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Peter Dutton pitched himself as a protector at Sunday’s campaign launch.

Dutton’s pitch to protect women and girls will strike a chord. Is it the right one?

Female voters drifted away from the Coalition after its work-from-home misstep. Now the opposition needs to offer women a way back.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

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An embryologist at the Monash Medical IVF clinic at the Epworth Hospital.

Victorian IVF clinics might be underreporting dangerous incidents, report finds

Only one in five cases of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) – one of the most dangerous complications from IVF – were reported properly, according to a 2022 report.

  • Grant McArthur
Free pad and tampon kiosk technician Gabrielle Seils-Owen says one of the joys of her job is seeing women’s faces “light up” when they learn about the initiative.

Found yourself caught short of sanitary products? Free vending machine for tampons dispense 20,000 packs

Victoria has distributed more than 20,000 free packs of sanitary products in the first stage of its trial to provide free pads and tampons in public places.

  • Broede Carmody
Monash IVF said an embryo from a different patient had been incorrectly thawed and transferred to the birth parent.

‘Wild West of regulation’: Monash IVF may escape penalty for wrong baby bungle

Two families may face years of emotional and legal turmoil after an IVF bungle led to a woman giving birth to a stranger’s baby.

  • Grant McArthur

I saw two tiny feet – perfect, but far too small. Then I had to tell the mother

A pregnant midwife on night shift confronts her own worst fears during an emergency delivery of an extremely premature baby.

  • Oceane Campbell
NSW Greens MLC and spokesperson for Health Amanda Cohn introduced the private members bill on abortion.

Abortion was made legal six years ago. So why has a new fight erupted?

Laws around access to abortion are back up for debate in NSW – here’s why, and where MPs stand on the new bill.

  • Frances Howe
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BreastScreen clinics and a mobile van is available in Sydney.

Big change for BreastScreen NSW services this month

BreastScreen NSW services will begin reporting breast density, amid emerging evidence that women with dense breasts have a higher cancer risk.

  • Nigel Gladstone
The wellness industry has questions to answer.

Albo, please tell me you haven’t bought into this ‘wellness’ con

You know the industry is cooked when you have a Married at First Sight groom calling himself a “wellness advisor”.

  • Kate Halfpenny
Queenwood Senior Girls School year 9 students Evie Davis, Sonia Punter and Chloe Abbott attended a pelvic pain workshop yesterday at the school in Mosman. MARCH 21, 2025. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers

This program is helping girls stay in school, but NSW students are missing out

NSW is the only state that doesn’t fund endometriosis and pain workshops for public school students despite research revealing one in four girls miss classes due to period pain.

  • Emily Kaine and Angus Thomson
Courtney Rattle has spent her life battling anorexia, she is now a mother to a nine-month-old daughter, Anya.

‘Absolutely brutal’: The hidden group at risk of eating disorders

Pregnancy and menopause are close behind puberty as high-risk periods for eating disorders and body image issues in women. So why isn’t more help available?

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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