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Does having a mental illness mean having to pay more to accept second-class health care?

Australians are investing more in mental health, yet many people still cannot afford the care they need when they need it.

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Young women were promised economic independence. Housing inequality is putting it out of reach

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Devastating floods in Nepal leave thousands at risk, especially women and girls.

Nepal’s devastating floods have left thousands displaced, with women and girls facing greater challenges during the recovery.

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More than ‘misbehaving’. Teachers are reporting an increase in sexist and misogynistic behaviour in schools

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Meta settles landmark US lawsuit for nearly $18bn and agrees to change Facebook and Instagram

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Sex toys thrown by men onto WNBA courts again as players slam ‘disrespectful’ sexualisation

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The AFL doesn’t think it has a culture problem. Mad Monday says otherwise

Coercive control is a crime in NSW and Queensland. But not yet in Victoria

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Three women-founded Aussie companies nominated for prestigious Prix Galien Awards

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$4 million funding boost to help women build careers in male-dominated small businesses

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The Lindsay Clancy trial should make us ask: what happens when a mother’s mental health crisis becomes a catastrophe?

Latest news

What Australian boys really need from their parents, coaches and teachers right now

Tell your daughters about choking before the algorithm does

How women might build lives in which love, work and family do not depend upon their disappearance

Who should carry our baby? The path to parenthood for same-sex couples

Young women were promised economic independence. Housing inequality is putting it out of reach

Devastating floods in Nepal leave thousands at risk, especially women and girls.

More than ‘misbehaving’. Teachers are reporting an increase in sexist and misogynistic behaviour in schools

Could your mammogram one day detect heart disease too? A new study suggests so.

Podcast: Why it’s time to quit being nice

Dr Amandeep Hansra and Professor Cassandra Szoeke win major awards for contributions to medicine

A walk to Uluru taught me to slow down even when life is most turbulent

Does having a mental illness mean having to pay more to accept second-class health care?

Young women were promised economic independence. Housing inequality is putting it out of reach

Devastating floods in Nepal leave thousands at risk, especially women and girls.

More than ‘misbehaving’. Teachers are reporting an increase in sexist and misogynistic behaviour in schools

Could your mammogram one day detect heart disease too? A new study suggests so.

Meta settles landmark US lawsuit for nearly $18bn and agrees to change Facebook and Instagram

I was the first in my friend group to have a baby, and I’d just moved cities. That loneliness became Wombee – the platform for mothers’ group connection.

The hidden cost of living crisis where women cut back on connection

‘Poor choices’ and ‘breaches’: How the AFL’s language softens allegations of sexual assault

An 18-year-old woman died in custody. The headlines told us why we shouldn’t feel sorry for her

Fertility preservation is not a privilege. It’s quality cancer care

The children’s book celebrating Victoria’s first female Premier (just in time for Book Week)

Dolly Parton’s philanthropic Imagination Library had a proven effect in Australia, and around the world

Racism happens when racist rhetoric becomes normalised

How Tegan Lerm got your grandma thinking about the Greens

Sex toys thrown by men onto WNBA courts again as players slam ‘disrespectful’ sexualisation

Men are just 20 per cent of the care workforce. The reason why isn’t ‘masculinity’

The AFL doesn’t think it has a culture problem. Mad Monday says otherwise

Coercive control is a crime in NSW and Queensland. But not yet in Victoria

Dolly Parton wrote the working woman’s anthem. We’ll always love her

300 Australian CEOs to cook for thousands facing food insecurity

Angus Taylor’s wife Louise Clegg blames drunk teens and cavalier parents. The culture of Scots? Not so much.

Three women-founded Aussie companies nominated for prestigious Prix Galien Awards

$4 million funding boost to help women build careers in male-dominated small businesses

Australia’s productivity problem isn’t about working harder. It’s about workplace participation

From our Partners

Who should carry our baby? The path to parenthood for same-sex couples

‘Breakthroughs happen when courage meets scientific excellence’: The women launching game-changing ventures out of labs

Nearly 40% of mothers experience postnatal depression. This is what makes it worse

Podcast: Why it’s time to quit being nice

Events For Women

2026 Women’s Health & Wellbeing Summit

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