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Noodles, pita bread, rice? How more diverse hospital menus can improve care – and reduce costs

More than 5,400 cases of malnutrition develop in Australian hospitals each year. This means a patient doesn’t get enough nutrients during their stay for their body’s needs.

The Conversation · Oct 14, 2025

These Australian women modernist painters were overlooked, and forgotten. A century later, they are in the spotlight

When art historian Linda Nochlin famously asked “why have there been no great women artists?” in 1971, her point wasn’t that women lacked talent. It was that the art world had systematically excluded and erased them from history.

The Conversation · Oct 14, 2025

Victorian Coalition vows to scrap Australia’s first statewide treaty with First Peoples if it wins government

Opposition’s plan announced as state parliament’s lower house begins debate on landmark treaty bill

The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2025

Philippe, Kuhnemann in for ODI with Inglis injured

Josh Inglis has failed to overcome a calf injury in time for the series-opening ODI against India in Perth, opening the door for Josh Philippe to play.

AAP · Oct 13, 2025

Watching from Australia while Donald Trump targets my home of Chicago with armed troops prompts deep questions

I never again want to have to look back and wonder, could I have done more?

The Guardian - AU · Oct 13, 2025

It took just 60 years for red foxes to colonise Australia from Victoria to the Pilbara

To a newly-arrived red fox, the abundant rolling grasslands and swamps of Wadawurrung Country, around what is now called Port Phillip Bay, must have seemed like a predator’s paradise.

The Conversation · Oct 13, 2025

Morning Mail: Trump joins world leaders to sign peace deal, CSIRO plans more cuts, Abbott’s history lesson reviewed

Donald Trump given ovation by Knesset before leading Egypt summit; science agency must find more savings as funding declines

The Guardian - AU · Oct 13, 2025

Ley calls for parliament to investigate Thorpe over ‘incendiary behaviour’ at protest – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Oct 13, 2025

BMI shouldn’t be the only way to assess who can access weight-loss drugs

Around one in three Australian adults (32%) has a body-mass index (BMI) of 30 or above. A further 34% has a BMI of 25 or above.

The Conversation · Oct 13, 2025

Power-hungry data centres threaten Australia’s energy grid. Here are 3 steps to make them more efficient

The Australian Energy Market Operator estimates data centres will consume 6% of Australia’s grid-supplied electricity by 2030.

The Conversation · Oct 13, 2025