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NSW Minister for Health Brad Hazzard speaks to the media on the impact of additional festival safety measures implemented over the Australia Day long weekend, Sydney, Monday, January 28, 2019.  (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

Push for doctors at risky festivals

Health Minister Brad Hazzard wants specialist medical teams installed at every ‘high-risk’ music festival across NSW.

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NSW Greens lead Senate candidate Cate Faehrmann at Memorial Park, Leichhardt. It is for a series of profiles on candidates for the upcoming election.

Minister blasts ecstasy MP

A NSW minister has lashed out at Greens MP Cate Faehrmann after she revealed she had taken the party drug ecstasy in her 20s.

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Generic Thinkstock image of a hospital doctor prepared to examine a patient with stethoscope in front pocket.

GP exodus from aged care homes

Doctors have blamed falling numbers of GPs seeing patients in nursing homes on poorly trained nurses and low Medicare rebates.

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