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Health workforce scope-of-practice reform has been included in national competition policy arrangements. Image:Adobe Stock
Monday, 08 Dec 2025
  • News

The nation's treasurers have agreed to include reform that allows health practitioners to work to their full scope of practice in the national competition policy arrangements.

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CMHR 50th Anniversary
Friday, 21 Nov 2025
  • News

This year marks a major milestone for the Centre for Mental Health Research (CMHR)—50 years since its founding.

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PFAS are a large, complex group of synthetic chemicals that have been used in consumer products around the world since about the 1950s.
Wednesday, 19 Nov 2025
  • Explainer

Professor Martyn Kirk explains what we know about the psychological impact of living with PFAS pollution.

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How e-cigarettes compromise children’s human rights
Thursday, 13 Nov 2025
  • News

Experts argue that e-cigarette products should be regulated in a way that puts children’s best interests first and protects them from the harms associated with nicotine consumption in all its forms.

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The GAEA Awards trophy. Image: World Economic Forum
Monday, 10 Nov 2025
  • News

The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change has received the Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA) Award from the World Economic Forum.

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Sonali Varma, Rhodes Scholar for 2026. Image: Jack Fox/ANU
Wednesday, 29 Oct 2025
  • Alumni
  • News

Sonali Varma, an ANU alumna committed to advocating for better mental health support for young people, has been awarded one of nine prestigious Rhodes Scholarships for 2026.

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Safe Haven, a safe, welcoming, and non-clinical space that people can freely go to if they are experiencing emotional distress.
Wednesday, 22 Oct 2025
  • Impact story
  • Research story

This revolutionary yet simple approach to crisis care provides compassion and safety for those who traditionally miss out on help.

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More than half of long COVID patients still showing symptoms after six months 
Wednesday, 15 Oct 2025
  • News

A new study of Australians suffering from long COVID found 58.7 per cent still had persistent symptoms six months after their initial infection.

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Ray Lovett
Tuesday, 14 Oct 2025
  • News

Professor Ray Lovett has been awarded the 2025 Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Outstanding First Nations Researcher Medal.

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