News & Views Kids on social media more than two hours a day at higher risk of mental illness Kids may be most vulnerable to social media’s harms, with new research informing debates over age-based restrictions.
News & Views 78% of counsellors are women. They’re still excluded from Medicare funding Australia’s mental health system undervalues women’s work, leaving care workers underfunded and access to support unequal.
News & Views ‘Getting on with it’ nearly broke Gen X women. We shouldn’t ask younger women to do the same Gen X women carried impossible expectations for decades, and younger women refusing that burden shows real progress.
News & Views What silence is costing women at work. And why just ‘speaking up’ isn’t the answer Many high-achieving women are carrying the hidden emotional and physical toll of staying silent for far too long at work.
News & Views For those of us who’ve lost our mums, Mother’s Day never gets any easier Mother’s Day can deepen grief for women without their mums, especially in a world that rarely acknowledges loss.
News & Views Stop calling It ‘burnout’: How menopause brain fog and exhaustion could signal depression New research shows serious menopause depression symptoms are being missed, leaving many women isolated, exhausted and overwhelmed.
News & Views What mums really want this Mother’s Day (hint: it’s not a blender) This Mother’s Day, mums are asking for shared care, equal pay and freedom from carrying the family mental load.
News & Views Abbey Holmes on mum guilt, loneliness and the backlash over returning to work Abbey Holmes says connection, support and backing yourself can make all the difference through early motherhood loneliness.
News & Views When it comes to violence against children, why are we still asking about cost? Children carry lifelong harm from violence while systems delay prevention, leaving responsibility misplaced and action continually justified by cost.
News & Views What Four Corners got wrong about ADHD in women More women are finally being diagnosed with ADHD, but poor reporting risks undoing progress and making people doubt again
News & Views How to safeguard against overdiagnosis when more GPs treat ADHD Expanding ADHD care improves access, but stronger safeguards are needed to prevent overdiagnosis and ensure consistent treatment nationwide
Soapbox Prevention that pays: Stop ranking children and start understanding them Schools must move beyond rankings to understand students early, improving wellbeing, engagement and outcomes through support