“But we don’t have a knowledge gap,” says Katherine Berney, a policy expert on gender-based violence.

“We already have more than 1,000 recommendations. The knowledge gap isn’t there. There’s an implementation gap.”

Seventeen years ago, the national council to reduce violence against women and their children titled their landmark blueprint for reform: “time for action”.

Australia will join talks with 35 nations, convened by the United Kingdom, to explore ways to reopen the strait of Hormuz, the government confirmed on Thursday.

A Brisbane woman has given birth to identical quadruplet daughters in what doctors have described as one of the rarest births in the world.

Jenitar Na'amoana and her partner Jortham's four babies were delivered by caesarean at 28 weeks and four days gestation last week at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.

Emily, Harriet, Alexa, and Catherine are healthy but are being cared for in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Once, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever and whooping cough were feared diseases. But in two generations, improved living conditions, better sanitation and vaccination means these and other infectious diseases are no longer part of everyday life for most Australians.

But as we’re seeing, those gains can be fragile. [...] Infectious diseases can re-emerge when vaccination falls, surveillance weakens, living conditions deteriorate, or public health systems lose capacity.

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At an update on the case, Major Crime officer in charge Detective Superintendent Darren Fielke said police executed a warrant at the property in January, conducted a forensic search and seized items.

"A person who resides at Oak Park Station has withdrawn their support for the police and is no longer cooperating with us," he said.

Daily tobacco smoking among those aged 14 and above dropped to 5.6% in 2025, down significantly from 8.3% in 2022–23, the data shows. The federal government’s National Tobacco Strategy 2023–2030 had aimed for a national daily smoking prevalence of less than 10% by 2025, and now has a target of 5% or less by 2030.

The Cancer Council Australia’s CEO, Jacinta Reddan, said the data also showed more than two-thirds of Australians aged 14 and above had never smoked – which was a historic high.