Australia’s hopes of an exemption from Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs have been dealt a blow after the US President lashed Malcolm Turnbull – who won a carve-out from Trump’s first-term levies – as a ‘weak and ineffective leader’.
Aged-care providers warn they won’t remain financially viable under a plan that would force many of them to have millions of dollars set aside in cash reserves as part of strict liquidity rules.
The Treasurer and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher are ready to hand down a pre-election budget in 18 days, as Anthony Albanese rules out an April election as a result of Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
Cyber criminals are targeting health clinics and other providers outside of major hospitals in steadily increasing extortion campaigns with AI the biggest threat driver.
Three providers have merged to create a single organisation with more than 12,000 employees servicing 38,000 elderly Australians.
Brisbane’s mayor blasts suggestions cyclone threat is being overhyped, saying rainfall of 700mm across city is likely; blackouts increasing and mobile phone services hit; door-knockers attend 9000 southeast Queensland homes in high-risk zones.
The Australian Electoral Commission has become one of the first federal government agencies to join TikTok, after initially refusing the urgings of the Chinese tech giant to join its platform in 2023.
Nearly one in five young Australians have experienced suicidal distress in the past 12 months.
Elon Musk’s X is refusing to co-operate with the eSafety Commissioner on countering terror and violent extremism, prompting the online watchdog to claim the social media giant is engaging in ‘a lawfare pattern’.
Australia’s biggest mental health providers and advocates have launched a major pre-election campaign calling on the next government to tackle the explosion of youth mental illness over the last decade.
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