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New mental health roadmap to stop the 23 year death gap

26 August 2021

A new AHPC recommends major improvements to primary healthcare services in Australia to stop people with serious mental illnesses from dying between 14 and 23 years earlier than other Australians.

Wealthy Australians living up to 6.4 years longer

12 August 2021

More than 60 of Australia’s leading health experts have delivered a national blueprint today to cut the life-expectancy gap between the wealthiest and poorest Australians.

mRNA licence & vaccine facility urgently needed

26 July 2021

The Federal Government needs to licence and produce an mRNA vaccine in Australia immediately to avoid an ongoing shortage of COVID-19 vaccine and frequent lockdowns, according to the Mitchell Institute

Childcare is unaffordable for nearly two in five Australian families

30 June 2021

Childcare is currently unaffordable for 386,000 Australian families or 39% of families who use childcare, a new report from Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute shows.

Online learning won’t stop international education sector halving

28 April 2021

Continued border closures mean the value of Australia's international education sector is to shrink from $40.3 billion in 2019 to $20.5 billion by the end of 2022, new modelling report from Victoria University’s Mitch

Preschool enrolment rates decline in the eastern states as families pay double

15 February 2021

Many eastern state families are paying around double what families in other states and territories pay for preschool, our new report finds.

Landmark study reveals entrenched educational inequality

28 October 2020

Australia’s education system is failing up to one in three children and young people, according to the first major study to assess progress against our current national education goals.

Giving it a go: Working towards health & wellbeing

20 August 2020

Researchers are investigating barriers and supports for people with musculoskeletal conditions.

Self-care: game changer for everyone's health

24 July 2020

Australians have been urged to practise self-care and to ‘do our bit’ to protect ourselves and the community from the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper highlights the key self-care learnings from the pandemic.

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