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Treasurer Jim Chalmers accused Peter Dutton (above) of economic vandalism because his modelling assumed the economy would be $294 billion smaller than the government plans by 2050.

Folly of Fission Impossible exposed by the fiscal facts

I worked in the nuclear energy business in England in the 1960s and I have monitored disappointment after disappointment for the past 50 years.

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Composite image of Healthscope hospitals where nurses and midwives are refusing to perform cleaning duties.

These nurses stopped cleaning. Then the hospital docked their pay

As stacks of dirty linen and hospital waste piled up, seven private hospitals issued their nurses and midwives with a stern warning.

  • Angus Thomson
A damning submission to the Audit Office of NSW by the Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation (ASMOF) NSW said dangerously low staffing levels and chronic bed block were putting patients at risk, and doctors’ were growing increasingly frustrated with the operators, Healthscope, and their owners Brookfield

A stroke victim waited hours for a bed. These doctors want answers

Doctors at Northern Beaches Hospital have raised several concerning incidents in their submission to an independent audit of the privately run public hospital.

  • Angus Thomson
Bupa is outsourcing part of its customer service arm to the Philippines.

Bupa moves customer service offshore in latest blow to 4 million members

The change follows Healthscope’s decision to terminate its contract with Bupa, leaving members without cover at 38 private hospitals across Australia.

  • Angus Thomson
Healthscope has a contract with the NSW government to run the public wing of Northern Beaches Hospital until 2038.

Millions of Australians to lose cover at 38 private hospitals

Health Minister Mark Butler implored Healthscope and the insurers to “sit down and sort this out”, with almost half of insured Australians set to be impacted.

  • Angus Thomson
3x2HP_Northern Beaches Hospital with tear out

Financial woes cast ‘significant doubt’ over Northern Beaches Hospital

Northern Beaches Hospital owes $280 million to Healthscope, the private hospital operator that tumbled to a $649 million loss in 2023.

  • Angus Thomson
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Northern Beaches Hospital.

The seven-day healthcare clinic that’s closed 14 per cent of the time

The GP clinic is meant to cut wait times at Northern Beaches Hospital. Instead, it’s struggling to stay open.

  • Angus Thomson
Northern Beaches Hospital.

Maternity, mental health staff cut as unrest swirls at Northern Beaches Hospital

Nurses were told this week staff would be cut from several units at the hospital amid reports operating company Healthscope is undergoing a major corporate restructure.

  • Angus Thomson
Dr Charlie Teo.

Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo faces additional complaints at disciplinary hearing

The initial complaints were deemed to be so serious that, after an urgent hearing of the NSW Medical Council in 2021, conditions were placed on his ability to practise.

  • Kate McClymont
Tony Papantoniou is concerned about his mother's welfare at her Fawkner aged care home.

Families call for virus-hit nursing home to be shut down

Families with relatives at St Basil's Homes for the Aged have called for the facility to be shut down and residents evacuated to hospitals.

  • Aisha Dow

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