Mark Butler
Puberty blockers and treatments for trans youth under review
The federal government has ordered the review to come up with new guidelines for the treatment of trans and gender diverse children.
- Michael Bachelard and Mike Foley
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Megan found an ideal mix of money and lifestyle. Many more will be following her
Megan Hamill moved to Australia chasing sunshine and better wages. Thousands of other nurses like her will soon be fast-tracked to address workforce shortages.
- Angus Thomson
- Exclusive
- Health
Spinal surgery, aged care, long COVID: Australia’s most expensive hospital stays revealed
Private health funds are becoming particularly concerned about the burden of long COVID on the health system, five years since the pandemic began.
- Angus Thomson
Health insurers want to raise prices. How far will Labor let them go?
Health Minister Mark Butler said he was “not inclined” to approve any of the proposed premium rises that insurers had requested, sending them back to the drawing board.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
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- Medicare
What bulk-billing? The group missing out on cheaper GP visits
Children and older Australians were better off last year under the government’s $3.5 billion boost to bulk-billing. But adults aged 16 to 64 are paying more.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
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- Medicare
Bulk-billing at centre of Labor election pitch, attack on Dutton
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is gearing up to make major boosts to bulk-billing, urgent care clinics and the GP workforce, playing up a contrast to Peter Dutton.
- Paul Sakkal and Natassia Chrysanthos
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- Medicine
This powerful lobby group claimed 665 pharmacies would close. Here’s what really happened
The Pharmacy Guild claimed 60-day scripts would force pharmacies to shut and cause 20,000 job losses. The figures tell a very different story.
- James Massola
Fix the planning system – now that’s a good plan
Successive governments over many decades have wound back spending on public housing, sending people into the private rental market. We need more modest, cheaper-to-build homes.
- Investigation
- Smoking & vaping
‘Big vape’: How Chinese multinationals and organised crime fuelled a public health crisis
The Albanese government has introduced some of the world’s toughest vaping laws, but the black market is thriving. Now pharmacists are in open rebellion.
- Eryk Bagshaw and Laura Sparkes
Free RSV vaccines for mothers and babies as cases spike by 37,000
The respiratory virus is the leading cause of hospitalisation for infants, with 12,000 babies admitted each year. Before next winter, protection for mums and bubs will be free.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
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