Cultural burning has enjoyed a strong resurgence in recent years. Now this cool burn technique is being used to ward off disastrous bushfires.
Australians are in the grip of a mental health crisis, yet mental health nurses are underutilised, and even excluded from initiatives that could lead to improvements.
Fifteen years of patient data has revealed an important link between hospital-acquired infections and seizure and epilepsy onset.
Data showed the view of the Indonesian government wasn’t prominent in news coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Given its remit and membership, the inquiry is unlikely to break new ground – and has met fierce opposition even before starting its work.
Despite a national plan to end violence against women and children, there’s no demonstrable evidence of a change of pace, or the emergency interventions needed, to achieve it.
This week, Monash University's “What Happens Next?” podcast investigates how making reproductive healthcare inaccessible hurts us all.
Despite the often-divisive discussions leading up to this state election, the next state parliament should focus on developing community cohesion in public health.
This week on Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, a live panel of experts in Australian politics and gender discuss the issues around gender equality and women's safety.
It’s understandable some people wish to publicly grieve the Queen, but those who disagree with the monarchy also have a right to freedom of speech.
Hospitals are struggling, with ambulances ramping outside emergency departments, and patients facing long waits for care. But doing more of the same won’t fix the problem.
A drug-monitoring program in hospital emergency departments is tracking the alarming rise of strange new psychoactive synthetic drugs in Australia.
There are things we need to unlearn, learn and relearn about conditions for living together on this planet in just, equitable and sustainable ways.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has opened the door to a raft of international legal proceedings, but what are the courts that hear these war cases, and how do they differ?
Limiting the powers of Victoria’s chief health officer is the right thing to do as we shift from fighting COVID-19 to living with it.
While data to the end of January 2021 shows suicide didn’t increase in COVID-stricken Victoria, there’s still deep concern about the longer-term effects of the pandemic on mental health.
A study shows there’s a range of barriers in primary, secondary and hospital care preventing patients and clinicians jointly deciding the next steps in the patient’s treatment.
If the federal government won’t take appropriate climate change action to save the planet, Australians will use their collective power to do so.
The Morrison government is ramping up its war and security rhetoric, be it COVID or stoking China fears, in an effort to arrest its flagging popularity ahead of the next federal election.
Female prisoner numbers have skyrocketed over the past decade, and an overwhelming majority of them have experienced domestic violence.
The Japanese government would bear the lion’s share of the financial costs should it cancel the Olympic Games, but that doesn’t mean it cannot or should not.
What COVID-19 restrictions can Australia’s federal health minister impose … and could you really go to prison?
Developing specialist youth mental health hubs is vital if we’re to address the growing mental health emergency of young people’s depression and anxiety.
Women have been fighting poverty pay, long hours and unsafe working conditions long before COVID-19 hit.
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