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4 September 2026

Climate risk is changing where banks lend – before disaster strikes

Australia; International; NSW The University of New South Wales
4 September 2026

Can we do more for the long-term harms of medicine use?

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
3 September 2026

Belonging, atmosphere key to attracting event-goers

Australia; QLD University of the Sunshine Coast Journal of Services Marketing
1 September 2026

Cannabis edibles impair driving, even below drug-driving limits

International University of Toronto, Canada JAMA Network Open , Public Health
31 August 2026

Cost of playing community sport tops $4,500 per child

Australia; NSW; VIC Federation University Australia,Victoria University,The University of Sydney Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
29 August 2026

Around half of people on semaglutide for obesity stop taking it early

International Aarhus University, Denmark JAMA Network Open
Expert Reaction
27 August 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Meta changes for protecting younger users

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; WA Australian Science Media Centre
Expert Reaction
27 August 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Nepal-Tibet border flash flood

Australia; International; NSW; VIC; QLD
27 August 2026

3 in 5 Aussies entering prison have had a mental illness

Australia Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
26 August 2026

Some educational interventions can improve kids' ethics and morals

Australia; International; NSW; QLD Australian Catholic University,The University of Queensland,The University of Sydney Nature Human Behaviour
26 August 2026

Do customer loyalty programs actually work? The benefits are in the eye of the cardholder

Australia; WA Edith Cowan University European Journal of Marketing
26 August 2026

Overworked and stressed? This puppy video will make you feel better

International Jeonbuk National University, South Korea, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea Frontiers in Public Health
Expert Reaction
26 August 2026

Vaping is the most effective way to quit smoking

Australia; New Zealand; International; NSW; VIC National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC),The University of New South Wales,Monash University,University of Auckland,University of Massachusetts, USA Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
26 August 2026

Black summer bushfires did not convince sceptical Aussies that climate change is real

Australia; International; VIC; WA CSIRO,The University of Western Australia,The University of Melbourne,Lancaster University, UK Royal Society Open Science
26 August 2026

85% of young people worried about affording a home

Australia Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)
25 August 2026

Families bear hidden costs of finding safety

Australia; VIC La Trobe University Journal of Family Violence
25 August 2026

As the fuel crisis deepens, Pacific nations can save billions by switching to renewables: new report

Australia; Pacific; NSW; ACT The University of New South Wales
Expert Reaction
24 August 2026

EXPERT REACTION: NZ falls short on protections against tobacco industry lobbying

New Zealand University of Auckland Tobacco Control
21 August 2026

An IP registry could undermine, as well as protect, Māori knowledge

New Zealand Victoria University of Wellington,University of Canterbury The Journal of World Intellectual Property
20 August 2026

The higher the hope, the harder the fall: ESG downgrades hit optimistic investors the hardest

Australia; WA Murdoch University International Review of Economics & Finance
20 August 2026

Changing wage benefits highlight need to align skills and jobs

Australia; SA; ACT Adelaide University,The Australian National University International Review of Economics & Finance
20 August 2026

Uncovering a 3200 year old ceramic 'brand'

Australia; International; NSW The University of Sydney,University of Vienna, Austria PLOS One
19 August 2026

When home is no longer safe for older women

Australia; NSW University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Alternative Law Journal
19 August 2026

We're more likely to report abusive comments that attack our own social groups

International The Alan Turing Institute, UK Royal Society Open Science
19 August 2026

Women run the (health) world, but hold its lowest paid jobs

Australia; International Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, USA The Lancet Public Health
Briefing
19 August 2026

NEWS BRIEFING: Cannabis linked to earlier onset of psychosis

Australia; NSW The University of New South Wales Biological Psychiatry
18 August 2026

Healthy homes linked to fewer children in hospital

New Zealand University of Otago,Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand,Tu Kotahi Māori Asthma Trust Social Science & Medicine
17 August 2026

'Inclusive' NZ workplaces are not always truly inclusive for Rainbow employees, study finds

New Zealand Kāhui Tū Kaha, New Zealand Equality, Diversity and Inclusion ; International Journal of Organisational Analysis
14 August 2026

Queensland Resilient Homes Fund enhanced flood resilience for thousands of homeowners

Australia; QLD Natural Hazards Research Australia AFAC26
14 August 2026

Physical function declines faster in poorer people

International Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland, University of British Columbia, Canada PLOS Medicine
14 August 2026

Meth contamination in Kiwi homes increased after testing requirements changed

New Zealand Unitec New Zealand,University of Waikato New Zealand Medical Journal
14 August 2026

Replace tax-funded healthcare with 'social insurance' for health equity, experts say

New Zealand University of Otago,Bond University New Zealand Medical Journal
Expert Reaction
12 August 2026

Ocean warming and fishing rates are impacting global fisheries

New Zealand; International Institut Des Sciences De L'evolution De Montpellier, France Journal of the Royal Society Interface
12 August 2026

When is it best to vaccinate pregnant mums against the flu in areas that don't have a winter flu season?

International Communicable Diseases Agency, Singapore JAMA Network Open
12 August 2026

Fat around your middle is better than BMI for predicting the risk to your heart

International Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, USA JACC
11 August 2026

Genomics used to find endangered fish populations most vulnerable to climate change

Australia; NT; ACT Flinders University,Adelaide University,University of Canberra,CLLMM Research Centre, Goyder for Water Research, SA; Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory; field sampling and lab work; and traditional owners of the land this studyencompassed, particularly the Ngarrindjeri people of the Lower Murray, Lower Lakes and Coorong region. Journal of Heredity

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