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Health
Top psychiatrist blows whistle on specialists’ ‘profiteering’
Medical ‘profiteering’ is inflating health costs, an eminent psychiatrist has warned, as new data from The Australian’s Needs of The Nation survey reveals Australians are struggling to pay soaring medical bills.
How to live with invisible household guests
The American ecologist Rob Dunn and his colleagues have catalogued 200,000 species living in our homes.
Suicide rates ‘an outrage’
The higher suicide rate among indigenous Australians is an ‘outrage’ that warrants greater attention, a PC inquiry says.
Coalition defends health funding
The Coalition will use a taxpayer-funded government website to counteract Labor claims of cuts to Medicare ahead of the election.
Mediscare aimed at marginals
Labor is positioning for a Mediscare 2.0 election campaign, vowing to unfreeze rebates on 100 GP items a year.
NDIS cuts hit remote customers
The agency in charge of the National Disability Insurance Scheme has been cutting funding for remote participants.
Wyatt confronts stark reminder
When Ken Wyatt visits remote communities across northern Australia, the tally of lives cut short is recorded for all to see.
Coroner calls for chemo overhaul
An inquest into the deaths of four cancer patients who were underdosed on chemotherapy finds the bungle could have easily been avoided.
Apology awaits after 60 years
Lynette Rowe and Lisa McManus are the twin faces of a tragedy. Neither was expected to survive infancy, much less childhood.
ALP health hit on 65,000 families
Up to 65,000 families are most likely to be targeted under Labor’s plans to scrap private health rebates for so-called ‘junk’ policies.
Deadly delay on road safety
The co-chairs of a blueprint to prevent road crash deaths say federal government inaction is putting lives on the line.
ALP vows $1bn hospital upgrades
Bill Shorten says Australia should have a “world-class healthcare system”.
Canberra accused of NDIS secrecy
The Victorian state government has accused the commonwealth of keeping “secrets” about the $22 billion NDIS.
Labor bows to funding push
Labor is buckling under state demands for a multi-billion dollar increase in public hospital funding.
‘No easy fix’ for transplant bias
A major review has been unable to fully explain the systemic bias that sees fewer kidney transplants given to indigenous Australians.
Labor’s health push pays off
Labor is winning the battle on health and education, despite the tens of billions of dollars the Premier has thrown at them.
No remedy in sight for $2.4bn trouble-hit hospital
Premier Steven Marshall is refusing to put a timeline on when problems at the $2.4 billion Royal Adelaide Hospital will be fixed.
States want billions from ALP
Bill Shorten is walking into a political firestorm of Labor’s own making.
‘Trust risk’ if NDIS opens books
Explosive information about the financial sustainability of the $22 billion NDIS is being withheld from state governments.
AFP tackles deadly internal toll
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin wants his officers to ‘put their hand up’ and seek help when struggling.
$50m for brain trauma research
The government puts $50m into brain research to fill the “desperate need” to find better outcomes for Australians suffering from brain trauma.
Labor senator’s abortion rethink
One of Labor’s socially conservative stalwarts has backed Bill Shorten’s plan to make the procedure more readily available.
Tech glitch puts NDIS clients in cash limbo
People on the $22 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme are having their support packages reviewed early and cut off.
Kai’s surgery cancellations add to trying time
Kai Sawyer is almost three and mad about trucks. But a little over a year ago he couldn’t do much without a choking cough.
Benchmark set for cancer tests
Queensland wants to set a benchmark in DNA screening for the treatment of cancer — but it could all still be 15 years away.
Necessity aunty of invention
Two sisters determined to improve the health of their son and nephew have created a global digital healthcare solution.
‘Way of the future’ in cancer fight is here, but only for the lucky few
When Susie Krimmer learned the cancer had spread from the brain to her liver she cried. She knew all too well what it meant.
Patients to compare health fees
Patients may finally be able to compare specialist fees and charges before treatment, through a new government website.
Health system ‘caught short’ by 2018 flu fears
Fears of another bad flu season caused havoc in the health system last winter, exposing cracks in its ability to fight a pandemic.
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