Superannuation reform is again at the forefront of political debate this week, with calls to raise contributions and do away with them all together ringing out simultaneously. The compulsory superannuation guarantee is set to rise from 9.5 per cent in ...
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Lyn Dawson ‘spotted’ by former neighbours working as a nurse
Former neighbours of Lynette Dawson claim they saw her alive and working at a Sydney northern beaches hospital two years after her disappearance and alleged murder. Peter Breese created a stir in Downing Centre Local Court when he claimed he ...
More »Does your alarm affect how well you wake up?
Last night I decided to set my alarm an hour early, and in a desperate attempt to drag myself out of bed I set my alarm to the loudest most annoying church bell sound I could find. Instead of rousing ...
More »Nurses pushed to the brink fighting coronavirus, faces tell the story
Nurses fighting the deadly coronavirus across China are exhausted, low on supplies and taking to social media to show the physical sacrifices they have made to combat the crisis. Pictures have emerged on social media of nurses with deep facial ...
More »Saliva tests reveal level of meth use in ED
There’s a good chance that nurses at the Royal Melbourne Hospital who encountered a threatening patient in the emergency department were dealing with someone who had taken methamphetamine. Researchers from the University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health tested saliva from patients ...
More »Super fund invests in affordable housing for health workers
Australia’s major cities are becoming increasingly expensive to live in, with many people priced out of living in city centres entirely. Figures show that in Sydney less than one per cent of rental housing is deemed affordable housing and researchers ...
More »Sleeping on the job: NHS rolls out sleep pods for staff
Sleep pods are being installed in a number of hospitals across the NHS in the UK to help combat fatigue among health workers. The pods were first trialled by the Royal Wolverhampton NHS trust in June 2018 and a number ...
More »Researchers issue cancer overdiagnosis warning
Australian researchers have renewed concerns that people are increasingly being diagnosed with cancers that will do them no harm if left undetected or untreated, following new research into five cancer types. Lead author Professor Paul Glasziou, from Bond University, looked at data ...
More »Fifth case of coronavirus in Australia confirmed, but what is it?
Authorities have identified five cases of the Wuhan coronavirus in Australia – four from NSW and one from Victoria. Globally there have been 2014 confirmed cases: 1985 in China and the rest in the Western Pacific Region, South East Asia, ...
More »Quit smoking for better outcomes after surgery: WHO
Nurses and other health professionals are being urged to encourage patients to give up tobacco before undergoing surgery. The call comes with a new World Health Organization Tobacco Knowledge Summary, led by the University of Newcastle (UNE) and the World ...
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