South Australia is moving to ban social media for children under the age of 14, as parents and legislators grow increasingly alarmed about the pernicious effects of digital platforms on the development of children. The state government has appointed former High Court chief justice Robert French to conduct a legalContinue Reading
One hundred endometriosis nurses will be specially trained up and stationed in regional, rural and remote parts of the country to help improve the outcomes for the hundreds of thousands of Australians afflicted with the chronic disease. An estimated one in seven Australian women and girls are affected by endometriosis,Continue Reading
Waleed Aly has taken aim at calls for a rent freeze, warning the policy poses a “massive risk” despite suggestions it could have saved the average renter $3000 if Labor had implemented the proposal two years ago. The Project host pushed back on the suggestion in a debate with rentalContinue Reading
Australian women will receive better access to help for the debilitating impacts of endometriosis with the Federal Government announcing a massive overhaul of the health system. On Friday the Albanese government will announce $49.1 million investment into tackling the disease, which affects more than a million people nationally. The moveContinue Reading
Brian Healy breathed in asbestos when he was barely an adult and 50 years later the cancer it caused is still in his body. The fitter and machinist worked for the Victorian State Electricity Commission and decades later received a confidential compensatory payment for his exposure to asbestos. With asbestosContinue Reading
Social media giants such as Meta and TikTok have been put on notice by the federal government, which is setting up a large-scale and wide ranging probe into its harm to Australians. The federal government will establish a Joint Parliamentary Select Committee into the impact and influence of social media,Continue Reading
Bondi Westfield attack survivor Liya Barko has held an emotional reunion with the unsung hero who saved her life in the terrible moments after a killer plunged a knife into both of her kidneys. Wayne Tolver-Banks and his wife Michi, who came to her rescue at the Westfield shopping centre,Continue Reading
A controversial carve-up of the country’s GST revenue should be scrapped altogether under a radical plan that would give Western Australia an even bigger slice of the $89.5bn pie, while cumulatively leaving Victoria, NSW and Queensland billions of dollars worse off. Even as WA is expected to rake in billionsContinue Reading
Amid a shocking series of gendered violence deaths this year, the Victorian government says it has directed $3.2bn of funding to women’s health and economic issues. According to the Counting Dead Women Australia project, at least 28 women have died in violent acts in 2024, 27 allegedly at the handsContinue Reading
The federal government will fund an additional 20,000 fee-free TAFE places in next week’s budget in an effort to boost a chronic shortage of tradies plaguing Australia’s construction sector. Labor will invest a total of $90.6m for an extra 15,000 free TAFE and VET places and 5000 pre-apprenticeships to increaseContinue Reading