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VR program takes hospital patients around the world

VR program takes hospital patients around the world

Communications & Culture Health The Wire

For many long-term hospital patients, days can blend into weeks with little connection to the outside world. However, one charity...

Abuse in childhood tied to rising alcohol use in young people

Abuse in childhood tied to rising alcohol use in young people

Health The Wire 24 October 2025

Around 40% of young people across Australia aged 16 to 24 have experienced multiple types of childhood maltreatment. And, new...

Calls grow for stronger government action on social housing

Calls grow for stronger government action on social housing

Politics & Economy The Wire

Housing experts are calling on federal and state governments to make real commitments to increase social housing supply to tackle...

New study: endometriosis diagnoses have doubled in Australia

New study: endometriosis diagnoses have doubled in Australia

Health The Wire 24 October 2025

A new Monash University study has found that endometriosis diagnoses in Australian general practice nearly doubled between 2011 and 2021....

Protests unfold worldwide as Gen Z push back over rising inequalities

Protests unfold worldwide as Gen Z push back over rising inequalities

Politics & Economy The Wire

The rise of Gen Z protesters has rapidly increased in recent months, with rallies unfolding worldwide. Places like Nepal, Madagascar, Morocco are witnessing...

TikTok trend threatens years of disability advocacy towards inclusion

TikTok trend threatens years of disability advocacy towards inclusion

The Wire

Several people who are blind or have low vision have called on social media giants to embrace stricter guidelines and...

Australia’s first Renter Confidence Index reveals challenges faced by Victorians

Australia’s first Renter Confidence Index reveals challenges faced by Victorians

Politics & Economy Social Justice The Wire

Australia’s inaugural Renter Confidence Index demonstrates broad concern surrounding Victoria’s rental landscape and its 1.5 million renters, including lease increases,...

Breaking barriers in fertility: Australia’s first uterus transplant birth

Breaking barriers in fertility: Australia’s first uterus transplant birth

Health Science & Environment The Wire 23 October 2025

In 2023, a  healthy baby boy was brought to term and delivered through caesarean via the country’s first live uterus...

Surviving Malka Leifer

Surviving Malka Leifer

Social Justice The Law The Wire

A new documentary focuses on the story of the victims of school principal Malka Leifer, whose evasion of justice crossed...

Calling out to the Indo-Pacific

Calling out to the Indo-Pacific

The Wire

There are concerns that Australia’s media reach may be curtailed with the Indo-Pacific Broadcasting Strategy yet to be renewed by...