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The Northern Beaches Hospital is administered through a public-private partnership between NSW Health and Healthscope.

Baby dies during childbirth in latest Northern Beaches Hospital tragedy

The state’s most senior obstetrician is investigating the death of a newborn after an emergency at the troubled hospital.

  • Angus Thomson

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Marina Suzuki, who is the lead author of the study and a PhD candidate at UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences.

Australia-first study finds ‘forever chemicals’ in human brain tissue

The study is the first to “definitively demonstrate” the chemicals’ presence in the brain, raising questions about how they got there and the potential health risks.

  • Fleur Connick
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese brandishes a Medicare card at Sunday’s announcement in Launceston.

To make Medicare healthy again, our leaders must treat these worrying symptoms

Universal health care is expensive and getting more so, which is a problem when politicians like appearing to cut taxes and never increase them or introduce new ones.

  • Ross Gittins
Emma Burridge Mother and acupuncturist. Story on birth centres at Private hospitals. Daughter Delilah assisting with lighting.

Emma ditched her expensive health cover but a new plan could get her back

Expectant mothers could have their pregnancy managed by a midwife or GP under a radical proposal to make private maternity care more affordable.

  • Angus Thomson
Elouise and Danny Massa holding a pair of their son Joe’s shoes in his favourite part of the family’s garden in Balgowlah. Their two year old son Joe died at Northern Beaches Hospital after not being treated straight away for hypovolemia. Balgowlah, NSW. February 20, 2025. Photo: Kate Geraghty

‘We let Joe down’: Hospitals told to listen to parents after two-year-old’s death

Health Minister Ryan Park said the death of Joe Massa, 2, at Northern Beaches Hospital was “a result of failing” to listen to the concerns of his parents.

  • Angus Thomson and Nick Newling
Elouise and Danny Massa holding a pair of their son Joe’s shoes in his favourite part of the family’s garden in Balgowlah. Their two year old son Joe died at Northern Beaches Hospital after not being treated straight away for hypovolemia. Balgowlah, NSW. February 20, 2025. Photo: Kate Geraghty

Sydney hospital under fire over death of two-year-old boy

The state’s health minister said the tragedy highlighted grave concerns about the decision to run the hospital under a controversial public-private partnership.

  • Angus Thomson and Nick Newling
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Northern Beaches Hospital in Frenchs Forest.

A two-year-old died at this Sydney hospital. It has a troubled history

The tragedy has again thrown the spotlight on Northern Beaches Hospital and the state government’s arrangement with its private operators.

  • Angus Thomson
Melissa’s father, Ziggy, passed away from mesothelioma last year following asbestos exposure at the ABC in Melbourne.

At least four ABC employees die from asbestos exposure

Many more are believed to have been exposed to the deadly substance at the broadcaster’s old studios in Elsternwick and the CBD.

  • Henrietta Cook
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A new study claims fish oil pills slow biological ageing. Should we be taking them?

Over three years, daily omega-3 supplementation slowed ageing by three months. Liam Mannix pulls the evidence apart.

  • Liam Mannix
Declan Lee, from Sydney’s northern beaches, was left on a hospital bathroom floor for several hours because staff were unable to lift him.

On the floor of a Sydney hospital bathroom, Declan lay stranded for hours

Advocates have requested an urgent meeting with the NSW health minister after hearing dozens of hospital horror stories.

  • Angus Thomson

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