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.
Health
Aged care feels squeeze from costs, wait lists
The $18 billion aged-care system is under significant stress and increasingly corporatised.
Mental illness hits taxpayers for $7.3bn in welfare handouts
Welfare payments for people with mental health conditions and their carers is costing taxpayers $7.3 billion each year.
Liberal backbenchers seek rethink on drugs
A group of Liberal backbenchers says the ‘war on drugs’ has been lost.
Lung cancer pill added to list
Australians with lung cancer could save as much as $90,000 a year after the medication Tagrisso is added to the PBS.
Increased body count swamping forensics
Victoria is struggling to keep up with its rising body count, with forensic pathologists swamped by the demand for autopsies.
Aged-care providers on notice
Aged-care providers have been warned by the royal commission into the sector not to stand in the way of staff giving evidence.
PM won’t risk dental showdown before poll
The $240m adult dental agreement ends on June 30 but Scott Morrison is avoiding negotiations with the states.
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.
Elderly restraints to be regulated
Ken Wyatt has announced he will prepare “regulations” to protect nursing home residents against misuse of physical and chemical restraints.
More money for mental health aid
Regional health organisations will be given more money to spend on targeted mental health services.
Indigenous girls’ suicide spree spreads
The tragic toll of indigenous child suicide around Australia has risen further with the death of five girls in just nine days.
Aged ‘doped for years at a time’
A damning submission to the aged-care royal commission reveals nursing home residents have been doped for years at a time.
Injecting pioneer seeks pill trial
A faith-based organisation that spearheaded injecting clinics in Sydney in 2011 has offered its services to a pill-testing trial.
GP interns to go bush and save millions
Allowing junior doctors to fill rural vacancies could save Medicare more than $70,000 a year for each job swap.
Brawl over ‘doping’ of elderly
Tens of thousands of cases of abuse and neglect will be revealed at the aged-care royal commission when it opens this Friday.
NDIS costs create shadow market
Expensive compliance measures associated with the NDIS are creating a potential shadow market of unregistered providers.
Measles, flu surges alarm health chiefs
A summer flu surge and a measles outbreak have health authorities urging more Australians to get vaccinated.
Mentally ill kids held in restraints
Health Minister Greg Hunt has raised concern over the number of mentally ill young people being restrained in Queensland.
Hospital billing review scrapped
The states have scrapped plans to challenge claims public hospitals ‘harvest’ privately insured patients to offset costs.
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