NSW nurses have come to an interim agreement with the state government after a lengthy wage dispute, which led to nurses walking off the job for 24 hours. NSW Health Minister Ryan Park confirmed a proposal had been accepted nearly a week ...

The Greens are vowing to push major healthcare reforms into any parliamentary negotiations after next year’s election, banking on Labor being forced to form a minority government. Last Thursday, Greens leader Adam Bandt unveiled his party’s ambitious plan to make ...

Many people with atrial fibrillation don’t have any symptoms. But this heart condition – which involves an irregular and often rapid heartbeat – increases the risk of stroke and heart failure, especially if untreated. Wearable devices such as smart watches ...

Anthony Scott, Monash University and Terence C. Cheng, Monash University A battle between private hospitals and private health insurers is playing out in public. At its heart is how much health insurers pay hospitals for their services, and whether that’s ...

The federal government is investing $3.5 million for the expansion of preventative Indigenous health program Deadly Choices. The program is an initiative of the Queensland Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) aimed at "empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples ...

In August, the government introduced a radical new bill to tackle the nation's rental crisis, crack down on shonky immigration pathways, and direct more international students to our universities rather than private vocational providers. The Minister for Education Jason Clare ...

NSW Health Minister Ryan Park has slammed Tuesday's 24-hour walkout of union member nurses across NSW amid breakdowns in negotiations over pay. The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) announced last week its members would participate in a strike for an entire ...

Health Minister Mark Butler has declined to say how the government intends to respond to a damning report that found both the health system and workplaces were failing women. Released last week, the Senate Community Affairs References Committee's report made ...

A new study published in The Lancet has forecast that drug-resistant infections will be the direct cause of tens of millions of deaths by the middle of the century. The Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance Project (AMR) predicts that by ...

National peak body for nurses, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN), has released a position statement proposing that all school-aged children in Australia have access to a registered nurse that is suitably qualified to provide guidance on maintaining a healthy ...