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Progressive support for COVID lockdowns was a disaster

While a necessary life-saving measure, the COVID lockdowns caused massive damage to the economy ...  
Media silent on funding to improve mental health supports through lived experience

A recent announcement of the Albanese Government's funding for mental health lived experience has ...  
Drug policy change to MDMA welcome

Welcomed by many in the medical community, the Federal Government recently announced the resche ...  
Government dragging on better ways to help smokers pack it in

By legalising "snus", a smokeless tobacco product believed to be an effective tool for those try ...  
Body shaming: Food is not the enemy — food magazines just might be

The wellness industry has infiltrated even food magazines, using food-shaming language while ...  
Cat bites can be more dangerous than you think

Warning, if you own cats or have neighbourhood felines, you may not be aware of the significant ...  
Breaking the taboo side of porn

The stigma around pornography being a negative thing can be lifted if discussion about its posi ...  
People living inside our mental health system must not be left outside its reform

For too long, people with lived experience of mental health have been excluded from policy disc ...  
'Rules are rules' — unless we're talking elite sport in Australia

Tennis player and supposed public health menace Novak Djokovic was deported last year under the ...  
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World COVID leaders no longer: Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan down in 2022

Data on COVID-19 deaths over the last 12 months offers lessons for the future.  
Labor continues Morrison Government's COVID chaos

Despite giving hope for better management of the COVID pandemic, the Albanese Government has only ...  
#7 TOP IA STORY OF 2022: Anti-vaxxers and the paedophile ring delusion

The conspiracy theory leanings of many of those who oppose vaccinations was detailed by IA's ...  
Online dating making depression and loneliness worse

Digital media is contributing to the unrealistic expectations of those seeking relationships ...  
Cities come to the table to fix broken food system

Nearly 100 world-leading cities met last month at a climate summit to further solutions that make ...  
Calculating the final toll of preventable Coalition construction deaths

We can now count the Australian builders who lost their lives following Coalition calls to dere ...  
Half a million needless deaths under Trump’s regime of anger, fear and hate

It is now possible to quantify accurately the death toll from the destructive Trump regime.  
Life and death and "not knowing"

Bazza gets serious for a moment, about life and death and the phenomenon of "not knowing". ...  
Working towards an asbestos-free future

Asbestos is still a danger within our housing and construction industry, with education on its ...  

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