There are deeply concerning social trends playing out in our schools that Australian schools aren’t adequately equipped to deal with. The time is long overdue for actions that will build a whole-of-government response to solve these issues.
With the major awards season over, 2024 is becoming the year for women in music, but a lack of information and knowledge about sexual violence in music spaces and other creative places can dampen this newfound visibility.
A recent review has found that almost three in 10 adult hospital patients in high-income countries may have the deficiency.
Data showed the view of the Indonesian government wasn’t prominent in news coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The naming, for the first time, of specific companies, not just industries, and what they pay their male and female workers, is set to pressure employers to take action.
Liars and fake news merchants are profiting from misinformation and disinformation in Indonesia. Can it be fixed?
A new trial is looking for chemical markers in the breath of people with silicosis. A second project will test drugs that may help lung scarring.
As Indonesia’s election looms, young people want action on climate change, but research shows the country’s political class isn’t listening.
Loneliness isn’t a universal occurrence in later life, but tends to affect older people who live alone or in care homes. We must work collectively to destigmatise loneliness, and create a safe space to talk about it.
As Closing the Gap policy failures are laid bare in the Productivity Commission’s latest report, a new study aims to quantify the gap in Indigenous mental health and economic insecurity.
So far, Israel’s war in Gaza hasn’t greatly disrupted global supply chains. But the situation could quickly shift along many fault lines.
As we near the end of the year, we need to remain conscientious about our environmental impact and become informed consumers.
It was the comic strip and movies that unleashed the legendary Australian comedian, and many of his characters, on the world.
Antibiotics have been around for less than a century. But as resistant bacteria become increasingly difficult to treat, we risk a greater number of deaths from infections.
The federal government’s announcement of $3.5 million to fund a healthy masculinities project trial is promising, but lacks detail on precisely how the funds will be used, and what will inform the programs.
Women are increasingly seeking testosterone therapy to treat fatigue and brain fog. But there’s no evidence it improves symptoms of menopause.
Are we becoming more rude, or does it just feel that way? Experts discuess the fundamental aspects of civility and its impact on society.
Discover how escapism, from TV to games, offers a vital break from daily life and fuels hope.
Russia’s first movie blockbuster of its “special military operation”, “The Witness”, is an ugly, cynical mess that forms just one small link in a chain of constant disinformation that Russia peddles about “Azov Nazis”, and its invasion of Ukraine more broadly.
Australia has leapt to 26th in the 2023 World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, but we’re still behind countries such as New Zealand and Rwanda.
The leaders of Russia and China are skipping the G20 summit, but their absences – and rifts over the Ukraine war – will have a big influence on the proceedings.
A unified approach from journalism scholars in the Global North and Global South is needed to promote more gender-sensitive, solutions-driven, and victim-survivor-centred reporting about violence against women.
The interest is unprecedented, but it will take significant and ongoing investment from those who govern football if the legacy ambitions of the Women’s World Cup are to be translated into meaningful change for women.
Gay and gender-diverse people have historically faced enormous obstacles finding refuge abroad.
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