Shorten vows to stop ‘price gouging’ as providers charge more for NDIS-funded clients
Allied healthcare providers charge NDIS clients anything from 30 per cent more, to double their usual fee, but therapists argue the NDIS should lift their payments.
- by Dana Daniel
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NSW minister backs pharmacist prescribing as patients struggle to get GP appointments
Patients may soon be able to get antibiotics for urinary tract infections without the need for a GP visit, as part of wider reforms being considered by the NSW government.
- by Dana Daniel
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Push for aged care funding to cover ‘social, emotional care’
The Health Services Union is calling on the Albanese government to ensure that aged care residents’ “social and emotional” needs are met as a new funding model kicks off with dollars tied to time spent on clinical care.
- by Dana Daniel
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Oil and gas companies must pay fair share of windfall profits: Rod Sims
The former competition tsar says multinational oil and gas companies must share massive windfall profits driven by the Ukraine war as the Albanese government prepares the ground for tax reforms.
- by Dana Daniel
National anti-corruption commission will be able to intercept WhatsApp messages: A-G
The government’s national anti-corruption commission will be able to intercept messages sent on encrypted apps like WhatsApp and Signal, Mark Dreyfus has confirmed.
- by Dana Daniel
As it happened: National cabinet meets to debate end of mandatory COVID-19 isolation
The NSW premier will today argue that Australia needs to shift away from health orders and towards personal responsibility, companies face data culls following the Optus hack and the Queen’s cause of death has been revealed.
- by Broede Carmody, Dana Daniel and Nigel Gladstone
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National cabinet scraps mandatory COVID-19 isolation
From October 14, the general public will no longer be subject to pandemic restrictions for the first time since March 2020. But the chief medical officer has warned it is subject to change if a dangerous new variant emerges.
- by Dana Daniel and Aisha Dow
21, unmarried and pregnant with twins, Kearney faced ‘momentous’ decisions
Vowing to improve abortion access, Assistant Health Minister Ged Kearney says she was lucky - she had a job, a home and someone to help look after the babies - but “this is not the story for so many others”.
- by Dana Daniel
Australia facing mRNA vaccine shortfall in global race for latest jabs
Australia risks being at the back of the global queue for variant-specific COVID-19 vaccines, with the government yet to strike a deal with Moderna for supply next year.
- by Dana Daniel
Shorten considers adding ADHD to the national disability insurance scheme
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has opened the door to a potential expansion of the scheme to support people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
- by Dana Daniel
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States demand more cash from Albanese for hospital budget blowouts
Spiralling inflation has ramped up public hospital costs and the states say the $28 billion allocated in the March budget for 2022-2023 is not enough.
- by Dana Daniel
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