We built AI friends but forgot the safeguards

Recent bans of AI companions for under-18s highlight growing concerns about teen mental health and policy lagging behind technology

Pregnant women may avoid child protection out of fear and mistrust

Pregnant women who become involved with child protection services often experience fear, mistrust and stigma, leading some to avoid health and support services altogether, new Griffith University research has found.

Location-specific solutions needed to manage heat in global climate crisis

Place-specific strategies for adapting to increasing temperatures are crucial to keeping remote towns and communities across Northern Australia habitable, according to a recent study on the future impacts of climate change-intensified heat on people in the geographic edges of Australia.

Advancing critical minerals research to lead global energy transition

The University of Western Australia is leading pioneering research that will unlock critical minerals needed to shape a global energy transition.

Children need protection from harmful junk food marketing: report

UOW researcher leads new feasibility study, which highlights case for mandatory marketing restrictions

First Indigenous-led Research Strategy to protect Kakadu National Park

The first Indigenous-led Research Strategy for Kakadu National Park has been released, to protect the unique World Heritage-listed property in Australia’s far north.

Albany wave energy project to help Australia become world leader in renewables

Girt by sea, Australia is uniquely well-placed to decarbonise the economy by leading offshore renewable energy generation, including wave energy.

Giving Country a voice in environmental decision-making

Why protecting Country means rethinking how Australia recognises culturally significant entities

Bold goal to boost Australia’s Indigenous medical workforce

The University of Queensland has committed to doubling the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students by 2030.

$82m clinic a health boost for Melbourne’s north

A major new health clinic has opened at La Trobe University, expanding access to allied health services in Melbourne’s north while helping to address Australia’s continuing critical health workforce shortage.

Murdoch University launches Australian higher ed's first dual-pathway First Nations training framework

In a first for the Australian university sector - Murdoch University has launched a dual-pathway training framework centring First Nations Cultural Leadership alongside non-Indigenous cultural capability.

Program empowers First Nations Nursing students at UniSC

Aunty Leone Smith has spent more than 40 years in the health sector, but her most enduring legacy may be the program she co-founded to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at the University of the Sunshine Coast.