Climate change extending length of pregnancies
Climate change may be extending the length of human pregnancies, according to new West Australian research.
A study by Perth’s Curtin University found exposure to
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$100m for extra elective surgeries in private hospitals
The Queensland Government will tap into capacity in the private health sector to deliver 10,000 extra elective surgeries this financial year.
State Health Minister Tim
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Critical tax incentives for net zero transition
New production tax incentives have been passed in Federal Parliament in an attempt to boost the local green energy economy.
Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King
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Critical funding to enhance health sector’s cyber defences
A Sunshine Coast business has boosted the region’s cyber-security credentials, securing a multi-million-dollar Federal grant to help keep the nation’s health sector
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Housing crisis impact widens to staff trying to help
Almost two thirds of frontline organisations supporting homeless Australians are reporting staff burnout as a result of increasing demand for services, with many staff
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Scientists pinpoint brain’s meal-stopper neuron
Researchers in the United States have zeroed in on a specific neuron in the brain which sends the signal to stop eating.
The team at Columbia University found the
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50 cent investment returns $180 million to passengers
Public transport use across South-East Queensland jumped by almost 20 percent across the six-month trial of 50 cent fares.
Queensland Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg
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$573m bump over five years for women’s health
More than half a billion dollars will be invested to lower the cost of women’s health care.
Federal Health Minister Mark Butler said the $573.3 million package, to be
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$4m Para-sport unit to remove barriers to Brisbane 2032
A new $4.3 million Para-sport unit will be created within the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) in an attempt to double the pipeline of Paralympians in the lead up to
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Australia’s Top 10 beaches revealed. See the photos
Tasmania has the best beach in Australia, according to Tourism Australia’s 2025 list of the nation’s Top 10 stretches of sand.
Tourism Australia Managing Director
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