This week host Conor Burke speaks to an infectious disease specialist. Along with virologists, epidemiologists and a few other 'ists', academics who have informed us about the specifics of the coronavirus have become the rockstars of science. Associate Professor Sanjaya ...

School leavers who are hoping to study humanities will either have to foot a bill double that of their predecessors or pick different subjects under a new scheme announced by Minister for Education Dan Tehan. On the flip side of ...

It’s low-cost and widely available and yet dexamethasone is the drug that has researchers' tongues wagging after a UK trial showed it reduced deaths among COVID-19 patients. In trial results that scientists called a “major breakthrough”, a low dose of ...

Mental health nurses will now be based at a number of police stations across NSW as part of the Government’s response to a growing mental health crisis. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that 36 mental health nurses will be placed ...

In Episode 11 of the Coronavirus Podcast we delve into wet markets, asking: what are they, and are they bad for us? Host Conor Burke is joined by Dr Petr Matous, Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil Engineering at ...

British PM Boris Johnson and his Government are accused of “trying to gag” medical experts after they dropped the chief nurse Ruth May from a daily briefing, as reported by The Independent. It has been reported that May refused to ...

Aged care homes will soon be required to report resident on resident abuse where the perpetrator has an assessed cognitive impairment. The removal of the current exemption will be part of the rollout of the Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS). ...

Aged care workers and providers are saying the government has broken its promise after it released further details about its retention bonus grant. In March, Minister for Aged Care Richard Colbeck announced $234.9 million for a COVID-19 retention bonus that ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about many changes to modern life. And although the virus’ sweep across the globe has been shocking and swift, this generation has been uniquely placed to deal with daily tasks that may have been arduous ...

The Australian Vocational Educational and Training (VET) sector is underperforming, excessively complicated and suffers from ad hoc policy approaches according to an interim report released by the Productivity Commission last week. The sector costs the government $6.1 billion each year ...