Anthony Albanese has announced a free nationwide 24/7 health advice and after-hours GP telehealth service called 1800MEDICARE as his last big political gambit in the led up to the election. As Coalition leader Peter Dutton prepares a nationwide blitz of ...

Regional and rural Australia’s doctor shortage is being targeted as an election issue by the Coalition, which is promising to fund an extra 200 medical students to train as general practitioners to work in the bush. Nationally, Australia faces a ...

Earlier this month, the federal government announced a $10 million commitment to make Medicare more inclusive for LGBTQIA+ Australians. It aims to improve their access to “inclusive, culturally safe primary care” through training and accreditation for GPs, nurses and other ...

After the preventable death of a 22-month-old boy, a scathing audit has found Northern Beaches Hospital is failing to deliver the safe, integrated public care promised under its private partnership. The findings raise serious questions about the long-term viability of ...

Hundreds of thousands of Australian workers are set to benefit from a historic report, evaluating the legacy of gendered pay in female-dominated industries. Initiated in June 2024, the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) Gender-based undervaluation – priority awards review looked at the modern ...

On his campaign trail, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged $200 million to upgrade St John of God Midland Public Hospital in Perth. He promised more beds and operating theatres, and a redesigned obstetrics and neonatal unit. It followed other recent ...

After two years of negotiations, 250 days of protected industrial action and three no votes, NSW nurses and midwives have voted to accept the latest enterprise agreement proposed by employer Ramsay Health Care. Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives ...

An Australian law firm has today announced that it has commenced a class action against Bupa aged care facilities on behalf of residents. Echo Law alleges that from July 1 2019 “Bupa Aged Care failed to provide staffing levels that ...

Hospital-acquired infections are infections patients didn’t have when they were admitted to hospital. The most common include wound infections after surgery, urinary tract infections and pneumonia. These can have a big impact for patients, often increasing their time in hospital, ...

As one of the great minds behind The Castle, Frontline and Utopia, Tom Gleisner is someone you'd consider to be part of the country's comedy elite, so his latest project may come as a surprise – a musical about aged ...