A UNIVERSITY of Adelaide study found mechanical pressure helps early breast cancer cells grow and spread. Cells use a sensor called PIEZO1 to detect pressure, triggering pathway...
Read more about Study reveals breast cancer triggersAUSTRALIA’S under-16 social media ban has reshaped family dynamics, reducing conflict for some parents by providing clear boundaries, while creating new tensions for others. Som...
Read more about Impact of the social media banTHE NSW Government will consult stakeholders on new measures to protect retail workers from violence, including proposed Workplace Protection Orders to ban offenders from stores...
Read more about Move to protect retail workersAGEING Australia has welcomed the Albanese Government’s $115M investment to expand aged care beds, targeting key regions to ease hospital pressure. The funding supports faster d...
Read more about More agreed care beds welcomeTHE Super Members Council wants to scrap rules denying most under-18 workers super, saying 119,000 NSW teens will miss out on $98 million in 2025/26. Current laws require under-...
Read more about Call for under-18 superTHE Salvation Army is urging Australians to use Moneycare, its free financial counselling service, as new research shows 44% will start 2026 in debt and many feel growing financ...
Read more about Salves urge using MoneycareTWELVE years after Sydney’s lockout laws began, the NSW Government is removing the final major restrictions, including the 3:30am last drinks rule, to boost the night-time econo...
Read more about Lockout laws finally goneNSW Fair Trading has suspended agent Deepak Bangarh’s licence for 60 days over price misrepresentation and failing to pass on all offers and appointed a manager to oversee his b...
Read more about Suspended under new lawsTHE NSW Government will review red tape affecting cafés and restaurants to simplify approvals, reduce paperwork and make compliance clearer for more than 50,000 food businesses....
Read more about Govt to review cafe red tapeTHE PSA says NSW foster care reforms are a long-overdue reset after outsourcing failures under the Permanency Support Program. The union argues fragmented responsibility harmed ...
Read more about Foster care reforms overdueCPA Australia supports the Tax Ombudsman’s call for fairer General Interest Charges (GIC) remission and welcomes the ATO accepting all recommendations to improve transparency, c...
Read more about CPA Support for a fairer ATOPALLIATIVE Care Australia has welcomed new AIHW data showing most Australians aged 65 and over first receive specialist palliative care only 12 days before death, far later than...
Read more about Real data on palliative care timingTHE Australian Medical Association opposes plans to let optometrists prescribe oral medicines, warning it risks patient safety due to limited medical training and potential medi...
Read more about Warning over prescribing medicineNOAH and Charlotte are again NSW’s most popular baby names for 2025, topping preliminary rankings for the third time in four years. More than 82,000 births have been registered,...
Read more about Most popular baby names in NSWTHE Housing Industry Association is urging the Australian Government to rule out changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax in the upcoming tax review, warning that tax i...
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