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Industry & Reform
What was in the budget for Australians’ health
This year’s federal budget delivers stability rather than sweeping reform in health, with most new funding directed to hospitals, medicines…
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Industry & Reform
Labor re-elected in SA
Labor’s re‑election in South Australia brings a broad health agenda, including new hospitals, mental health units, aged care expansion, women’s…
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Industry & Reform
2025 in review: From pay rises to policy wins
2025 was a pivotal year for Australian nurses, marked by significant pay negotiations, expanded prescribing roles, and ethical dilemmas. Nursing…
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Specialty Focus
Climate crisis is a health crisis: WHO
The World Health Organization has declared that the climate crisis is the greatest threat to global health in the 21st…
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News
St Vincent’s shift to online and in-home care
One of the nation's largest non-profit healthcare providers in the country, St Vincent’s Health Australia, has announced it will deliver…
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Clinical Practice
NSW trials ‘hospital in the home’ for people with mental illness
The NSW government says if a “hospital in the home” program for people living with acute mental illness is successful,…
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News
Ramsay axes 85% of mental health clinics
The country’s biggest private hospital company will shut the majority of its psychology clinics in a matter of months. With…
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Workforce
“Wiping its hands of injured nurses”: Backlash to proposed cuts to workers’ comp
Compensation payments for psychological injuries will cut off after two and a half years, unless an injured worker can prove…
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Clinical Practice
Australia has a breast cancer problem
Researchers have found that Australia and New Zealand have the highest incidence rate of breast cancer in the world. The…
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Industry & Reform
Health Minister announces govt. review of trans healthcare, puberty blockers
The federal government has announced a review into healthcare for trans and gender diverse Australians, just days after Queensland announced it would…
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