Health
States ramp up pressure for Medicare fix
4 January
Victoria and NSW have banded together to ramp up pressure on the federal government to overhaul Australiaâs ailing primary care network through national cabinet this year. Visiting a newly opened urgent primary care clinic, Premier Daniel Andrews...[Read More]
Top 10 New Yearâs Resolutions (and how to help make them come true)
29 December
Whether New Yearâs resolutions involve losing weight, eating healthier, exercising more, paying off debt, reducing time spent on social media, travelling or something else. Making New Yearâs resolutions is fantastic, but it means nothing until...[Read More]
Why Having Fun Is the Secret to a Healthier Life [TED Talk Video]
28 December
 Have you had your daily dose of fun? Itâs not just enjoyable, itâs also essential for your health and happiness, says science journalist Catherine Price. She proposes a new definition of fun â what she calls âtrue funâ â and shares...[Read More]
How Your Memory Works â and Why Forgetting Is Totally OK [TED Talk Video]
30 November
 Have you ever misplaced something you were just holding? Completely blanked on a famous actorâs name? Walked into a room and immediately forgot why? Neuroscientist Lisa Genova digs into two types of memory failures we regularly experience...[Read More]
What You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimerâs [TED Talk Video]
16 November
 Alzheimerâs doesnât have to be your brainâs destiny, says neuroscientist and author of âStill Alice,â Lisa Genova. She shares the latest science investigating the disease â and some promising research on what each of us can do to...[Read More]
Workers need right to switch off: report
19 October
Employees should have the right to “disconnect” from work and not be contacted by bosses after knock-off time, a parliamentary committee recommends. The Senate committee on work and care released its interim report on Tuesday, which...[Read More]
Living costs more stressful than pandemic
12 October
Cost of living pressures have overtaken the pandemic as Australians’ greatest source of worry, according to a survey released on World Mental Health Day. Mental health charity Beyond Blue surveyed 1500 people and found inflation, rising...[Read More]
Global research centre for ânext pandemicâ
31 August
A new global centre will be set up in Australia to develop a drug breakthrough equivalent to mRNA vaccine technology for the next pandemic. Canadian and New Zealand businessman Geoffrey Cumming, who lives in Melbourne, is donating $250 million to...[Read More]