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New campaign highlights harmful gender stereotypes in Australian ads

Women’s Health Victoria has launched a new campaign under their Shequal initiative, hoping to highlight and challenge harmful gender stereotypes in advertising The video titled ‘Commercial Breakdown,’ features well-known comedians Alex Lee and Lewis Garnham, who call out the harmful messages in recent Australian ads, and the social impact they can have. To watch the …

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Aurora Australis could return to Victoria this month

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Good news for everyone who missed last months Aurora Australis, with a potential it will be making another return to Victoria. Spectators could potentially see the natural light show this week or next week when the Aurora will be rotating back into alignment with the Earth. The Wire’s Jahan Rezakhanlou asked Professor Michael Brown from …

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Budget 2024 – Smoke and Mirrors – Senator Jane Hume

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The Opposition are scathing on the $9.3 Billion surplus saying it is not through good management but on the back of the average Australian’s tax by virtue of bracket creep. Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume says that productivity has been falling and that this is the real answer to the inflation demons. She questions why …

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Liberal Party turmoil: Pesutto’s defamation cases and polls

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The Liberal Party in Victoria have been in power for 4 of the last 26 years. And while their counterparts are on the ascendency in Queensland and are clinging to power in Tasmania, things are still looking bad for the Liberals and their leader John Pesutto. Pesutto is potentially facing 3 defamation cases amid growing …

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RACGP urges Victorian government to implement pill testing trial

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The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has urged the Victorian Government to implement a pill testing trial. This comes in response to recent recommendations and an increase in illicit drug overdoses. Many states in Australia such as Queensland have announced mobile pill testing as well as ACT implementing pill testing across music festivals …

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Understanding Lynch Syndrome

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Lynch syndrome is a hereditary genetic condition, giving those who have the condition a higher chance of developing certain cancers across their lifetime. The condition is usually only found if people undergo genetic testing, and according to The Cancer Council of Victoria, around 90 per cent of people who have Lynch syndrome don’t know they …

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Community Consultation for Seismic Blasting in Vic to End Today

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Today is the final day of consultation for proposed seismic blasting in the Otway basin, on the southwest coast of Victoria. Seismic blasting is the first step in offshore oil and gas exploration under the ocean floor. This is one of three proposals being considered to conduct seismic blasting in the Basin, put forward by …

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Black Saturday survivors demand safer and renewable energy

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Black Saturday bushfire survivors are calling the government to implement safer and renewable energy. It has been 15 years since the catastrophic fires in regional Victoria, where 173 people lost their lives and more than 2000 homes were destroyed. The Wire’s Vanessa Gatica speaks with Serena Joyner Black Saturday survivor and CEOof Bushfire Survivors for …

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