A leaked email sent to directors of one of Queensland’s largest hospitals shows medical bosses forced to immediately reduce expense budgets by $9m – with staff told the savings were “equivalent to closing two wards”. 

Almost half of Aussie jet­setters are planning to head overseas without travel insurance, according to research that has triggered warnings of holiday horror shows. 

Student debts could see their highest increase since the scheme was introduced in 1989, skyrocketing from an ­average of $396 per year to $2000 as inflation peaks. 

Brittany Higgins has broken her silence after the charge against the man she accused of raping her was dropped. 

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