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The AFLW’s first season has had a wide-ranging impact, not only for players, but for women working in sport and the sports media.

The Victorian Government has launched new initiatives to manage housing affordability. Our experts explain how they will help and hinder first homebuyers.

Feminists have done so much for women’s rights, but a lot still remains. Find out how feminism has changed and the key issues facing feminism in 2017.

On February 24 1984, at St Vincent’s hospital in Sydney, a 39-year-old received the first successful heart transplant in Australia by Dr Victor Chang,

In Australia, it is illegal for a surrogate to be paid to carry a child. Altruistic surrogacy is heavily regulated. Dr Dominique Martin discusses the issue.

The global community has started to realise the impact that a loss of the bee population will have on the world. Dr Anneke Veenstra explains their impact.

Thunderstorm asthma and epic hayfever seasons – find out why Melbourne is an allergy capital and what Deakin researchers are doing about it.

With an increasingly bizarre news cycle it is getting difficult to spot the real news from the fake.

It’s getting harder to distinguish between real and fake news. Our expert explains what to do.

Dr Paul Harrison from Deakin University explains why wanting something that others in your group can’t have is part of being human.