The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reported that only 208 adoptions were recorded nationally in 2023. Experts say these figures are concerning, as it’s the lowest ever on record. AIHW’s report highlights that in 2022, approximately 46,212 children were placed in…
Endometriosis affects an estimated 830,00 women and girls across Australia and 10 per cent of women globally. In Australia, endometriosis is underfunded, under-researched and is a slow-to-diagnosed disease. Endometriosis Australia, the country’s peak advocacy organisation, is endeavouring to educate the public on…
THE Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has proposed 38 recommendations to reform Australia’s federal discrimination law system, part of the Free and Equal project which launched December 10, 2021. Free and Equal: An Australian Conversation on Human Rights began in 2020 as an extensive consultation…
The global cosmetics industry produces around 120 billion units of packaging every year. The complexity of mixed materials used in beauty product packaging makes it difficult to separate for recycling, and ends up in landfill. A change in waste standards by China,…
FROM the original 60 plus species of kangaroos in Australia, 29 are now threatened and 11 species are extinct. “You take one animal out of the ecosystem and you are altering that system, and we continue to do this,” said biologist Dr…
THE Royal Women’s Hospital, Monash University, Ambulance Victoria, and The University of New South Wales have appeared on a list of health and education institutions involved in refugee detention supply chains. The list was released recently online by RISE: Refugees, Survivors and…
NEW best practice principles for the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement have been released by the World Economic Forum. The proposed governance framework will be piloted in the Netherlands to see if it can mitigate the risks inherent in…
THE cohealth Melbourne Town Hall Vaccination Centre opened on Wednesday, 1 September to vaccinate Melbourne’s disadvantaged. The centre was closed 23 days later. What was designed to assist a CBD community, including rough sleepers, people with English literacy limitations, refugees, and international…
Silence - in our schools and briefly in our playgrounds, on our sporting fields, everywhere but online and in social media. That is what is greeting our kids.…
Today Tuesday, 31 August, is International Overdose Awareness Day An Opinion Piece by Mary Malak, CEO of Humanity Matters With the pressure and isolation caused by the current COVID-19 lockdowns, many agencies are reporting higher levels of drug and alcohol use, as…
