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Hold onto your hats: As Trump 2.0 nears, we should be afraid. Very afraid.

Bitcoin tops US$80,000, the US dollar surges, and Wall Street indices reach record highs after Trump’s re-election. This economic spectacle raises concerns about the global impact of Trump’s unpredictable policies, especially for Australia.

Business and economy

Volunteering: Giving time for the common good

Despite the power and significance of volunteering, there remain barriers for some people to offer their services.

Politics and society

Budget 2024: Easing cost-of-living, taming inflation

Cost-of-living increases, inflation, and energy prices affect everyone. And that matters even more when we’re amid a significant generational shift in voting patterns.

Politics and society

Closing the Gap’s failure to address Indigenous mental health

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.

Business

Living with long COVID and intimate partner violence

New research shows that for people living with long COVID and intimate partner violence, each was exacerbated by the other and services were inadequate.

Politics and society

The face of poverty is still female

The United Nations predicts 340 million women and girls will be living in extreme poverty by 2030, but we can change this.

Politics and society

Australian politics set for shakeup after Labor’s 2023 slide

In less than two years, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has gone from clear choice to fighting for majority support in the polls. What happened?

Politics and society

The urgent need to secure the future of the ‘post-pandemic child’

To rebuild our children’s mental health after the duress of the COVID-19 pandemic, we must redefine how mental health services are delivered to our communities, and create a scaffold of affordable and accessible support.

Medicine and health

Christmas unwrapped: 2023 Christmas retail trends

Despite the cost-of-living crisis, Australians are embracing the Christmas spirit, with plans to buy more gifts for friends, and increase the amount they spend.

Business

Call the doctor: The case for making contraception, abortion, and pregnancy care permanent

The use of telehealth for sexual and reproductive health care services improves access to health information and care, and so should be made a permanent feature of the Medicare Benefits Schedule.

Medicine and health

Flying solo in the face of criticism

There’s little that can be done to make Qantas more responsive to its customers while it dominates the domestic aviation market.

Business

COVID-19 inquiry: Will it shine a light, or keep us in the dark?

Given its remit and membership, the inquiry is unlikely to break new ground – and has met fierce opposition even before starting its work.

Politics and society

Why Are We So Anxious About Earth?

Struggling with climate anxiety? You’re not alone. Experts unpack this unprecedented and growing mental health crisis.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Precarious work and study lives after Year 12

New research from The Smith Family tracks a group of young people, two years after finishing high school.

Education

‘I don't choose what I want to eat. It's my wallet that chooses what I want to eat’

Research estimates that 40% of students at Australian universities may be going without food, with the problem worst among international students.

Education

The naked truth about tattoo removal

Paying for a tattoo and then paying again to have it removed may be expensive, but living with regret is enduring.

Politics and society

Federal budget 2023-24: Lean, mean, with much less green, but back in black

The budget’s back in surplus after 15 years, briefly, and there are measures to ease cost-of-living pressures, but can it tame inflation?

Politics and society

Charter of Human Rights: Australia’s shame

Human rights legislation is a normal part of living in a modern democratic country, but Australia still doesn’t have a legal framework that supports everyone living here.

Politics and society

Future home havens: Australians likely to use more energy to stay in and save money

A four-year study of households has shown how the increasing focus on our homes as sites of work, rest and play can increase energy use despite soaring prices.

Technology

Households and the challenge of low-waste living

Experimenting with low-waste living shows it’s not easy being green. But householders can help policymakers design better waste management systems.

Politics and society

Episode 78: Can We Take a Bite Out of Food Insecurity?

This week on Monash University's “What Happens Next?” podcast, meet the change-makers on the front lines of food.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Episode 77: Is Food Insecurity Getting Worse?

Season 7 of Monash University’s podcast returns from hiatus with an investigation into food security. How will we feed more people than ever on an ever-warming planet?

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Improving health equity for children

It's time for the chatter to stop, and for effective interventions to be put in place.

Medicine and health

Victoria’s pandemic recovery election

Despite the often-divisive discussions leading up to this state election, the next state parliament should focus on developing community cohesion in public health.

Politics and society

Search result for: Living with COVID

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Hold onto your hats: As Trump 2.0 nears, we should be afraid. Very afraid.

Volunteering: Giving time for the common good

Budget 2024: Easing cost-of-living, taming inflation

Closing the Gap’s failure to address Indigenous mental health

Living with long COVID and intimate partner violence

The face of poverty is still female

Australian politics set for shakeup after Labor’s 2023 slide

The urgent need to secure the future of the ‘post-pandemic child’

Christmas unwrapped: 2023 Christmas retail trends

Call the doctor: The case for making contraception, abortion, and pregnancy care permanent

Flying solo in the face of criticism

COVID-19 inquiry: Will it shine a light, or keep us in the dark?

Why Are We So Anxious About Earth?

Precarious work and study lives after Year 12

‘I don't choose what I want to eat. It's my wallet that chooses what I want to eat’

The naked truth about tattoo removal

Federal budget 2023-24: Lean, mean, with much less green, but back in black

Charter of Human Rights: Australia’s shame

Future home havens: Australians likely to use more energy to stay in and save money

Households and the challenge of low-waste living

Episode 78: Can We Take a Bite Out of Food Insecurity?

Episode 77: Is Food Insecurity Getting Worse?

Improving health equity for children

Victoria’s pandemic recovery election