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A productivity-enhancing reform agenda ought to be the focus in this year’s political campaigns.

Back to (or building) the future?

It is both ironic and appropriate that Peter Dutton has chosen to copy the New Zealand Nationals’ election slogan of “Back on track”.

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14/11/24 Generic signage showing Bulk Billing services. Photograph by Chris Hopkins

The Sydney suburbs missing out on free GP visits

NSW Health Minister Ryan Park said the collapse of bulk-billing was putting pressure on the state’s hospitals and urged the federal government to prioritise Medicare reform.

  • Angus Thomson
NSW Health Minister Ryan Park issued a dire warning about the state’s triple zero line.

Health officials scramble with mass resignation of state’s doctors

A metropolitan Sydney hospital will struggle to treat patients after more than half of the state’s hospital psychiatrists tendered their resignations.

  • Cindy Yin
A rolling GIF of artist’s impressions for the new Rouse Hill hospital, which is due to open around 2029.

This hospital will cost $700 million. There’ll be nowhere to have a baby

Locals in the Hills Shire were furious to discover that, when their new hospital eventually opens, it won’t have a birthing suite.

  • Angus Thomson
Bureau of Health Information data July - September 2024

Revealed: How our hospitals fail half their seriously ill patients

Fewer people are visiting NSW emergency departments with non-urgent conditions, but emergency staff are overwhelmed with a record number of seriously ill patients.

  • Angus Thomson
Striking nurses march to NSW Parliament House during a 24-hour stop-work strike on September 24.

NSW elective surgery waitlist doubles in three months

Winter viruses and rolling industrial action have caused more people to wait longer than is recommended for knee and hip replacements, among other operations.

  • Cindy Yin
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Vapes on display at a store in Melbourne in 2023.

The new $1.5 million fine facing NSW retailers

Health Minister Ryan Park said laws had not kept up with the rise of disposable vapes, as NSW tries to deter sellers with enormous penalties and jail time.

  • Angus Thomson
Nurses protest outside NSW parliament in Sydney on Wednesday, their third strike in as many months.

Nurses took to the streets after ‘insulting’ pay offer. Next stop, court

About 700 surgeries were postponed on Wednesday as nurses and midwives hit the streets for the third time in as many months.

  • Angus Thomson, Max Maddison and Matt O'Sullivan
Women have campaigned for abortion rights for decades but still they are denied access to safe terminations, especially in country towns.

Abortion’s postcode lottery: Where women are being denied essential care

The few abortion providers in western NSW have told me they keep it secret for fear of reprisal – or to avoid other practitioners sending every person seeking an abortion their way.

  • Anna Noonan
Chair of the ACCC, Gina Cass Gottlieb

Customers don’t enjoy being taken for mugs

Consumers don’t like to be exploited, treated like fools, taken for a ride or hit when they’re down.

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