The opt-out period for My Health Record closes on November 15.ShutterstockThe Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs report into the My Health Record system was released last Thursday. It has...
ShutterstockChocolate-coloured Labrador retrievers have, on average, 10% shorter lives than black or yellow Labradors, according to a study we co-published today in Canine Genetics and Epidemiology. Ear infections and skin...
Othello and Desdemona, Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle, circa 1827.Wikimedia, CC BY-SAIf you attend Rossini’s opera Otello (1813) expecting something close to the structure and poetry of Shakepeare’s original – as...
National apologies for abuse are important, but children in institutional care also need better support transitioning to adulthood.ShutterstockPrime Minister Scott Morrison’s national apology to the victims of child sexual abuse...
Physical activity is just as important for people over 65 as anyone else.Andrey Popov/ShutterstockWe all know making physical activity a regular habit is important for health and well-being. But health...
When a fly’s feeling hungry, it will land on its food and vomit out a mix of saliva and stomach acids.Wikimedia, CC BY-SACurious Kids is a series for children, where...
Grief is an individualised process.Toa Heftiba/UnsplashGrief can seem desolate for those in the thick of it who often feel unable to imagine a way out of their suffering. But, as...
In today's apology, survivors of institutional child sexual abuse will receive formal acknowledgment of the systems that failed them and the harm done to them.ShutterstockToday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison will...
In aged care in particular we’re spending A$1 billion extra, every year.– Prime Minister Scott Morrison, doorstop interview, Guildford, Western Australia, October 2, 2018Preparations for the Royal Commission into aged...
Apple has removed several security tools from the Mac app store after they were found to be collecting unnecessary personal data.ShutterstockIt’s been a busy few weeks for cybersecurity researchers and...
Nauru's people are struggling in the face of environmental change.Anja Kanngieser, Author providedInternational perceptions of the Pacific Island nation of Nauru are dominated by two interrelated stories. Until the turn...
Installation view, David Goldblatt: Photographs 1948–2018, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2018, image courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art Australia.
© The David Goldblatt Legacy Trust, photograph: Anna KučeraReview: David Goldblatt:...
The opt-out period for My Health Record closes on November 15.Shutterstock
