A national watchdog will be created to deal with growing safety concerns and rife gender-based violence on Australia’s university campuses. State education ministers met with federal counterpart Jason Clare on Friday, where they agreed to an action plan to address gender-based violence in higher education, developed in response to theContinue Reading
Kayla Itsines has been announced as the latest ambassador for Endometriosis Australia. The fitness queen – who was diagnosed with the debilitating medical condition when she was 18 – hid her experience for years before revealing it after the birth of her first child, daughter Arna. The chronic condition causesContinue Reading
The number of women being diagnosed with endometriosis in Australia is rising, new data shows. Endometriosis is a painful disease that occurs when tissue similar to that which lines the uterus grows outside the uterus – usually in areas like the ovaries and fallopian tubes as well as on organsContinue Reading
Tanya Plibersek has announced the government is declaring war against feral cats, branding them the latest “environmental disaster” to hit the country. The federal government will take action against feral cats as part of a new national action plan pitched to save thousands of native species on the brink ofContinue Reading
Student mental health care visits could be subsidised across Australia as part of a major plan to tackle school attendance issues across the country. The proposal is one of several made by a senate inquiry into the national trend of school refusal – something a peer support group says isContinue Reading