Mental health
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Hospitals
‘Opera House on your doorstep’: Pitch for foreign doctors to plug NSW Health holes
NSW Health is offering “crisis” rates up to $3050 a day to doctors after more than half the state’s public hospital psychiatrists resigned.
- by Angus Thomson and Kate Aubusson
Latest
Joanna alerted the army about her husband. The ADF ‘vilified’ her. He later took his own life
The Australian Defence Force failed the veteran and treated his widow “appallingly”, a coroner has found.
- by Ben Cubby and Patrick Begley
Doctors’ mass resignation deepens NSW government’s worker woes
Half of psychiatrists working in NSW public hospitals have tendered their resignations in the latest dispute between the state government and its workers.
- by Kate Aubusson and Angus Thomson
Opinion
Fitness
The ‘1 per cent challenge’ that’s getting me through December
Sure, it’s the most wonderful time of the year and all that, but it’s also the most stressful. Doing this small activity can reclaim some mental space and counter the chaos.
- by Sarah Berry
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Victoria
Victorians are inundating the national suicide hotline. But we’re not picking up the phone
Almost one-third of the 1 million calls to Lifeline Australia are from Victoria. But just 12 per cent are answered by Victorian centres.
- by Broede Carmody and Brittany Busch
Many Gen Zs are working multiple jobs. Are they missing out on their 20s?
New data shows more people under 25 are working multiple jobs. But at what cost?
- by Lauren Ironmonger and Alyssa Talakovski
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Victorian Parliament
Victoria fails royal commission timeline as mental health reforms delayed
The Allan government has backtracked on its promise to implement all recommendations from the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System on time.
- by Kieran Rooney, Broede Carmody and Rachel Eddie
Man charged with murder over alleged hammer attack on carer
Police charged John Sheffield, 55, after his carer Kenneth Magee was allegedly beaten to death in their Werribee home.
- by Erin Pearson and Cassandra Morgan
Opinion
Parenting
Millennials are changing the grandparenting rules – and not always for the better
One word has had a constant presence in recent online conversations about family dynamics: boundaries.
- by Zoya Patel
Opinion
Grief
After my brother’s funeral, grief hijacked my nervous system for months
Sam was my cheerleader and my best friend. For weeks, I couldn’t eat, suffered severe insomnia and was crippled by persistent and debilitating stomach cramps.
- by Jessica Maguire
For men like Olly, a run with friends is more than just a run
Running allowed Olly Woolrych to step off the treadmill of expectation about what it is to be a man. Today, his running event is Movember’s biggest fundraiser.
- by Sarah Berry
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