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According to a study from the United States, women experience weight stigma in maternity care at almost every visit. We expect this experience to be similar in Australia, where more than 50% of women of reproductive age live in larger bodies.

In an otherwise unremarkable election campaign, the major parties are promising sharply different energy blueprints for Australia. Labor is pitching a high-renewables future powered largely by wind, solar, hydroelectricity and batteries. The Coalition wants more gas and coal now, and would build nuclear power later.

While many Australians have already voted at pre-poll stations and by post, the politicking continues right up until May 3.

This federal election, both major parties have offered a “grab bag” of policy fixes for Australia’s stubborn housing affordability crisis. But there are still two big policy elephants in the room, which neither side wants to touch.

Woodside now homes in on new financial partners for its $175 billion project.

Australian workers in "modern slavery" conditions are being exploited by their employers, left in debt and often assaulted, an inquiry has been told.

Australians who work from home have cut their commutes by about three hours a week, saving more than $5000 a year in doing so, research has found.

In a major speech days out from election day, Anthony Albanese has made the case that he is a safe pair of hands during a time of global upheaval.

Australia's Geoff Ogilvy will captain the International team in next year's President's Cup at Medinah, a course he has recently helped redesign.

At about 250 to 260 eggs a person each year, our egg consumption is very high by international standards