Health and medical research sector at a crossroads: a call for action
To ensure long-term resilience, we must protect and re-shape Australia’s world-class health and medical research workforce.
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Why Australia is right to put affordable medicine ahead of beating US pharmaceutical tariffs
From July 31, the United States will impose up to 100% tariffs on pharmaceuticals coming into the US. Some Australian-made exports look set to pay that highest rate, while some other countries – including the UK, Japan...
AI screening could predict the risk of breast cancer early
An artificial intelligence algorithm used to detect breast cancer in screening scans can predict women’s cancer risk over the next four years, Australian research has found.
Climate-resistant, Indigenous plant could be salt-reducing superfood
Food scientists at RMIT have studied native plant ‘Old Man Saltbush’ (Atriplex nummularia), traditionally consumed by Indigenous Australians, and found it to be incredibly nutrient-dense, and high in protein and fibr...
Ninety years of funding Australian health research — and why the next decade matters more than ever
As Australia marks 90 years of nationally coordinated, high quality health and medical research funding, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is celebrating nine significant decades of discovery throu...
‘Bikini Medicine’: time to retire the term in the drive for better overall women’s health
The term ‘bikini medicine’ originally highlighted the narrow reproductive focus of women’s health research, but has since broadened into a much-needed campaign for equitable inclusion of women across all aspects of...
Misinformation, AI and the fragile contract of trust in the Australian health system
Public trust in doctors and health services is shifting slowly, but in the wrong direction in both Australia and the US. At the Australian Ethical Health Alliance (AEHA) symposium in May 2025, the message was clear, that...
ChatGPT Health putting lives at risk
Concerns are rising over patients’ use of AI tools such as ChatGPT for health information, but with little awareness of the risks.
More doctors must take a seat at the board table
Australia’s health system is confronting workforce, safety, equity, and sustainability crises, with profound consequences for patients, clinicians, and communities. These grand challenges cannot be solved without stron...
