Healthcare professionals play a critical role in supporting breastfeeding mothers, but they often face challenges that hinder their ability to provide optimal care.
Businesses are facing increasing pressure to address major global challenges such as climate change, poverty, and healthcare access. But can companies really make a difference while still turning a profit?
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.
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.
The rise of influencer culture has been meteoric, but what’s going on behind the selfie stick? And what does it have to do with gender dynamics?
If there’s proof needed that something needs changing, it’s surely the furtive cry we hear to “close the gap”.
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.
In a new book, Melissa Castan and Professor Lynette Russell write that the proposed Voice to Parliament will enhance, not damage, our democratic institutions.
Muslim girls are one among many minority groups underrepresented in STEM in Australia. Diversity is important, not just ethically and socially, but also economically.
A constitutionally enshrined Indigenous Voice to Parliament would demonstrate that Australia is a mature nation, but misinformation is muddying the waters.
BNPL is now the second-most common form of consumer credit used by young Australians – except technically it’s not credit.
New research that shows men and boys feel hostility, resentment, fear and jealousy when social norms are challenged call into question how we currently frame campaigns based on respect.
There are good reasons for the federal government to abolish the Cashless Debit Card, but what about the BasicsCard?
Seal it up? Open it up? Air quality is a growing concern for Australian households, and the gap between energy advice and health advice leaves many people confused.
A new study highlights how a group of older Australians engaged with smart-home technologies to enhance their wellbeing and independence.
Indigenous Australians recognise that the concept of mental health is more holistic than Western perspectives, and new approaches and voices are needed.
Many Indigenous children leaving state care face an unknown and difficult future, with little support after they exit the system.
A dramatic fall in youth remand numbers during the pandemic has sparked calls for a re-examination of our justice systems.
The early phase of a scheme aimed at closing glaring gaps in information-sharing about family violence is starting to pay off.
To what extent is "welfare chauvinism" apparent in One Nation’s views of social welfare policies in relation to Indigenous Australians, refugees and asylum seekers?
A genuine partnership needs to be established between the government and Aboriginal people to get Closing the Gap targets back on track.
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