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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Healthy Hobart shines in new national index
A new measure for healthy living has identified Hobart as the healthiest city in Australia, with Brisbane hovering around the national average, but declining.
The Monash
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537ha linked and protected in Sunshine Coast hinterland
A vital link between two nature reserves in the Sunshine Coast hinterland is now protected with Council purchasing the 108ha block.
The $2 million acquisition of two
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Australian human tissue laws to be reviewed
Australian laws regarding the use of human tissue will be reviewed for the first time in almost 50 years.
University of Adelaide lecturer Dr Maeghan Toews has been
Read more10 February 2025
Online hate on the rise for targeted groups
More Australians are becoming victims of online hate, with the perpetrator usually a stranger and social media the platform.
eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said
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2024 Australia’s second hottest year on record
Last year was Australia’s second-warmest year on record and the wettest in more than 12 years.
The figures were revealed as the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)
Read more7 February 2025
Queensland satellite ‘hospitals’ to be ‘health centres’
Queensland’s Satellite Hospitals will be renamed Satellite Health Centres.
State Health Minister Tim Nicholls said the renaming followed a Queensland Audit Office
Read more6 February 2025
New laws to guarantee three days of cheap child care
Federal Parliament is considering legislation which would guarantee three days a week of subsidised early education for all children from 2026.
Federal Education
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Researchers crack the key to living longer
A weekly intake of eggs reduces the risk of heart disease in elderly people by almost 30 percent, according to a new study.
Study lead author Holly Wild, a PhD candidate
Read more6 February 2025
Eye study provides insights into early disease detection
The mapping of more than 50,000 retinas has revealed ways to detect multiple diseases earlier than current diagnostic methods.
The study, led by Melbourne’s Walter and
Read more6 February 2025