{"id":5247,"date":"2025-12-19T16:36:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T05:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/?post_type=community-news&p=5247"},"modified":"2025-12-19T16:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T05:42:13","slug":"december-2025","status":"publish","type":"community-news","link":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/community-news\/december-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2025"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to our last Melba Community News for 2025. The next edition will land in your inbox in February 2026. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5248,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"class_list":["post-5247","community-news","type-community-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDecember 2025 | Melba Support Services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Welcome to our last Melba Community News for 2025. The next edition will land in your inbox in February 2026. Read what's happening in our world, your world, and the wonderful disability community in general with the latest Melba Community News.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/community-news\/december-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"December 2025 | Melba Support Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Welcome to our last Melba Community News for 2025. The next edition will land in your inbox in February 2026. Read what's happening in our world, your world, and the wonderful disability community in general with the latest Melba Community News.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/community-news\/december-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Melba Support Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/melbasupport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-19T05:42:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/End-of-year-message.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"859\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/community-news\\\/december-2025\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/community-news\\\/december-2025\\\/\",\"name\":\"December 2025 | Melba Support Services\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/community-news\\\/december-2025\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/community-news\\\/december-2025\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/End-of-year-message.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-19T05:36:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-19T05:42:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"Welcome to our last Melba Community News for 2025. The next edition will land in your inbox in February 2026. Read what's happening in our world, your world, and the wonderful disability community in general with the latest Melba Community News.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/community-news\\\/december-2025\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/community-news\\\/december-2025\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/community-news\\\/december-2025\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/End-of-year-message.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/End-of-year-message.jpg\",\"width\":1300,\"height\":859},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/community-news\\\/december-2025\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"December 2025\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/\",\"name\":\"Melba Support Services\",\"description\":\"Disability Support Victoria\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Melba\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/MELBA-LOGO.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/MELBA-LOGO.jpg\",\"width\":360,\"height\":358,\"caption\":\"Melba\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.melbasupport.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/melbasupport\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/melba_support\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/melba-support-services\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"December 2025 | Melba Support Services","description":"Welcome to our last Melba Community News for 2025. The next edition will land in your inbox in February 2026. Read what's happening in our world, your world, and the wonderful disability community in general with the latest Melba Community News.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/community-news\/december-2025\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"December 2025 | Melba Support Services","og_description":"Welcome to our last Melba Community News for 2025. The next edition will land in your inbox in February 2026. Read what's happening in our world, your world, and the wonderful disability community in general with the latest Melba Community News.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/community-news\/december-2025\/","og_site_name":"Melba Support Services","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/melbasupport","article_modified_time":"2025-12-19T05:42:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1300,"height":859,"url":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/End-of-year-message.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/community-news\/december-2025\/","url":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/community-news\/december-2025\/","name":"December 2025 | Melba Support Services","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/community-news\/december-2025\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/community-news\/december-2025\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/End-of-year-message.jpg","datePublished":"2025-12-19T05:36:41+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-19T05:42:13+00:00","description":"Welcome to our last Melba Community News for 2025. The next edition will land in your inbox in February 2026. Read what's happening in our world, your world, and the wonderful disability community in general with the latest Melba Community News.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/community-news\/december-2025\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/community-news\/december-2025\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/community-news\/december-2025\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/End-of-year-message.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/End-of-year-message.jpg","width":1300,"height":859},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/community-news\/december-2025\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"December 2025"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/","name":"Melba Support Services","description":"Disability Support Victoria","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/#organization","name":"Melba","url":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/MELBA-LOGO.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/MELBA-LOGO.jpg","width":360,"height":358,"caption":"Melba"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/melbasupport","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/melba_support","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/melba-support-services"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/secure-api\/wp\/v2\/community-news\/5247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/secure-api\/wp\/v2\/community-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/secure-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/community-news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/secure-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/5248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melbasupport.com.au\/secure-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}