• Private abortion provider to open in Tas News.com.au 05/08/18 
• Police review of domestic violence cases gains political support [Vic.] News.com.au 05/08/18
• New $220m cervical cancer screening register putting lives at risk Daily Telegraph 05/08/18 - subscriber content 

Women’s Health Victoria 

• Employment Opportunity: Compliance and Quality Coordinator - apply by 06/08/18 
• Expressions of Interest: WHV Board Director Position - apply by 10/08/18 
• Employment Opportunity: Workforce Development Manager - apply by 12/08/18 
• Employment Opportunity: Workforce Development Officer - apply by 12/08/18 
• Workshop: Gender Equity In The Workplace - scheduled 23/08/18 

Sexual and reproductive health 

• New hope for premature babies with damaged lungs thanks to placenta cell trial [Vic.] 9 News 06/08/18  
• Why researchers are testing Viagra for women during pregnancy [Opinion] The Conversation 03/08/18 

Violence prevention 

• 'We need a refuge': Cowes residents confront minister over family violence services The Age 04/08/18 
• Access to partner's data can save women The Age 05/08/18 
• 'Sex-for-rent' adverts give vulnerable homeless women a stark choice The Age 03/08/18 
• Victorian government should be wary of introducing a stand-alone offence of non-fatal strangulation [Opinion] The Conversation 03/08/18 - intimate partner violence policy context 

Mental health and body image 

• Social media encouraging women to be fit than just thin can be harmful: Griffith University study Herald Sun 05/08/18 - subscriber content 
• 27yo woman says boob job left her with acne, chronic pain, hair loss and night sweats News.com.au 03/08/18 

Cancer 

• Rare cancer cases linked to breast implants to be tracked via register Daily Telegraph 04/08/18 

Gender equality / human rights 

• Tampon tax closer to being axed after Federal and state governments show support ABC Online 04/08/18 
• ‘Race politics is back’: race commissioner exits with parting shots at conservatives The Guardian 06/08/18 
• 'The big one is underpayment': new centre fights migrant workers' exploitation The Guardian 05/08/18 

Other topical issues 

• Millions more Australians would have high blood pressure under changes Sydney Morning Herald 06/08/18 
• New focus on first people’s renal, emotional health, cancer [Media Release] Australia. NHMRC 02/08/18 
• State and territory governments reaffirm unanimous support for My Health Record [Media Release] Australia. Minister for Health 03/08/18 
• Women fly out of the blocks to a runner's high The Age 04/08/18 

 International 

• “Snapchat dysmorphia : patients seeking plastic surgery to look more like Snapchat filters [U.S.] Women’s Health 04/08/18 
• Clarke Gayford is staying at home with baby Neve. So what's the big deal? [U.K.]The Guardian 06/08/18 - paternity leave cited 
• [Tokyo med school altered admission test results for years to deny women entry : reports] The Age 05/08/18