Time shapes everything – our work, our health, our relationships – but it's not shared evenly. Join Prof Lyndall Strazdins and Annabel Crabb to unpack the gendered politics of work, care and burnout, and why time has become one of the most unequal resources of all. 🔗 https://ow.ly/wZuE50XQvhF

Tents supplied to displaced Palestinians ‘inadequate for Gaza winter’

Almost a decade ago Emma Johnston, Tanya Monro and I appeared at The National Press Club of Australia to talk about our stories and our views of issues that impact on Women in Science. It was an amazing experience… I will miss you Emma. theconversation.com/if-we-really...

Vale Prof Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE The Academy is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one of our Fellows, Prof Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE. She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2022 recognising her leadership in the field of marine ecology, 🧵 vimeo.com/762105195

Omnishambles doesn’t even start to convey the lawlessness and looseness in these cowboys’ operations. How can Venezuelans hope for this process to restore the rule of law and democracy to our country when it’s clearly against these principles in the USA? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...

“What has driven me in my life is a deep love of the science, a love of working with people and helping them to flourish and achieve, and a desire to work with others to protect this world I was immersed in as a scientist. And in that, I feel I have gone well beyond what I ever set out to achieve.”

If ever there was a breath of fresh air and optimism in Australian academia it was Emma. Utterly devastating news. www.afr.com/work-and-car...

SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

"Latest list of new mine proposals reveals 97 new coal and gas projects are under development" #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/news/251219-...

“The concern is that we are bootstrapping our way into armed conflict,” Finkelstein said. “We’re upping the ante in order to try to get them to engage in an act of aggression that would then justify an act of self-defense on our part.” I mean, obviously.

Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

"Extreme heat inflames inequality" The people most vulnerable to extreme heat either live below the poverty line, have a long-term health issue, and/or are aged 65 and older. @mhharrington.bsky.social #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/news/251218-...

Bondi paddle-out: surfers, paddleboarders and swimmers pay tribute to victims of mass shooting

"We have known since the calculations of Nobel prize-winning physical chemist Svante Arrhenius in the 1890s of the impact increasing CO2 would have on temperature," Hayhoe said, citing scientific literature from 1896. YES - 1896. That's how long we've known. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

“The people who teach you to hate everyone now want to sell you something. The majority of Australians have the right to peacefully protest against Israel & its genocidal policies. Not all Jewish ppl support the actions of Israel. Religious extremism is evil. Hatred creates more hatred.” #Auspol

Great piece from @ronnisalt.bsky.social "[they did] not march for peace, they did not learn their hatred on the grounds of universities, nor did they create their unhinged mindsets in the art galleries or cultural institutions of Australia."

"[S]even grants totaling millions of dollars... including for research on reducing sudden infant deaths, improving adolescent health, preventing fetal alcohol syndrome and identifying autism early, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post." Petty retribution hurting kids and families.

We can’t let them do that. We can’t let them divide the country, radicalise more people, deactivate gun-law reform efforts, or outlaw protest. That’s a fascist agenda that needs to be rejected. Get in contact with your state/territory & federal MPs and senators and let them know what you want.

Racist and xenophobic politicians trying to score points over a terrorist attack are not serving Australians. They are incompetent and have no real policy solutions to any of the problems regular Australians are facing. Therefore, they have defaulted to appealing to our worst instincts to get votes.

The idea that changing a definition to include criticism of Israel as being anti-Semitic and cracking down even further on anti-genocide protests would have in any way made anyone safer is madness. That the Coalition have so comprehensively jumped to blame here is insanity. Who is this speaking to?

After mass violence, trauma spreads socially. Here are 3 ways you can help reduce it theconversation.com/after-mass-v...

Have spent the day resolutely focused on all the people who helped, who risked their own safety to ensure the safety of others. It’s no small thing in all that horror. Hate is a sickness.

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A family gathering at the beach. This is an act of pure evil. We’ve seen some bravery in response but I’m thinking of the families who must have been truly terrified upon realising what was happening around them. Devastating.

Help make today 'paper appreciation day'!

You can do this right now: Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better. Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.

I honestly can’t see how the traditional science publishing model will survive the enshittification by AI. We need an alternative -what impact on science careers? -worst of all: how will this impact trust in science if those outside the field have no idea if a paper is real & has been checked?

NEW article: Reporting from the World Indigenous Peoples’s Conference on Education, by Bronwyn Fredericks, Allanah Hunt & Levon Blue - www.croakey.org/reporting-fr..., Croakey - Informed, engaged communities for health, 05 Dec 2025. #WIPCE25 #WIPCE2025 #IndigenousEducation #EducationMatters

Former CEO speaks out: keep VicHealth strong and independent www.croakey.org/former-ceo-s... #publichealth

"Closing VicHealth will prove a disaster for the health of the people of VIC and must be reversed," our CEO Adj Prof Terry Slevin says. Folding it into the health dept will inevitably shrink the commitment to stopping people getting sick in the first place. It will also hinder national efforts...

"​VicHealth folding doesn’t just harm Victoria, it dismantles a global template for how to get health promotion right." www.croakey.org/shock-and-al...

Devastating for public health and for prevention

So, while the police gets new powers to stop and frisk whoever they want (it’s gonna be brown men and all kinds of women they want to harass) Nazis get to march across the CBD. Cool beans, Victoria!

One of the biggest challenges in public health & environment-related fields is the miscommunication of population-scale results to the individual-level This is often caused by the desire to formulate “action” relevant to people’s lives but ends up blaming individuals for things not in their control

Bec quit the career she loved because of racism. Her experience isn't unique www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...

I just want to look away from news like this but I think we must not www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Sexual harassment is a tool for oppression, to put you down and push you out. And it’s working here “She is one of at least seven women who described leaving their academic studies at Oxford because of harassment...” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

"Kardell Lomas and her baby should still be here. And her family have every right to fight for justice, both in the coroner’s court and beyond." essential reading from Dr Amy McQuire www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Do it 👇

heartbreaking

"fresh survey of eight sites along WA's Ningaloo Reef has revealed more than 60 per cent of corals have died [..] Of the 1,600 corals counted in March, only 600 were still alive come late October"

The last time I wrote about this I copped the biggest whinge fest from the then (Labor) minister’s office about how they weren’t cutting the budget lol

Over the summer some very important public health program leaders shared their struggles in keeping their work going since the #usaid cuts Here’s an article about it, please share to increase awareness & motivate political action “Decades of progress - undone” www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democ...

Mark your diaries! The ViCBiostat Summer School returns from 13-20 Feb 2026, in Melbourne and online. Courses include causal inference, cluster randomised trials, meta-analysis and the estimand framework. Further details TBA shortly - sign up to our mailing list at www.vicbiostat.org.au #statistics

greater investment in health and medical research - including public health and health systems research as well as basic research and clinical trials urgently needed. Increase investment in NHMRC beyond the targeted MRFF approach a priority www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

What an absolute disgrace. Shame on ANU.

“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.” Nelson Mandela