Australia is making some progress to address the impacts of climate change, but greater urgency is needed.
Indigenous students in some outback Australian communities are thriving in an educational environment where local culture is respected.
There are urgent calls to abandon the restraining of prisoners receiving palliative care, with the ongoing practice blamed on the Australian justice and health systems colliding.
Rural and regional Australia continues to suffer reduced access to general surgery and emergency care, prompting calls for greater focus on retaining and upskilling rural health care workforces.
Recent judicial decisions have highlighted a shift in the way that anthropologists talk about cultural loss among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Amid concerns women in medicine face a “glass cliff” when trying to obtain leadership positions, experts say this can be overcome by addressing systemic and structural barriers in the health care industry.
There is growing concern young Australians are taking up e-cigarettes, with experts saying school students are motivated to vape by seeing their peers use the devices in “school bathrooms or playgrounds”.
This year’s International Women’s Day theme “Count Her In: Investment in Women. Accelerate Progress” is about examining the pathways to greater economic inclusion for women and girls everywhere.
As workforce shortages continue to plague the Australian health care system, an innovative program in Melbourne utilising final year medical students as Clinical Assistants could present a solution to hospitals struggling to fill rosters.
