Unhealthy diets and poor nutrition are leading contributors to Australia’s burden of disease and burgeoning health-care costs. In 1980, just 10% of Australian adults were obese, today that f... Read more
Public hearings for the Financial Services Royal Commission, which resumed this week, are bringing to light some questionable practices in the sector – from lending beyond people’s means, to... Read more
For the 11 million Australians with private hospital cover, premium rises are nothing new. The 3.95% average increase on April 1, 2018 will be the seventeenth consecutive year in which insur... Read more
To understand why Australian cities are far from being meccas for walking and cycling, follow the money. Our research has collated data for all the states and territories and our three bigge... Read more
James Ward, Belinda Hengel and John Boffa write: Over the past two weeks, a number of commentators have called for the removal of Aboriginal children with sexually transmissible infections (... Read more
Angela Dawson and Xavier Symons write: People are absolutely appalled that in one of our states women are not getting access to safe terminations, and what I know is that in any decent socie... Read more
Science Meets Parliament, scheduled to take place this week in Canberra, is now in its nineteenth year. Over February 14 and 15 2018, around 200 scientists and technologists will meet with p... Read more
There is growing concern about crystal methamphetamine (ice) use in Australia and internationally, in part because of the psychological effects of the drug. Although most people who use ice... Read more
Students know completing a university degree gives them a better chance of landing a high-paying job, often after surviving financial hardship while studying. But striking a balance between... Read more
The Commonwealth government is implementing a contentious scheme to punish hospitals where patients suffer avoidable complications, by withholding funding. The states fear the change will ea... Read more
