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However, the Monash Centre for Financial Studies' (MCFS) Modern Slavery Research Program , which investigates the quality of company disclosures, is calling on the Federal Government and regulators to actively assist companies in tackling the reporting challenges and monitor the quality of disclosures, rather than forcing them to go it alone.

A Monash University-led trial of a new drug known as Q-122 therapy significantly reduced the number and severity of hot flushes and night sweats in women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. It also improved their sleep and had no serious adverse effects. QUE Oncology's Phase II trial of Q-122, a novel non-hormonal oral therapy for the treatment of vasomotor symptoms (commonly known as hot flashes/flushes and night sweats) in women taking endocrine therapy for breast cancer, have been published in The Lancet .

The findings could help inform the growing number of inductions conducted globally each year - now around 14 million - when the risks of continued pregnancy outweigh the benefits. Published in The Lancet , the Monash Health and Monash University-led study found clear evidence that a balloon catheter leads to an improved safety profile for newborns than vaginal hormones.

The Young people's financial strategies report released today, reveals job losses during the Covid-19 pandemic, lack of affordable housing and the rapid rise of platforms like cryptocurrency and 'buy now, pay later' (BNPL) schemes, have changed the financial landscape for young Australians, and not necessarily in a good way.

Monash researchers have used the world's largest multiple sclerosis (MS) registry, MSBase , to provide evidence that will help those with MS take the best medicine for them. People with MS often need to switch drugs to fully control their disease. These switch decisions are complex because until now there has been no good evidence to choose one new drug over another.

Monash University experts, along with an international group of researchers, have highlighted the need to accurately identify the carbon footprint of digital health interventions to help move towards more environmentally sustainable healthcare. Published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association , the new research reviewed 3299 studies and found that across the world there are no standard tools or methods of measuring the carbon footprint of digital health interventions.

However, Australians rate the online shopping experience better, and return more items purchased in-store than online. The annual Retail Monitor survey of 1,000 Australian shoppers from the Australian Consumer and Retail Studies (ACRS) unit in the Monash Business School, shows bricks and mortar is back with physical shopping returning to pre-pandemic levels.

Sleep strategies and simple bedtime routines can improve sleep in autistic children, reducing anxiety and enhancing family wellbeing, a new study reveals. The largest study of its kind into sleep problems in children on the autism spectrum, led by Monash University's Professor Nicole Rinehart , found clinician-led behavioural interventions helped kids get a better night's sleep.

Maternal health may play an important role in helping prevent kidney disease after a Monash University study found the risk of developing the disease in adult life is partially determined at birth. The study shows for the first time that some people are born with a double protection against future kidney disease, while others have double the risk of poor kidney health.

Workplace sabotage: New study reveals the workplace supports needed to help victim-survivors of domestic and family violence A shift in thinking is urgently required across Australian workplaces to better recognise the impacts of domestic and family violence (DFV) in the workplace, according to a new study from Monash University.

Grass pollen allergy is the leading cause of seasonal asthma and hay fever globally with up to 30 per cent of the world's population allergic to grass pollen allergens. In a discovery that may help scientists alleviate this global burden, Monash researchers have found that sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) with a small tablet containing grass pollens, changed patient's immune memory cells in unexpected ways.

Monash University engineers have created an ultrastrong titanium alloy, the highest strength-to-weight ratio among all 3D-printed metals to date, creating unprecedented mechanical performance. A world-first study led by Monash University engineers has demonstrated how cutting-edge 3D-printing techniques can be used to produce an ultra strong commercial titanium alloy - a significant leap forward for the aerospace, space, defence, energy and biomedical industries.

A pilot study by the Monash Business School analysed data from calls to the JobWatch helpline and found pregnant women faced a wide range of discrimination detrimental to their job security and careers. Discrimination occurred during pregnancy, while women were on parental leave and when they tried to re-enter the workforce.

Data-sensing technologies in urban spaces are measuring weather conditions, pedestrian foot traffic, determining when bins need to be emptied and sensing on street parking - how do we ethically capture, analyse, apply and communicate data to empower local people? Launching today, a new report from the Emerging Technologies Research Lab (ETLab) at Monash University in collaboration with the City of Melbourne has put a lens on how Melbourne's real-time public data can be gathered and used, to better plan for inclusive future smart cities.

When ripe, its sweet fruit segments are akin to the tropical tastes of banana, mango and pineapple and when unripe, its stringy texture is known to be a healthy meat substitute increasingly popular in western cuisine. And yet, jackfruit remains an underutilised food source in Australia perhaps due to its spiky exterior, rock hard rind and cumbersome size; a jackfruit can weigh up to 50 kilos and is the world's largest tree-grown fruit.

A study led by Monash University and believed to be a world first has demonstrated that an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model can potentially predict the best personalised, anti-seizure medication for patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy. The predictive model, once fully developed, would spare these patients the uncertainty of not knowing when their lives would be returned to normal by taking anti-seizure medications, and possibly the harmful side-effects associated with some drugs.

Researchers have discovered that some immunotherapy treatments used to treat cancer can cause fertility damage. It means these treatments could affect the future fertility and hormonal health of female cancer survivors, prompting experts to call for more research and preventative measures, such as freezing eggs.

The nationally collaborative project, led by Monash University and supported by researchers and clinicians across Australia, will screen at least 10,000 people aged 18-40 for genes that increase risk of certain types of cancers and heart disease that often go undetected. DNA Screen is the world's first preventive DNA screening study designed specifically to assess population DNA screening through a national healthcare system.

One in two Australians will be victims of technology-facilitated abuse in their lifetimes, and one in four will be perpetrators of such abuse, new research led by Monash University has revealed. In the first ever nationally representative survey of both Australian adult victim-survivors and perpetrators, researchers from Monash and RMIT universities also found technology-facilitated abuse was experienced at higher levels for LGBTIQA+ people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and those with disability.

Researchers at Monash University Energy Institute's Grid Innovation Hub will conduct a study to explore alternative market designs that could better enable the uptake of energy storage technologies, a key component to the uptake of Variable Renewable Energy (VRE). More storage is required to support Australia's transition to renewables and to achieve Australia's net zero emissions targets by 2050.