Australia's first treaty with Aboriginal people has been signed into law today in Victoria. The move comes following almost a decade of consultation and negotiation between Indigenous leaders and the ...

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An analysis of national climate plans released today at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil warns that countries are failing to carry out core work required to reduce emissions by halting and reversing ...

A large study finds that regularly speaking more than one language could help you age in a healthier way. Researchers looked at data from more than 86,000 older adults from across 27 European ...

Thousands of packaged food products on Australian supermarket shelves may still contain industrial trans fats (iTFAs), according to new Aussie research. This is putting Australians at increased risk ...

‘Conservation abandonment’ leads to poor environmental accounting. Researchers have found that up to a third of projects are abandoned or defunded after the fanfare of their launch. As world leaders ...

In the lead up to Australian Food Safety Week 8 to 15 November 2025, the Food Safety Information Council has released a national survey that shows 66% of Australians surveyed recall experiencing some ...

More access to green spaces is linked with lower risks of hospital admissions for mental disorders in most countries, but not in Australia and Canada, according to international scientists, including ...

We can do more to protect firefighters from the impacts of toxic bushfire smoke but there's a lot we still don't know, according to Australian researchers. The team reviewed existing research into the ...

In late-breaking presentations at the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week meeting and simultaneously published in two companion papers in JAMA, the findings are based on data from over 70,000 ...

New antivirals and vaccines could follow the discovery by Australian researchers of strategies used by viruses to control our cells. Led by Monash University and the University of Melbourne, and ...

A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand has undergone major surgery after eating 80–100 small neodymium magnets that were purchased on Temu. That's despite the magnets being banned for sale for personal or ...