Labor has refused calls from the crossbench and the aged care sector to immediately release 20,000 extra home care packages, as elderly Australians wait up to 15 months for care they have already been deemed eligible for.
The Early Childhood Education Minister has welcomed a planned rollout of CCTV by childcare providers at the centre of Joshua Dale Brown’s alleged offending.
At a time when fewer women are having babies, we should be doing all we can to make sure maternity care is as safe as possible. Instead, ideology is taking over.
Midwives could deliver babies for private patients – funded by insurers – in a plan by health funds that could slash out-of-pocket costs to just $500.
Labor must ignore disabled Australians’ pleas to slow reforms to the NDIS if the government wants to hit its reduced growth targets, bureaucrats have warned in a frank reality check.
RSV has outstripped severe Covid and flu hospitalisation rates and proved itself more deadly than either of the flu season staples, according to government data.
As the private maternity system in Australia teeters on the brink of collapse, obstetricians are often targeted for ‘gouging’ patients. The real picture is very different.
More than 87,500 elderly people are waiting on home care packages for which they have already been approved, new figures show.
More than 560 daycare centres have failed to meet health and safety standards, as childcare workers say understaffing is putting young children in danger.
The Coalition has questioned Anthony Albanese’s legacy goal for universal childcare, arguing a focus on broader access has come at the cost of child safety.
With NDIS costs still rising and uncertainty over how other disability support will be funded for children with developmental delay, the Prime Minister has weighed in.
Brian Findlow, 85, and Doug Edwards, 89, are among up to 100,000 elderly Australians waiting for assistance for basic care so they can live out their lives in dignity at home. The shortfall is growing, despite a promise of reform.
Fae Marzbanrad used her expertise as an engineer to address a challenge of motherhood she was never warned about – and found a way to keep babies on breastmilk in the process.
Enterprise bargaining negotiations between Queensland’s nurses and the state government have been referred to an independent mediator after months of discussions failed to end in a deal.
The government should urgently release new home-care packages. Postponing the introduction of the Aged Care Act is justified but that must not deprive those already waiting.
The nation’s disability agency has revealed it will slash the maximum fees service providers such as physiotherapists and dieticians can charge NDIS participants.
Dietitians and physiotherapists have accused the disability insurance agency of wrongly knocking back many of their clients’ supports, leading to an increase in people presenting at hospitals.
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Frailty is one of the main reasons our health system is under strain. But we should not accept it as something that just happens as you age, says the Australian expert about to lead a Lancet commission on the condition.
Authorities say disability provider Cocoon was involved in serious and systemic misconduct as staff fume over who they believe have been paid first, including a former contestant on reality TV show The Bachelor.
A major mental health meeting of state and Commonwealth ministers is being branded as the re-elected Labor government’s test on mental health.
Rogue disability provider Cocoon engaged in misconduct, including falsely claiming it provided services to dead or incarcerated NDIS participants, federal authorities have concluded.
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A new system of services for people with milder disabilities no longer eligible for the NDIS is shrouded in secrecy and uncertainty, advocates say.
The head of a peak carers body was emailed a warning in 2021 that people with disability were at risk from a rapidly growing company responsible for their safety and welfare that is only now being exposed for years of concerning practices.
An NDIS firm being investigated by federal authorities spent tens of thousands of dollars to gain access to prominent politicians including a future treasurer as it sought to strengthen its appearance of legitimacy.
Rogue disability provider Cocoon SDA Care has lost its bid to have delays in releasing NDIS payments declared unreasonable.
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An NDIS firm was accused of using taxpayer money to send clients and carers on holidays, offering people with disabilities cash payments instead of support, and colluding with doctors to inflate plans, court documents state.
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