It’s just the most wonderful news that the Indigenous Literacy Foundation has been awarded the top-tier globally prestigious Astrid Lindgren prize for children’s literature. Biggest congratulations to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation which has done such important work.

Right now our Indigenous children are not safe – but locking them up is no solution
By Catherine Liddle, CEO of SNAICC, National Voice for Our Children ⁦SNAICC⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Don't miss our March newsletter - including the Gates Foundation new #openaccess policy, OA toolkit for Aotearoa Researchers, upcoming events and saying farewell to our outgoing Director Ginny Barbour mailchi.mp/a8fb227ede13/l…

Wikidata Leveling Up Days 2024 | April 5-7 and April 12-14 ift.tt/QuxGh7k

This is a landmark paper on the path to better indoor air quality. Outdoor air, the water we drink and food we eat is regulated by standards that protect us from harms. This is not the case for the air we breathe indoors where we spend 90% of our time. This is the most definitive…

The first female runner to complete one of the world's toughest races has told the BBC she did it for 'women worldwide'.

Jasmin Paris is one of only 20 people to have finished the Barkley Marathons in Tennessee, USA, since it was extended to 100 miles

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The 2023 report of the MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change finds sustainability needed in Australia's health care sector The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change The Lancet

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Current issue MJA focuses on surgical research mja.com.au/journal/2024/2…
Editorial by Jai Darvall & Toby Richards Cutting the queue: the need for evidence‐driven surgery mja.com.au/journal/2024/2…

Ah, the Barkley Marathons. Where runners and data nerds get to overlap delightfully 💚 #bm100

The conch was blown at 4:17. The 2024 Barkley Marathons begins in one hour. #BM100

Study (pre)registration basics - by Professor Alex Holcombe, School of Psychology, The University of Sydney.
An Australian Reproducibility Network (aus-rn.org) webinar.
Monday 25 March, 5pm, AEST
Register here (FREE): bond.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Favourite #IWD2024 was as editor PLOS Medicine when entire editorial team was female - so we knew that submissions addressed “Dear Sir” weren’t paying attention!
I’ve been lucky to work with fabulous female colleagues in all my jobs, most recently MJA Open Access Australasia

Beware the glass cliff “when circumstances are bad, change is both desired & needed&women & other minoritised people are often pushed forward as visible signals of change…while this may be a golden opportunity it is often an example of a poisoned chalice”
mja.com.au/journal/2024/2…

We all are, or know, women who’ve been harassed, touched, assaulted, and/or yelled at while exercising. And men who don’t believe it, ask around. We all curtail our activities because of where a murder or rape happened, or when it’s dark, early, late, city, country, daylight …

I’m sad to say I’m stepping down as Director of Open Access Australasia Highly recommend this fascinating job, which gave me the chance to work with so many smart & innovative people here & globally. Job description and application > external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/5232…

There are fears for the lives of thousands of displaced civilians in southern Gaza, who were sheltering in the grounds of a major hospital in Khan Yunis, with Médecins Sans Frontières now declaring “nowhere in Gaza is safe”.

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I never grow tired of this view. 🙂

Oh my, this is utterly, utterly brilliant, watch this NOW! Well done, Weliton Menário Costa and team!

‘Joyful madness’: ANU scientist wins global prize for ‘dancing his PhD’ about kangaroos theguardian.com/science/2024/f…

Video 👉 youtu.be/RoSYO3fApEc

New WGEA #GenderPayGap analyses are out, and for the first time in Australia we have public reporting at both the industry and employer levels. How do our health and medical institutions fare? Healthcare in Australia continues to be delivered by women and led by men. 🧵

Feb #openaccess newsletter from Open Access Australasia now available - news, events and the fantastic Open Access Toolkit for Aotearoa New Zealand Researchers mailchi.mp/7cb4986d604d/f…