The government and its financial regulator have failed people in distress who need early access to their superannuation funds, the opposition said. Regional Development spokesman Bob Baldwin told parliament that changing responsibility for deciding on compassionate early release of super ...

Mental health profession should say sorry to indigenous Australians Since colonial settlement indigenous Australians have been the victims of misdiagnosis and disproportionate incarceration in mental health institutions. Alan Rosen tells Linda Belardi why an official apology to indigenous Australians is ...

The latest government report card on indigenous health has shown some concerning trends, Linda Belardi reports. Improvements in indigenous mortality rates have reversed in recent years, the latest government snapshot of indigenous health has revealed. The report from Australia’s state ...

The exclusion of indigenous children from parts of a national health survey is a mistake that will leave health professionals with a large information gap about Aboriginal health, an expert has said.This year’s survey began in March and involves 50,000 ...

Students continue to raise concerns over the quality of clinical placements. The dean of nursing at the University of Technology, Sydney has warned undergraduate nursing students there are penalties for student misconduct after frustrations over clinical placements escalated and resulted ...

Nurses raise the issue of wages and quality training in aged care with federal minister for ageing during recent public forum, reports Darragh O Keeffe and Natasha Egan. Federal Minister for Ageing Mark Butler has said the government may respond ...

The number of employed nurses has increased by 13 per cent since 2005, a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has found. In 2009, 276 751 or 86 per cent of registered and enrolled nurses ...

The Australian College of Mental Health nurses has renewed its call for the government to dump its policy of mandatory detention, amid concerns of a worsening health crisis in the system. College CEO, Kim Ryan said conditions in detention compromised ...

Langton advocates further intervention to help Aboriginal children The idea that pregnant Aboriginal women be placed on a banned alcohol register should be considered, Professor Marcia Langton told a Darwin audience. Langton, who is foundation professor of Australian Indigenous Studies ...

I applaud the manager of the surgical ward in Brisbane who highlighted an immensely important issue in nursing education (NR, July, p.11). It has taken me some time and thought to put this response together because I care passionately about this ...