LNP plan to hit abortion backers
Three LNP MPs will be carpeted over their support for Queensland Labor’s changes to abortion laws.
Health
Hunt sticks to timing on My Health
Health Minister Greg Hunt will not extend the opt-out period for the My Health Record scheme.
First NDIS fraud charges
A man has been charged with stealing over $400,000 from about 200 disabled people in the first arrest linked to the NDIS.
Abortion decriminalised in Qld
Queensland’s parliament has voted to decriminalise abortion after three senior Liberal National MPs defied activists’ threats.
Shake-up of medical boards urged
The registration and accreditation of health practitioners may be set for its biggest shake-up in nearly a decade.
Tearful speeches in abortion debate
Politicians on both sides of Queensland’s abortion debate have given tearful speeches in state parliament.
New autism test faces scrutiny
A new national guideline for autism diagnoses will further raise demand for clinical assessments, an expert warns.
What doctors shouldn’t order
Our health system spends up to $500m a year on procedures of questionable value, research reveals.
NDIS autism diagnosis overhaul
Guidelines for autism cases will be streamlined and doctor-shopping for diagnoses will be eliminated, under new reforms.
More equitable question of who they are, not what
The days of desperate parents doctor-shopping for autism diagnoses to receive support are numbered.
States want $609m for health
State and territory health ministers are demanding the federal government hand over $609m in contested public hospital funding.
Workers stick to industrial action
The nurses union says it will press ahead with industrial action across Adelaide’s public hospital network next week.
PM plan to put Aussies on land
Scott Morrison has launched a fresh initiative to move local workers into farm jobs and avoid introducing a new visa class.
Medicare funds go on cars, travel
An Aboriginal medical service accused of Medicare fraud later diverted $1m-plus, according to Supreme Court documents.
Wise up about drug addiction
The Virgin founder will today declare the war on drugs has failed, urging Australia to return to its pioneering role in drug treatment.
‘Ticking time bomb’ for agriculture as chemicals go under microscope
A Senate investigation of agricultural chemicals agency will put the world’s biggest-selling weed killer, glyphosate, under scrutiny.
NATURAL-BORN WEEDKILLERS
Biological products effective in curbing weeds are being blocked even as chemical herbicides face resistance.
A serious matter of life and limb
It is thought that for every four adults with diagnosed diabetes there is another adult living undiagnosed.
Pregnancy warning for all alcohol
Pregnancy health warnings on packaged alcohol will become compulsory after progress stalled on a voluntary initiative.
Wind farm chief urges tighter rules
Noise monitoring of wind farms needs to be improved to better reflect WHO standards, Australia’s wind farm commissioner has said.
Health funds on reform deadline
Health funds will be given 12 months to introduce new insurance categories, under late changes to the Coalition’s reform program.
Insurance players urged to lift game
Medibank’s Craig Drummond has called for greater collaboration between players to make the healthcare system more sustainable.
Health risk with early obesity
Australians who are obese as young adults risk dying up to 10 years earlier than their slimmer counterparts.
Hi-tech gives lowdown on aged-care solutions
Technology experts are designing ways for the elderly to stay in their own homes longer.
Hospital workers unite as beds crisis worsens
South Australian healthcare workers have threatened industrial action unless chronic overcrowding in hospitals is fixed.
States revolt on hospital clawback
The debate over public hospital funding has escalated, with several states now targeting the independent financing body.
New NDIS ‘psychosocial stream’
The National Disability Insurance Scheme will overhaul the way it deals with mental illness.
Report timing denies voters a say
The ‘watershed’ royal commission investigating the quality and safety of aged-care services will not report back until 2020.
State set to make abortion legal
Abortion is almost certain to be legalised in Queensland with Labor set to gain support from Liberal National MPs.
`Aged care commissioners named
Justice Joseph McGrath and former public service commissioner Lynelle Briggs will preside over aged care commission.
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