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Identifying the key barriers to gender equal paid parental leave in Australia: study
Australia offers unpaid parental leave for 12 months, under the National Employment Standards of the Fair Work Act, which ...
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International Monash partnership announced for Premature Ovarian Insufficiency guidelines
The Honourable Jill Hennessy, Chair of the Monash Women’s Health Alliance, welcomed the new guidelines, stating that “these will ensure that more women with POI are diagnosed and managed according to ...
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New Centre harnessing emerging technologies to empower people with disability
“When developed carefully and co-designed alongside people with disabilities, new technologies like generative AI, object and facial recognition, mixed reality and 3D printing have the potential to ...
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Helping those with acquired brain injury maximise their technology use
A free online resource is helping people with acquired brain injury (ABI) consider assistive technology to plan, organise and remember everyday tasks. The resource was developed by Monash University ...
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Small male weight gains increase risk of back pain and disability, local study finds
A comprehensive two-decades long study of 695 men living in Geelong found that gaining as little as three kilograms of weight over five years is linked to back pain and high rates of disability ten ...
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Improving the lives of children with disability in Australia and China through dance
Monash University’s new AllPlay Dance program is driving the development of inclusive dance programs and supporting the wellbeing of children in Australia and China living with disability.
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World’s first research centre to tackle all forms of violence against women launches in Australia
The launch of the Centre will take place at its headquarters at Monash University, Clayton campus, with the official opening being led by Assistant Minister for Women, Ageing, and Social Security, Hon ...
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High blood pressure and shorter sleep may worsen brain decline: study
In those with high blood pressure, shorter sleep duration was associated with poorer executive functioning and markers of brain injury and accelerated brain ageing on MRI. These associations were not ...
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Helping hands: Guidelines to support teachers 3D print for blind students
“One of the advantages of 3D printed models over raised line drawings, is that they can be used by blind, low vision and sighted students together in educational settings, and they can also be useful ...
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New study: more than 1.5 million die each year from wild/bush fire pollution
Landscape fires are an increasing environmental and health threat fuelled by climate change. While 221 direct deaths were reported globally in 2018, a study published in The Lancet reveals more than 1 ...
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Monash University launches Justice Bus to bridge legal access gaps
Monash University launches Justice Bus to bridge legal access gaps; Monash University launches Justice Bus to bridge legal access gaps. 03 Dec ...
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Monash scientists embark on critical Antarctic expeditions to uncover mysteries of the frozen continent
An additional two Monash PhD students already conducting fieldwork on the Antarctic Peninsula are researching a greening trend in Antarctica that reflects grasses becoming more abundant. They are also ...