituitary Awareness Week, Australian Pituitary Foundation
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July 26 to August 1
Maori Language Week, Maori Language Commission
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July 26 to August 2