A global database documenting the location of critical habitats for sharks, rays, and chimaeras has recently expanded to include Australia, with years of extensive research by Charles Darwin University (CDU) contributing to this crucial digital record. The Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) project is a global collaboration led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature … Continued
New Monash University-led research has for the first time in Australia found that children with an infection in the past 60 days had roughly twice the risk of stroke. Published in Neurology, the study provides the first population-wide estimates on the incidence of childhood stroke in Australia and also tracks risk factors for this … Continued
Allegations that serious risks were downplayed or concealed at the Calvary Mater and that workers who flagged concerns were threatened or pushed out of their roles have been revealed as part of a submission to an inquiry into the hospital’s management. In its submission to the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into management, maintenance and operational issues … Continued
As the saying goes, there are plenty more fish in the sea – but climate change is rapidly challenging that notion, with fish stocks around the world under threat. New modelling from Monash University predicts how climate change will alter fishing yields in many regions, threatening food security, livelihoods and the future of marine life as … Continued
A new analysis has revealed for the first time which universities are performing best to meet to meet Australia’s need for specialist GPs in metropolitan and rural, and remote communities. The University of Origin analysis, available online, reflects a university’s performance in producing graduates who go on to train as specialist GPs and Rural Generalists (RGs) in the Commonwealth-funded Australian GP Training (AGPT) Program, relative to the size of the student cohort. It combines data from the Royal … Continued
The Joint Standing Committee on Implementation of the National Redress Scheme will hold a public hearing in Canberra on Friday, 13 March 2026, for its inquiry into the continuing operation of the Scheme. Committee Chair, Ms Jodie Belyea MP, said the Committee is grateful for the contributions made in support of the inquiry to date. ‘The National Redress … Continued
Women’s Health in the South East (WHISE) welcomes Victoria’s expanded access to oral contraceptives through pharmacies as a meaningful step forward for women’s reproductive autonomy and health equity. These reforms directly reduce the barriers that too many women and people assigned female at birth face in maintaining consistent, effective contraception. Access to contraception when and where people … Continued
12 March 2026 Sweltering Cities has today released the findings of its 2026 Summer Survey, exposing a national health crisis driven by the rising cost of keeping cool. With data from more than 2,600 respondents across 766 postcodes, the report proves that for many Australians the high cost of staying cool is having serious physical … Continued
Monash University is partnering with the University of Missouri and the University of Pennsylvania to develop first-in-class medicines designed to reverse poor lymphatic vessel contraction and transport function, backed by an up to $22.4 million AUD Award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). The researchers join ARPA-H’s GLIDE (Groundbreaking Lymphatic Interventions and … Continued
The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) is calling on the Tasmanian Government to put patient safety first and redirect $5 million from a proposed pharmacy scope-of-practice expansion pilot into embedding pharmacists directly inside residential aged care facilities (RACFs). The initiative can be fully funded through reprioritisation, delivering better outcomes at no additional cost to the state budget. In its 2026–27 Pre-Budget Submission, the … Continued
