November 2024
First private nurses strikes, as ‘Pied Piper’ effect hits
The first strikes by medical staff at private hospitals follow mass walkouts at public medical centres by nurses as wages pressure bleeds from one sector to another.
September 2024
CFMEU delegates investigated over ‘steeling’ claims
One of the union delegates under investigation for allegedly selling steel from a major government site is a former member of the infamous Bra Boys surf gang.
October 2023
Bullock’s predictable problem in an unpredictable world
The confusion roiling global markets won’t end, but Australia’s rental crisis is a more fundamental imbalance of supply and demand. It means the RBA governor’s job won’t get any easier.
June 2023
NSW government aims to build innovation hub nightlife
Investment NSW says it wants to help create a vibrant nightlife around its innovation precincts to make them attractive places to work and socialise.
March 2023
Higher education boom driving employment in western Sydney
Western Sydney is reaping the rewards of a virtuous cycle of knowledge generation, jobs and wealth, with many educational institutions flocking to the area.
January 2022
Pediatrician ridicules COVID-19 toilet-lid advice
A group of doctors and academics has upset the Morrison government by pushing for much more stringent action against COVID-19.
August 2021
How your next doctor could be a machine
Helping Siri tell you what the weather’s like isn’t the only thing AI is good at. It is emerging that AI machines could be particularly good at medicine too.
December 2020
Why rapid antigen tests have been slow to take off
Over-the-counter tests are good in principle and in use in the US but are struggling for acceptance in Australia.
April 2020
Why a coronavirus vaccine may never be found
A vaccine has never been successfully developed against a coronavirus and COVID-19 may burn out before one is discovered, a germ expert says.
Stop panicking, says germ expert
David Isaacs, a professor of infectious diseases, wants Australians to know they are in safe hands.
March 2020
Ground zero in the fight against COVID-19
How did a brown-and-beige nursing home become ground zero in what could become one of the most serious public health crises in Australia in decades?
November 2019
Trusting his peers cost this doctor $500,000 – and almost his life
Mark Awerbuch flew to Israel at huge expense to get life-saving treatment for his cancer – only to find out he could have had it done in Australia.