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- Healthcare
Hospital patients lose free family accommodation for new apartments
The Victorian government stripped free housing from breast cancer patients and parents of ICU babies months ago, with no alternative system in place.
- Sophie Aubrey
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- Australia votes
Despite forceful WFH agenda, Dutton makes pledge to women voters
The opposition leader has promised female voters there won’t be an American-style reversal of women’s rights if he becomes prime minister.
- Sylvia Jeffreys
NSW nurses and midwives to prescribe abortion drugs under new bill
Under the changes, nurses and midwives would be able to prescribe abortion medications, while doctors with a conscientious objection would be compelled to refer patients to other services.
- Kate Aubusson
‘Frankly, you frighten people’: RFK Jr grilled on vaccine, abortion U-turns
One of Donald Trump’s most controversial and vulnerable cabinet picks struggled to account for his shape-shifting views, vowing to serve at Trump’s pleasure.
- Michael Koziol
It’s Sydney and Melbourne versus Brisbane to decide the future of Australia’s Catholic Church
A wider battle over the future of the Catholic Church is fuelling conflict over the leadership and direction of an Australian university.
- Jordan Baker
- Opinion
- Women's health
Wellness crazies are telling women to ditch the pill. It’s lunacy
Influencers are urging women to abandon hormonal contraceptives like the pill in favour of “period-tracking” apps. But it’s bad advice, unless you want to be pregnant.
- Jenna Price
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- Victorian Parliament
Who’s a conservative? Battin opens up on abortion, tax and past votes on key issues
The self-styled “bogan from Berwick” relied on his party’s right faction for support but says that doesn’t mean he’s from the party’s more conservative wing.
- Broede Carmody
Why Hannah Ferguson’s first job instilled in her a level of fear about men
“What it taught me about the dark side of men is the silence around the true nature of domestic violence and child abuse,” says the 26-year-old writer.
- Robyn Doreian
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- Queensland government
‘Lost for words’: LNP bans parliamentary debate on abortion laws
Premier David Crisafulli’s election campaign was plagued by unanswered questions about how he would manage differing views in his party, and the parliament.
- Matt Dennien
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- University
The abortion speech, the student walkout – and the Catholic civil war
A row over an anti-abortion graduation speech prompted high-ranking church officials and conservative lawyers to accuse the Australian Catholic University of failing to uphold the faith.
- Jordan Baker
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