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8 November 2024
Review led by ANU Professor highlights potential to ‘unleash’ Australia’s health workforce
An ANU-led review has found Australia’s health professionals face restrictions and barriers that are impacting the level of care they’re able to provide patients.
22 June 2023
Australians care more than you might think
Australia experienced a crisis of care during the pandemic, but many people see caring as rewarding work and would consider employment in the sector — cause for optimism about its future.
26 May 2023
Better pay just the first step to ensuring quality care
More investment is needed to support frontline workers in Australia's care sector.
30 October 2020
Australian invention can save lives and boost productivity
By 2030, millions of global working hours will be lost due to heat stress and dehydration, and countless lives will be at risk. A potent new Australian technology launched at The Australian National University today by partners WearOptimo and Aspen Medical has the answers. Microwearable sensors being developed by Brisbane-based health-tech company, WearOptimo, will give the wearer an instant read-out of body water or hydration level. “By providing individuals with a measure of their own hydration, action can be taken immediately, before performance is impaired or health is risked,” WearOptimo Founder and CEO Professor Mark Kendall said. “With higher global…
10 July 2023
Pepper, the world’s smartest retail robot, is changing how we think about AI
Pepper the robot is helping ANU researchers gauge the kind of emotional and social connections people develop with intelligent machines.
30 January 2025
ANU part of new $US150M partnership with Rio Tinto to support global energy transition
Researchers from ANU will partner with Rio Tinto to ensure First Nations cultural knowledge and perspectives are central to the global energy transition.
21 August 2024
Calls to address ‘alarming rates’ of gendered violence against Victorian healthcare workers
Violence is widespread in the Australian healthcare system, with up to one in four Victorian healthcare workers experiencing work-related gendered violence.
26 December 2023
For old times bake: ANU gathers for a stirring send-off for VC Schmidt
He made the job seem like a piece of cake. Now the ANU community has gathered to say thanks to Brian Schmidt for eight years of incredible leadership.
19 December 2023
The life of Brian
From biblical hailstorms to flaming pizzas, the leadership life of outgoing Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt has been as colourful as it has been challenging.
8 March 2023
It's time to stop gaslighting women when it comes to their health
Medical misogyny is an urgent challenge for healthcare delivery in Australia. Here’s the problem and how to address it.
7 March 2023
Major changes to superannuation tax concessions are not warranted
Treasury’s approach grossly exaggerates the amount of tax concessions for super. Tinker around the edges, but any major changes are not warranted.
29 October 2021
PM urged to address low Indigenous vaccination rates
Indigenous leaders and health professionals have written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison seeking an urgent meeting about low COVID-19 vaccination rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
10 April 2021
Climate change ‘to decimate NT's rural health workforce’
The Northern Territory could lose up to a third of its doctors as they look to escape the dangerous effects of climate change, according to new analysis from ANU.
18 November 2022
Diverting children from the justice system gives them a chance to 'grow' out of crime
The evidence shows most children who exhibit criminal behaviour will grow out of it by adulthood. But only if given the chance.