By Sebastian Rosenberg, Associate Professor, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra, and Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
The Labor government has announced it would invest A$1 billion in mental health if re-elected to provide more Australians – particularly young people – with “free, public mental health care”.
The package includes:
$225 million to either build or upgrade 31 Medicare mental health centres
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By Dorina Pojani, Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland
Neil G Sipe, Honorary Professor of Planning, The University of Queensland
Ying Lu, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
Working from home has become a contentious election issue, particularly for the Coalition which has swung from opposing to embracing it.
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By Laura Chaparro
Four decades after the end of the military dictatorship, and even with strategies and policies of memory on the dead and disappeared, the country is still slow to provide answers
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By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology
Electric cars charged with locally made electricity can boost Australia’s energy security. That’s great – if we avoid relying on just one EV producing nation
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Nidal Ahmad stands near his olive farm in Aleppo, Syria on March 4, 2025. Its location near a former Syrian Army military camp has prevented him from harvesting crops for years. Last December, Nidal returned to check on his land and lost his foot in a landmine explosion. © 2025 Hibatullah Barakat, Middle East Images via AFP via Getty Images Over 600 people, including children, have been killed or injured by landmines and explosive remnants of war across Syria since December 2024.Extensive contamination from landmines and explosive remnants of…
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By Stephanie Perkiss, Associate professor in accounting, University of Wollongong
With the Easter weekend now around the corner, the sixth edition of the global Chocolate Scorecard has just been released.
This is an annual initiative produced by Be Slavery Free, in collaboration with two Australian universities and a wide range of consultants and sustainability interest groups.
It ranks companies across the entire chocolate sector – from major multinational producers through to retailers – on a wide range of sustainability policies…
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By Christina McCabe, PhD Candidate in Interdisciplinary Ecology, University of Canterbury
If left unaddressed, many environmental changes in Aotearoa New Zealand could threaten livelihoods, health, quality of life and infrastructure for generations to come, according to the latest update on the state of the environment.
The Ministry for the Environment and StatsNZ produce an environmental assessment every three years, collating data and trends on air quality, freshwater and marine environments, the land and climate.
The latest report shows that long-term drivers of change…
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By Jazmine Skinner, Lecturer in Animal Science, University of Southern Queensland
Allergies can be debilitating for those who have them – even more so when the cause of the allergic reaction is a beloved pet.
Second only to dust mites, the humble domestic house cat is one of the major causes of indoor allergens for people.
But what is the actual source of the allergic response?…
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By Stephanie Perkiss, Associate professor in accounting, University of Wollongong
With the Easter weekend now around the corner, the sixth edition of the Global Chocolate Scorecard has just been released.
This is an annual initiative produced by Be Slavery Free, in collaboration with two Australian universities and a wide range of consultants and sustainability interest groups.
It ranks companies across the entire chocolate sector – from major multinational producers through to retailers – on a wide range of sustainability policies…
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By Heather Whiteside, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waterloo
Like the beaver it nearly wiped out, HBC made Canada into its home by fundamentally transforming its environment, and no bankruptcy court will liquidate that legacy.
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