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Research from health and medical research institutes shows Australian kids spend more time indoors on digital devices, than they do playing outdoors with a quarter of them considered overweight. The Heart Foundation is calling on schools to help improve kids’ physical fitness in its Jump Rope for Heart program and is supporting a new study …
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Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek approved 116 new coal seam gas wells for the Surat basin in western Queensland yesterday afternoon. The new gas projects are part of an ongoing gas extraction scheme from Santos. This greenlight comes while Plibersek and the Labor government are in the process of reforming the safeguard mechanism legislation, focused …
Alcohol restrictions have been proposed for parts of the Northern Territory amid a surge in crime in Alice Springs and other cities and towns in the top end. The recent ‘crime wave’ has been highly publicized, leading Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to host a delegation in the territory announcing the new policies. Concerns have been …
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Health authorities are warning the public to take care avoiding mosquito bites for the second summer in a row, after detecting Murray Valley Encephalitis in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. The disease is generally present in northern Australia, but its spread southwest is renewing concerns about the risk of infection. The Wire …
This is the first year that Australia has not been under lockdown, although in terms of mortality projection data, the coronavirus is not going to be as bad as what has happened before. But covid has severely exposed the flaws in Australia’s current health system, even worse than it was before the pandemic virus. John …
The charity Fill the Gap campaign last month proposed and called on the Government to provide unpaid dental treatment to vulnerable people who do not have access to mainstream oral health services. The campaign is aimed at migrants, as research from the Australian National Study of Oral Health shows that around 42 per cent of …
Summer is here and we are already facing scorching temperatures across Australia. But heat strokes are just one of the many issues we could face during summer. Mental health issues can stress us out and make us feel sick, and the holidays don’t help for some Australians. Produced By: Eduardo Jordan Featured In Story: Dr …
National surveys have shown that the younger age group suffers from psychological disorders much more than the other age groups. They report a greater tendency to talk to peers or friends when faced with anxious mental states. Young people aged between 16 to 25 are providing a key role in informal mutual support among themselves …
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