Health
Putting period poverty back on the agenda
Immense action to address period poverty took place around the world this year; Scotland made pads and tampons freely available......
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage Report 2020 reveals self-determination is essential to success
The Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report measures the wellbeing of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, providing information about outcomes......
Australian Antidepressant Usage Surges
A report released by Australian Prescriber has highlighted an increase in prescriptions of the antidepressant sertraline. The report, released this......
Covid Vaccine Trials Show Success
The long struggle fighting the Covid-19 pandemic may finally be showing signs of success. Over the past week, multiple biotechnology......
Research to document Aboriginal community handling of COVID-19
The Ngarruwan Ngadju Health and Well-being Centre at the University of Wollongong in New South Wales is leading a new......
THC freedoms for Victorian medicinal cannabis drivers
Around 25,000 Australians currently use medicinal cannabis, and those taking CBD-only medicines can lawfully drive, so long as they’re not impaired. But a......
Budget tries to bring Closing The Gap closer
There have been significant reductions between the health inequities faced by the Indigenous Australians compared to the non-indigenous population. However,......
More Young Australians are going Hungry due to Covid-19 Pandemic
Food insecurity in Australia is on the rise as a result of the economic instability produced by the pandemic. A new......
Funding fail for vital suicide prevention service
The National Suicide Prevention and Trauma Recovery Project is an outreach program that engages with people at the highest risk......
Disability Royal Commission unveils attitudinal indignation and over use of psychotropic medication in treating ‘behaviours of concern’
This week the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability is holding their sixth public......