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Wednesday, 29 October 2025 Human Rights Commissioner calls for transparency in Nauru deportation arrangement Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner has warned that the first deportation to Nauru under Australia’s new deportation deal exposes a disturbing lack of transparency and raises serious human rights concerns. The Minister for Home Affairs has confirmed that an initial transfer to … Continued
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Key Facts: Apprentice electricians taking fight for safety and suppor to parliament Report recommends more training places in RTOs with best completion rates, review of publicly funded mentors and better repsonse to demand for skills Follows research showing one in eight apprentices receives a shock at work MEDIA ALERT WHO Electrical Trades Union National Secretary … Continued
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EMBARGOED UNTIL TUESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2025 As Australia braces for a brutal summer, leading doctors will join Parliamentary Friends of Climate Action at Parliament House next Tuesday to warn that worsening climate change is driving a mental health crisis — and will call for mental health to be front and centre in Australia’s climate and … Continued
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EMBARGOED UNTIL TUESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2025 As Australia braces for a brutal summer, leading doctors will on Tuesday visit Parliament House to warn that worsening climate change is driving a mental health crisis — and will call for mental health to be front and centre in Australia’s climate and health policies. The serious climate … Continued
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Closing businesses, ballooning waitlists and workers leaving the sector in droves. Frontline allied Health workers say the NDIS is being gutted by short-sighted cost-cutting. Recent and proposed NDIA reforms are shutting down small allied‑health businesses; cutting off regional and remote clients, and forcing unsafe caseloads onto those workers who remain, according to Professionals Australia. Workers … Continued
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MONDAY 27 OCTOBER 2025 Nearly 700,000 ha of vegetation in Reef catchments was cleared in four years – with millions more at risk Only strong federal nature laws will protect the Reef from deforestation and climate change – more than 80% of all Reef catchment clearing was on land exempt from Queensland’s clearing laws Australian … Continued
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50 South Korean ICT and Software Companies to Exhibit, Strengthening South Korea-Japan Digital Cooperation TOKYO, JP / ACCESS Newswire / October 23, 2025 / The National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA) of South Korea announced its full-scale engagement in the Japanese market through participation in Japan IT Week Autumn 2025, taking place from October 22 … Continued
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PUBLIC hospital ramping is at record levels. Public hospital waiting lists are unmanageable. Yet, public hospitals across Australia are admitting massive and disproportionate numbers of private patients. It’s a perverse reality. According to data from each state government, there are 284,987 public patients languishing on public hospital waiting lists across the country. More than … Continued
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The Australian Human Rights Commission has released its groundbreaking report, Peace of Mind: Navigating the Ethical Frontiers of Neurotechnology and Human Rights, urging government, industry, and civil society to ensure that the rapid development of neurotechnology is grounded in robust human rights protections. Neurotechnology—devices and systems that interact with the human nervous system—offers transformative potential for … Continued
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‘Nine avoidable deaths per day’: Data exposes deadly impact of homelessness A landmark report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has revealed there were around nine potentially avoidable deaths per day in 2022-23 among people with a history of getting specialist homelessness support. The analysis released by the AIHW has, … Continued
