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
Read more11 February 2025Federal
$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
Read more10 February 2025
$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
Read more10 February 2025
Student travel support boosted for Canberra trips
Australian school students will be encouraged to visit the centre of the country’s democratic processes through increased travel grants.
The Federal Government is
Read more10 February 2025
Prototyping facility the missing link in manufacturing
Australia is missing a national prototyping network which help would keep local ideas, innovation and entrepreneurs onshore.
Science & Technology Australia (STA)
Read more10 February 2025
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
Read more10 February 2025
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
$414m boost to Queensland health services
Queensland will receive more than $400 million from a $1.7 billion Federal boost to funding for Australia’s public hospitals and health services next year.
Federal
Read more6 February 2025
Bird flu eradicated from Aussie flocks, but H5 threatens
Australia has been declared free of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI), as another strain of bird flu threatens.
The Federal Government has advised the World
Read more6 February 2025