Aussie diets in downward spiral as fruit falls out of favour
Fruit is disappearing from Australian diets, sparking a health warning from the national science agency.
A new CSIRO study found Australians’ eating habits were on
Read more13 March 2025Health
New robot hand has a little of that human touch
A prosthetic robotic hand than “knows” what it is holding and adjusts grip accordingly has been developed in the United States.
Johns Hopkins University engineers
Read more12 March 2025
Tassie poppy fields key to local pain meds industry
Tasmania’s poppy fields should be better leveraged to create an Australian-based pain medication manufacturing industry.
While welcoming a Federal Government
Read more12 March 2025
Australia’s blanket COVID response ignored human rights
The human rights of Australians were overlooked in imposing blanket restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report.
The Australian Human Rights
Read more11 March 2025
Aussie life satisfaction drops to COVID lockdown levels
Life satisfaction of Australians has dropped to its lowest level since the COVID-19 lockdowns.
Results from the latest Australian National University (ANU) Election
Read more11 March 2025
DV offenders rise as overall numbers hit record low
Australia recorded the lowest number of criminal offenders in more than 16 years last year, but domestic violence offenders still increased.
New data from the Australian
Read more10 March 2025
With 50 more on the way, are urgent care clinics working?
By Henry Cutler
Over the weekend the Australian government announced $644 million to build an extra 50 Medicare urgent care clinics around Australia. This is on top of
Read more8 March 2025
New focus on food security in regional communities
Reducing the cost of essential groceries and building a nutrition workforce are among the measures included in a national strategy to improve food security in
Read more6 March 2025
Gaining health, not losing weight, key to obesity battle
The fight against obesity needs to be focussed on gaining health, not losing weight, according to Australia’s doctors.
The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP),
Read more6 March 2025
New vaccine points to lifetime COVID and flu immunity
A new vaccine which provides long-term immunity to COVID-19 and multiple influenzas strains from a single dose is a step closer.
Cornell University researchers in the
Read more5 March 2025