Given its remit and membership, the inquiry is unlikely to break new ground – and has met fierce opposition even before starting its work.
Despite the often-divisive discussions leading up to this state election, the next state parliament should focus on developing community cohesion in public health.
Difficulties in attracting and retaining teachers have much to do with their working conditions. We need to develop a fairer and better school system.
This week, our expert guests focus on the future we can look forward to if we slow down and make a conscious effort to value our clothes, rather than seeing them as expendable or faddish.
The new phase of the pandemic will come with a period of uncertainty as we adjust to “living with the virus” and a see-sawing of some restrictions.
The next months are going to remain difficult. But I’m still hopeful about the future. There will come a point when enough people are vaccinated that case numbers begin to decrease.
The significance of a positive state of mind for survival is well-documented. In a COVID-19 world, it can also help motivate us to shape a better alternative future.
We have the means, but how do you convince people to follow public health advice such as lockdowns?
The lack of investment in the development and deployment of decentralised diagnostic devices in Australia, most importantly a COVID-19 nucleic acid test, is a public policy failure.
Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout priority should move from those most at risk of the disease to those most likely to spread it, according to new modelling.
Unless vaccination rates pick up, Victoria’s snap five-day lockdown is unlikely to be enough to get on top of the infectious Delta variant.
Community pharmacies and pharmacists are important resources in Australia’s vaccine rollout, and right now they’re being under-utilised.
Educators from Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Australia recently shared their experiences of leading their communities during the pandemic.
A survey of 414 schools across four states has found most school leaders and teachers don’t regularly draw on research-based evidence of the sort universities provide.
Scientists are well-advanced in mapping the way forward to develop and repurpose medicines for respiratory virus patients in the post-COVID era.
Australia must draw on international best practice so workplaces can keep their workers and occupants safe.
If the energy market reform roadmap released by the Energy Security Board in September is to succeed, it needs to focus more on consumer outcomes.
A passion for real-world maths has put Professor Jenni Evans inside the world’s most destructive cyclones – and at the top of her field.
When Monash University announced world-first COVID-19 research in July, the crucial behind-the-scenes work of a group of PhD students went largely unnoticed.
There was no real winner in the chaotic first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden – least of all the American public.
The first results of a major trial using the bacterium Wolbachia to stop the spread of the tropical disease has been a huge success.
Absent other voices, public health emergency response measures risk being overly prescriptive and unnecessarily wide-reaching.
Multicultural leaders say it's vital to involve their communities in COVID-19 response strategies, tailor messaging to community values, and choose trusted messengers to deliver it.
A study has explored how people online are feeling, and responding to, the emotional rollercoaster during the COVID-19 crisis.
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