Australia’s suicide rate has been stuck at unacceptably high levels for decades, with more than 3000 people dying by suicide each year. A proposed new strategy will look to address the social and economic drivers of distress as well as improve individual mental health.
The royal commission into defence and veteran suicide final report recommendations can deliver better outcomes for our former and serving military personnel. They deserve no less.
Greater job flexibility is seeing more women in their 30s, 40s and 50s shifting from part-time to full-time work, a new study finds.
Bill Shorten’s retirement will see a new NDIS minister next year in the midst of a huge reform program, with advocates wanting his successor to be in cabinet.
NDIS spends more than $15bn a year on disability housing and support for some of Australia’s most profoundly disabled people. A report questions whether that is improving their lives.
The Defence Department has been called out for looking out for itself instead of the welfare of our past and serving ADF members.
The early release of superannuation during the first months of Covid was supposed to help Australians in ‘financial stress’. A new study examines whether it did the trick.
The Albanese government says it is making inroads into the steep cost trajectory of the NDIS.
Some self-funded retirees soon face an average $40k extra coming out of their own pocket.
A widely anticipated bipartisan deal on aged-care reform is yet to be formalised.
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