Ed’s Blog

We can have a conversation about guidelines and scrutiny without pretending that Anika Wells has broken rules she hasn’t.

It’s seen as a “global template for how to get health promotion right,” with 38 years of health promotion work, including on smoking prevention, and the successful This Girl Can initiative. But now the standalone VicHealth is set to be abolished.

The risks for teens span everything from mental health harm to reduced economic opportunity and poor educational outcomes.

Anthony Albanese became the first prime minister to wed while in office when he tied the knot with Jodie Haydon.  

Twenty per cent of primary/universal parental leave is now taken by men, up 3 per cent from the previous year.

What was it all for?

The names of those killed were read by Opposition Leader Sussan Ley who pleaded with Australia to ‘maintain the rage’.

Note to James Packer: you’re not the victim. The families whose lives are destroyed by the gambling industry, are.

Is it not enough for billionaires to have their billions and all access passes in corridors of power? Now they want to offer dating advice.

In February 2020, following the horrific murder of Hannah Clark and her three children, a Queensland detective stood in front of the media and declared their job as investigators was to “keep a completely open mind”.

Sussan Ley’s leadership began with promise. Six months on, and with net zero targets abandoned, that hope has evaporated.

The growing gap isn’t Trump-related (we’ll likely see that next year). But it is related to workplace and care factors familiar to Australians