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.
MyMedicare is a new voluntary scheme that allows patients to register with their usual GP. How will it work? And how might it benefit patients? Here’s what we know so far.
The Andrews government has made a decent first step to reduce Victoria’s mountain of debt by $30 billion over the next decade.
Star player Bailey Smith’s recent drug photo scandal has highlighted the need to review and change the contentious AFL three-strikes policy, and improve support mechanisms for highly anxious footballers.
Climate change has emerged as a major election issue for voters, but still the major parties are excluding it from their campaign platforms – at their peril.
The latest Stella Count numbers have revealed a landmark moment in which women authors have not only reached parity with male authors in terms of books reviewed, but exceeded it.
New research indicates women think more public funding is needed to help access egg freezing, regardless of whether it’s sought for “medical” or “non-medical” reasons.
There are three main differences between IBAC and ICAC, the Victorian and NSW bodies set up to combat government corruption.
Lazy platitudes about Australian moral and military exceptionalism were put to the test in Afghanistan, and found wanting.
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, the first since the Paris Agreement was ratified almost five years ago, comes with the past six years being the warmest on record.
Researchers have developed a metric that specifically captures the impact of disease on people’s work productivity, arising from unemployment, days off, reduced efficiency, and premature death.
For this year's International Women’s Day, we celebrate Monash Education's leading women researchers, highlighting the challenges they faced in reaching the top of their fields.
Only 38% of Year 10 students reached the benchmark of knowledge on civics and citizenship required for their year level in 2019.
With a long track record as a disruptor, Paul Chapman is ruffling the formerly straitlaced Japanese financial system with a personal finance app.
China’s intention to become “carbon neutral” before 2060 has raised eyebrows, but contrary to its reputation as a “climate villain”, its investment in renewable energy is already substantial.
The controversial HomeBuilder scheme could come with a big upside – making old homes more energy-efficient.
Getting clean water to natural disaster areas can be difficult, but a simple water filtering device could circumvent the problem.
Footy returns this week, and with it will come an avalanche of alcohol advertising, with little protection for children.
More than 1.5 billion people rely on ice melt for their water, and at NASA, Kat Bormann, is unlocking critical information about water availability based on snowfall.
The pursuit of justice for all animates the life of Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass.
The tactics used by the Australian gaming machine lobby are disturbingly similar to those of the NRA in the US.
Pokies clubs and other gambling operators have had their charitable contributions exposed by new research.
Some of the claims regarding the blazes need to be put into context. It’s not the number of fires, but rather the cumulative destruction that rightly has the world worried.
A collaboration with Darrell Lea has broken the mould in the chocolate block market by modernising classic flavours.
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