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6 October 2025 A kindergarten teacher from Victoria, a Queensland-based kindergarten, and a New South Wales-based preschool have been announced as the winners of the 2025 HESTA Early Childhood Education & Care Awards. The awards recognise the front-line educators and carers at the heart of Australia’s early childhood education system. Larissa Hayes from Victoria received the Individual … Continued
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6 October 2025 A kindergarten teacher from Victoria, a Queensland-based kindergarten, and a New South Wales-based preschool have been announced as the winners of the 2025 HESTA Early Childhood Education & Care Awards. The awards recognise the front-line educators and carers at the heart of Australia’s early childhood education system. Larissa Hayes from Victoria received the Individual … Continued
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6 October 2025 A kindergarten teacher from Victoria, a Queensland-based kindergarten, and a New South Wales-based preschool have been announced as the winners of the 2025 HESTA Early Childhood Education & Care Awards. The awards recognise the front-line educators and carers at the heart of Australia’s early childhood education system. Larissa Hayes from Victoria received the Individual … Continued
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A Monash University-led Position Statement on Advancing Gender Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Australian Healthcare Leadership reinforces Australia’s position as a global leader in this area. This is demonstrated through government legislation, strategic investment, and measurable gains in gender equality and leadership representation—laying a strong foundation for lasting, systemic change in healthcare and beyond. An … Continued
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Women’s Health in the South East (WHISE) has expressed serious concern about the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Acknowledging Biological Reality) Bill 2024— legislation that would remove vital protections for trans and gender diverse people while offering no new safeguards for cisgender women. “The Sex Discrimination Act as it stands is fundamental to our work building safer, more … Continued
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Key Facts: 1 in 7 Australian women risk being diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, with 58 people diagnosed daily Over 10,000 working-age Australian women diagnosed in 2022 will lose an estimated $1.4 billion in wages over the next decade, equivalent to 1.5 years of full-time work per person While the average diagnosis age … Continued
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Key Facts: *Latest AIHW data shows national BreastScreen program has flatlined for 20 years * BCNA calling for immediate action on delayed reforms to outdated screening program *National program – State inequities *Screening saves lives, poor program uptake will cost lives. Available for interview: Vicki Durston – BCNA, Director Policy, Advocacy and Support Services 1st October … Continued
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The largest study of its kind has found menopause is not associated with an increased risk of disability in women with multiple sclerosis (MS). Until now, the impact of reduced sex hormones on women with MS had only been the subject of small studies, some with conflicting results. Published in JAMA Neurology, the Monash University-led … Continued
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Media Release: 26 September 2025 World Contraception Day (WCD) is a day of observation recognised by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFP). The central focus of WCD is ‘a world where every pregnancy is desired’. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) upholds the rights of women to control their bodies. As a result of the withdrawal of … Continued
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Women’s Health in the South East welcomes and thanks leading Australian health experts for their swift condemnation of President Trump’s unfounded claims linking paracetamol use in pregnancy to autism. “At WHISE, we know that when leaders with overwhelming power and global influence make such dangerous comments, they cause immediate and significant damage in our … Continued
