The October Budget represents a significant step forward in our community’s ambitions to deliver quality aged care, better end-of-life experiences, and palliative care for all Australians. “The strength of what the Treasurer has announced comes ...
The Australian Government’s 2022-23 Budget begins the task of strengthening Medicare after a decade of cuts and neglect. This is a Budget for the health of every Australian. Overall spending on health ($104.1b), aged care ...
The Albanese Government kept its election pledge by investing a $3.9 billion package for aged care reform in the Budget October 2022-23. This Budget takes the first steps to deliver reforms to ensure older Australians ...
New research from the University of South Australia gives strong evidence that vitamin D deficiency is associated with premature death, prompting calls for people to follow healthy vitamin D level guidelines. Published in Annals of Internal Medicine, the study ...
Indigenous health research has been given a major boost with the Australian Government committing over $11.2 million for medical researchers to tackle health disparities and develop solutions for First Nations Australians. The Medical Research Future ...
The Australian Government has announced close to $7.5 million in funding to support research that will help prevent hearing loss and improve the health and well-being of those people who live with hearing impairment. Nine ...
Demand for perinatal mental health services has continued to surge year-on-year since the beginning of the pandemic. In fact, perinatal mental health charity, Gidget Foundation Australia (GFA), delivered 127% more clinical treatment services in 2021 ...
The next generation of wearable health monitoring technology will be developed and trialled in groundbreaking research funded by the Australian Government. Four research projects providing better health monitoring and access to diagnostic testing will receive ...
15 cutting-edge medical research and technology projects will receive a total of $16.9 million from the Australian Government to accelerate their transition into clinical practice. The projects all have tremendous potential to transform the lives ...
Nikki Kinloch, CEO of Cure Cancer, has announced that the organisation will be funding five new early-career researchers in 2023 to pursue their novel research and develop new ways to treat cancer. Since launching their ...
Updated market projections released by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have shown that quantum technology is forecast to reach $6 billion and generate more than 19,000 jobs in Australia by 2045. CSIRO’s original Growing Australia’s Quantum ...
The NSW Government has launched a free online Toolkit to improve women’s healthcare and well-being by offering advice on how to better recognise and understand the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. Some of the symptoms ...