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SANE urges care after Helen Haines attack
SANE Australia has urged Australians to avoid speculation about motive and mental illness in discussion of the alleged attack on independent MP for Indi...
Playground compliance checks often lapse
Playground compliance gaps centre on surfaces and markings
Periodic and annual playground compliance inspections are often not maintained in schools, according to EduMarking, which sells...
2024 study backs 60 to 40 native garden mix in Melbourne suburbs
Melbourne water storages fell to 75.1% by June 2025
A 2024 peer-reviewed study found the highest net benefits for garden retrofits came from a 60...
EduMarking says Term 4 is final 2026 window
Term 4 runs to 19 December 2026
Victorian government schools with uncommitted 2026 discretionary budgets are running out of time to commit Student Resource Package...
RACGP seeks awareness and research on menopause care
World Menopause Day spotlighted chronic pain at midlife
The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) is calling for greater awareness and research around menopause care...
Fortrea, Omico team up on biomarker-matched cancer trials
PrOSPeCT offers no-cost profiling for eligible Australians
Fortrea and Omico announced a collaboration to accelerate precision oncology research in Australia by helping connect cancer patients...
Women in immigration detention still face barriers
Villawood immigration detention review makes 10 recommendations
Women in immigration detention at the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre continue to face barriers to safety, wellbeing and...
Council urges ban on predatory ads for early super withdrawals
Approved applications fell 5%, but releases topped $1.4 billion
Approved compassionate release applications fell 5% last year, but the amount of super approved for release...
ESSSuper appoints Moana Weir as chief executive
Weir had been acting CEO since 21 August
ESSSuper has appointed Moana Weir as its new chief executive, with board president Pam Rebecca announcing the...
Made Neat takes eight w3 Awards
Inklings earned two w3 Awards Silver honours
Made Neat, a WordPress agency with offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle, has won eight awards at the...
Dental treatment super approvals hit $892 million in 2025-26
Applications topped 39,000 even as growth slowed
Approvals for Australians accessing superannuation on compassionate grounds for dental treatment reached $892 million in 2025-26, up 9%...
AFCA complaints from consumers and small businesses near 120,000 in 2025-26
Banking and finance accounted for 66,971 disputes
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority received almost 120,000 complaints from consumers and small businesses during the 2025-26 financial...
ATO data shows 5% drop in compassionate release super approvals
Penalties exceeded $1.5 million after 160 reviews and audits
New Australian Taxation Office data shows applications approved for compassionate release of super decreased by 5%,...
OPTIMA trial opens for pre-menopausal women aged 35 to 54 with breast
Earlier OPTIMA results found some over-40s could skip chemotherapy
Breast Cancer Trials is opening the OPTIMA Pre-menopausal Extension study this month at sites in Australia...
RACGP welcomes 87 extra GP training places for 2028
RACGP's 2028 total rises to 1,627 places
The Royal Australian College of GPs will receive 87 additional Commonwealth-funded training places in 2028, including 37 extra...
NOX Energy expands EV charging to 1,900 Melbourne apartments
More than 800 homes in Footscray and Coburg are next
NOX Energy, which provides EV charging infrastructure, platform and app services, says charging is now...
PJCIS supports ACIC reform bills with 25 recommendations
Two 2026 bills would create a new Act for ACIC
ACIC reforms have won support from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, which...
Most reported penicillin allergies may not be real
Around 2.8 million Australians report the label
Up to nine in 10 Australians with a reported penicillin allergy are not allergic when properly assessed, according...
AHEIA disputes wage theft label in university underpayment cases
FWO undertakings show $190.7 million identified
Australian university underpayments should not all be described as wage theft, according to the Australian Higher Education Industrial Association,...
ELCA report puts Australian bushfire costs at $6 billion a year
Health and wellbeing make up 32% of losses
Health, lost work and damage to public assets are helping push the cost of bushfires in Australia...
