Young women are the most reluctant group in Australia to get the COVID-19 jab, a new study has found. The Australian National University study also suggests that if young women have been turned off by the government’s handling of sexual harassment allegations, ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has agreed to or noted all 55 recommendations in a report on sexual harassment in the workplace, one year on from its release. At a press conference, Morrison called the Respect@Work Report a “game changer”. It ...

A new review of paracetamol has revealed it has only been proven to relive pain in four conditions. The University of Sydney systematic review, published this week in the Medical Journal of Australia, held that for most conditions, evidence regarding ...

Overt sexism remains prevalent in many Australian workplaces – and within the political bubble – and its affecting employees’ emotional and physical health, experts warn. Writing for The Conversation, lecturer Xi Wen (Carys) Chan and Professor Paula Brough, who both ...

A group of 66 Royal Society of New South Wales fellows has added new weight to calls by scientists to pardon Kathleen Folbigg. Folbigg is serving a 30-year jail term for killing her four children, who were aged between 19 days and ...

University of Auckland staff and students will be 'infected' with virtual tokens to help study the way COVID-19 spreads through communities. The study will see the University of Queensland-led “virus spreading” Safe Blues app uploaded to between the phones of ...

Universities Australia (UA) might look a little different in the coming months, as the peak picks through a review into whether it is fit for purpose in 2021.   Among the recommendations from the PhllipsKPA review, which UA’s board commissioned late last year, was that ...

Higher education levels are linked to higher levels of wellbeing among Australian women, according to new research.  Vietnamese-German University researchers used data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey during 2002–2015.  They found higher education levels resulted in ...

Australian biomedical experts have warned antibacterial soaps are behind a global rise in superbugs that can cause untreatable and even fatal infections. Monash University has been tracking the emergence of bacteria that are resistant to cleansing by antimicrobial treatments. The bacteria have ...

Will the next great painter be AI? As algorithms get smarter, computers will play more of a role in creating music, art and other cultural artifacts, says a UNSW researcher. Associate Professor Oliver Bown, co-director of the Interactive Media Lab ...