Health
Tobacco prohibition by stealth

Drug laws in Australia are preventing tobacco users from switching to safer forms of nicotine use ...  
Jane Caro calls for men to ‘get active’ on International Men’s Day

A call for men to celebrate International Men's Day raises deeper issues regarding gender equality ...  
Poor speech alienates hearing-impaired Australians

Sufferers of hearing loss find the problem exacerbated by poor speech delivery, from ordinary ...  
Caring as a revolutionary act: The fight for humane mental health practice

Our clinicians are navigating mental health systems that are deeply broken — systems that too ...  
Apple’s Vision Pro: A potential path toward vision impairment care

A new ocular device released by Apple could be a key to the future of vision impairment care and ...  
Let's be honest about suicide prevention

A new strategy to prevent suicide has been released, but it appears little more than another set ...  
Queensland health crisis being hidden by government and media

Health data for Queensland shows an alarming number of disease cases with statistics suggesting ...  
Why you should test for asbestos before any home renovations

Asbestos testing is a critical step that homeowners should prioritise before initiating any ...  
Government rules see autonomy deleted for the disabled

With the Government making it difficult for disability pensioners to leave the country for over 28 ...  
National Redress Scheme a cruel failure for abuse survivors

The National Redress Scheme has been chronically underfunded/understaffed, making it a cruel and ...  
Well done Australia! Paris proves bipartisanship actually works

Government funding for sport over the decades has been money well spent, as Alan Austin reports ...  
Police officers 'clowning around'?

Police officers getting silly for a serious cause at Victoria Police Academy in Glen Waverly to ...  
Antidepressant overkill: One woman's nightmare

Avid overprescribing of SSRIs only further clouded Mary Jane Crowley's medical misery, delaying ...  
UN says population slowing, but we're now living longer

The United Nations’ 2024 population projections again reduce the level at which the world’s ...  
Australia announces para-equestrian squad for Paris 2024

After months of intensive qualifying events, the Australian Paralympic squad for para-equestrian ...  
Life expectancy data reaffirms the horrors of a Trump Presidency

The latest life expectancy data confirms that some countries – including Australia – are ...  
Tobacco industry leaving Indonesia up in smoke

A lack of regulation, heavy advertising and subservience to the tobacco industry has resulted in ...  
Lessons from COVID-19: Government inaction led to needless deaths

We now have the capacity to reflect on how ignorant government responses to the COVID-19 virus ...  
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