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New analysis backs a fairer way to fund NSW’s emergency services
To fight child hunger, coordinate food, health and climate policy
Joint Statement by the Foreign Minister of Australia and the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom on Technology Facilitated Gender-Based Violence
Strait of Hormuz: Time running out to avert global food security crisis, FAO warns
WHO introduces PREVENT technical package to address lead poisoning
Hail events push extreme weather costs to $4.8 billion in 2025
Trial for novel depression treatment
Fuel and cost of living pressures deepen mental health crisis in NSW
Risk, Not Zero-detection, Should Guide Food Safety
COVID inquiry phase two: 4 main lessons to improve NZ’s future pandemic resilience
Dicing with death: survey reveals 40 per cent of young workers get no safety training
Budget action needed to tackle Australia’s mental health crisis
The UK is about to start an experiment that could end smoking for good – but it won’t be easy
Renewed calls for climate resilience funding on Alfred anniversary
South Australian children at risk of permanent vision loss
CEOs who experience natural disasters are more likely to lead safer workplaces
Small improvements in sleep, physical activity and diet are linked with a longer life
Cheaper drinks will see a rise in noncommunicable diseases and injuries
Most people with disabling mental health conditions can’t access the NDIS. Here’s a better way to provide support
Impact of child maltreatment on the costs of health service use
Better land, soil and water management key to feeding 10 billion people, FAO warns
Voters in Hamburg have rejected universal basic income. Many economists would agree with them
Report examines economic costs of sexual violence and case for timely intervention
Monash study finds silicosis compensation costs set to continue rising in Victoria despite engineered stone ban
Our domestic and family violence services are leaving kids behind
Outdated Planning Laws Hindering Nature Restoration In NSW
Extreme Weather Costs: Silver Medal We Don’t Want
Catastrophic Wildfires Surge Globally With 43 Per Cent Of Worst Disasters In Past Decade
Social media lockouts expose gaps in consumer protections
Massive hole in modelling – Labor’s low ambition target excludes costs of more fires, floods and heatwaves
Two charged and 40kg of cocaine worth $14M seized located inside vehicle
Australia angles for greater insight on climate-economic blind spots
Pathways To Decarbonization
Canadian National Charged With Drug Trafficking
Can regional construction projects achieve zero waste? Study reveals how
Treasury’s Housing Conclusion Supports Population Pause
Costs Of Fungicide Resistance
The weight loss drug Mounjaro has been approved to treat sleep apnoea. How does it work?
Working women are too often left to deal with endometriosis alone. But big changes could be coming
New chronic pain therapy retrains the brain to process emotions
New study reveals multi-billion dollar economic benefit of implementing universal reproductive leave in Australia
Global warming of more than 3°C this century may wipe 40% off the world’s economy, new analysis reveals
Hudson’s Bay liquidation: What happens when a company goes bankrupt?
In the wake of Alfred, how do we think about and measure the cost of catastrophes?
Calculated risk: will the next Reserve Bank governor relax capital requirements for banks?
Record-low rental affordability demands bold action to address housing crisis
Calculating the economic cost of climate change is tricky, even futile – it’s also a distraction
Here’s why increasing productivity in housing construction is such a tricky problem to solve