We know we should eat better to live longer. Why are so few of us doing it?

Two large new studies suggest that despite growing awareness about health and wellness,we’re getting no better at maintaining a healthy diet.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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Small interactions,whether positive or negative,can have major impacts on mood.

These small interactions can make or break your day

Most of us inherently understand the impact that one small unpleasant incident can have on our mood,but you can learn how to focus on the positive while brushing off the negative.

  • Shona Hendley
Bored at work? Lucky you.

Why there’s nothing wrong with having a ‘boring’ job

Rather than view it as a negative,it’s time to admit that there are lots of underrated positives to having a typically ‘boring’ job.

  • Tim Duggan
Meg Shaw and Geoff Paine prepare for the Laughter Lab

The comedy show aiming to prove that laughter really is medicine

There will be ice water and dad jokes – what’s the worst that could happen?

  • Nell Geraets
Hume City Council councillor Jim Overend in front of the Craigieburn Community Hospital which was built months ago but still isn’t open for use.

Two new Melbourne hospitals were built months ago – but locals still can’t use them

Two of the 10 community hospitals promised by the state government in 2018 have been built but remain largely non-operational,frustrating locals who want to start using them.

  • Broede Carmody andAdam Carey
Queenwood Senior Girls School year 9 students Evie Davis,Sonia Punter and Chloe Abbott attended a pelvic pain workshop yesterday at the school in Mosman. MARCH 21,2025. Photo:Max Mason-Hubers

This program is helping girls stay in school,but NSW students are missing out

NSW is the only state that doesn’t fund endometriosis and pain workshops for public school students despite research revealing one in four girls miss classes due to period pain.

  • Emily Kaine andAngus Thomson
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Index composite image for story on elective surgery waiting lists in NSW Wednesday March 19,2025.

Revealed:The NSW patients waiting the longest for surgery

The number of patients overdue for elective surgery in the state’s public hospitals has tripled as waiting lists reach levels not seen since the COVID pandemic.

  • Angus Thomson
If you didn’t go to school,you don’t get to go the pool in Bidyadanga,one of the remote pools in WA found to improve community wellbeing and health.

Disease rates halved,kids in school:Inside the towns where a local pool has changed lives

Children were being hit with ear,nose and throat infections to the point some were going deaf. That all changed.

  • Julie Power
David Morrison,president of the Blackburn and District Tree Preservation Society,stands in front of Blackburn trees.

Melbourne tree canopy goal ‘impossible’ without ripping out roads

The government’s target tree canopy for urban areas is at odds with its new tree targets for apartment and townhouse developments.

  • Sophie Aubrey
While it can feel nice to set up on your kitchen table or back verandah,it can cause problems for your back.

Working from home? Here are five tips to stay comfortable (and stop slouching)

While it can feel nice to set up on your kitchen table or back verandah,not having a proper workstation can be bad for your concentration – and your back.

  • Tim Duggan