Health
The Rudd government has today released Australia’s first ever preventative health strategy. The report outlines plans to reduce diseases caused...
Advocacy group “Homebirth Australia” have slammed the suggestion that women who oppose reforms to midwifery practices are holding back access...
Nitrous oxide is the biggest ozone-destroying substance in the atmosphere, according to a paper published in the journal “Science”. However,...
Nowhere is the shortage of health care workers more acute than in the area of Indigenous health. In Queensland, where...
Social Justice
The long-running Hardie Industries saga is well-known, with many asbestos victims still waiting for compensation. Today Hardie executives were finally...
The CSIRO Well Being Diet has been a runaway success and no doubt much of its credibility is that it...
The CSIRO refutes the claims made in Geoff Russell’s book. Co-author of the Well Being Diet , Dr Manny Noakes,...
The Australian Vaccination Network, or AVN, is a lobby group focussed on improving the public right to choose when it...
A controversial 70% alcohol tax increase has been passed by the Senate. The alcopops bill has been highly contested and...
Calls to re-examine Australia’s .05 blood-alcohol limit could mean designated drivers will have to settle for one drink with their...
