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Trans question won't make census despite Labor's U-turn

Trans question won't make census despite Labor's U-turn

Trans and intersex people should not be left out of the census, LGBTQI groups say after forcing Labor to backtrack on a plan to scrap a question on sexuality.

'Pure insanity': tobacco tax hike fuelling black market

'Pure insanity': tobacco tax hike fuelling black market

'Pure insanity': tobacco tax hike fuelling black market

'Pure insanity': tobacco tax hike fuelling black market

Increases to federal tobacco tax duties are fuelling Victoria's rampant black market and states and territories should get a cut to police it, an inquiry says.

Apology, reform after landmark birth trauma inquiry

Apology, reform after landmark birth trauma inquiry

Apology, reform after landmark birth trauma inquiry

Apology, reform after landmark birth trauma inquiry

All recommendations from an inquiry into birth trauma, which highlighted ways maternity care can be improved, have been accepted by the NSW government.

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'Considerable failure' in policy leads to newborn death

'Considerable failure' in policy leads to newborn death

A baby's preventable death during Melbourne's lockdown should prompt changes to Medicare eligibility for children of migrants, a coroner has found.

Hiring more locals could improve remote health care

Hiring more locals could improve remote health care

Training more Aboriginal healthcare workers could reduce the high staff turnover rates in Indigenous medical clinics and improve care, researchers say.

Challenge to act on 'tragedy' of defence suicides

Challenge to act on 'tragedy' of defence suicides

Federal departments can't be trusted to solve military suicides alone and the government must intervene to stop the "crisis", Royal Commissioners warn.

Dire hospital staffing 'putting mothers at risk'

Dire hospital staffing 'putting mothers at risk'

Tasmania's health department is investigating claims low staffing at the state's biggest hospital is resulting in poor care for mothers and their newborns.

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Hospital CEO sues health boss over blocked renewal

Hospital CEO sues health boss over blocked renewal

Hospital CEO sues health boss over blocked renewal

Hospital CEO sues health boss over blocked renewal

A stoush over the blocked reappointment of Royal Children's Hospital chief executive Bernadette McDonald has landed in the Supreme Court.

Disability executive returns to lead NDIS watchdog

Disability executive returns to lead NDIS watchdog

Disability executive returns to lead NDIS watchdog

Disability executive returns to lead NDIS watchdog

A former NDIS executive and lawyer has been named as the newest commissioner of the scheme's watchdog.

Paramedics treat patient in hospital amid pay dispute

Paramedics treat patient in hospital amid pay dispute

Paramedics treat patient in hospital amid pay dispute

Paramedics treat patient in hospital amid pay dispute

Victoria's ambulance boss is meeting daily with workers to address their pay dispute, as the state probes why a patient was treated in a hospital corridor.

Doctor took patient and staff pics for sexual pleasure

Doctor took patient and staff pics for sexual pleasure

Doctor took patient and staff pics for sexual pleasure

Doctor took patient and staff pics for sexual pleasure

Nicholas Chu has pleaded guilty to charges related to taking covert intimate images of patients, including two teenagers, and secret videos of colleagues.

Common drugs being laced with deadly potent synthetics

Common drugs being laced with deadly potent synthetics

Common drugs being laced with deadly potent synthetics

Common drugs being laced with deadly potent synthetics

Extremely potent synthetics drugs that have already caused dozens of overdose deaths in 2024 are being found in vaping liquid, ecstasy and depressants.

Hospital accepts failings after pleas for help ignored

Hospital accepts failings after pleas for help ignored

Hospital accepts failings after pleas for help ignored

Hospital accepts failings after pleas for help ignored

An anguished mother has sobbed in court as she detailed being "ignored" by hospital staff as she pleaded for them to help her sick daughter before she died.

STI screening call after spike in unborn baby deaths

STI screening call after spike in unborn baby deaths

STI screening call after spike in unborn baby deaths

STI screening call after spike in unborn baby deaths

A concerning spike of unborn babies dying from a treatable condition has prompted doctors to urge people to undergo sexual health screenings.

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Water minister backs tap as PFAS inquiry launched

Permissible levels of "forever chemicals" in drinking water are being reviewed amid concern Australia is well behind tougher US standards.

Thousands of ambulance workers caught in super stuff-up

Ambulance Victoria has apologised to about 3000 staff after a payroll system stuff-up led to the underpayment and overpayment of superannuation contributions.

'Beyond urgent': clock ticking on changes to aged care

Time is running out to enact sweeping changes to aged care, and nursing home residents are anxious about any deals done in federal parliament, advocates warn.

Closure for patients as Monash IVF settles for $56m

Monash IVF has agreed to a $56 million settlement over a landmark class action regarding the destruction of embryos during non-invasive genetic screening.

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Customers cut health insurance in cost-of-living crisis

Financial pressures and stiff competition have limited the number of Australian customers signing up to health insurance policies.

Costs stack up from Metro interference on cancer centre

Victorian taxpayers are footing the bill for disruption to MRI scanners at Melbourne's Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre caused by the Metro Tunnel.

Check one, two: Google tests if AI can improve hearing

Could hearing aids and cochlear implants benefit from artificial intelligence technology? Google and Australian researchers have teamed to find out.

Water standards in focus as 'forever chemicals' found

Traces of cancer-linked chemicals have been detected in drinking water supplies, prompting an investigation and calls for calm.

Pledge to resuscitate pay row talks as ambo chief quits

Weeks after Victoria's paramedics union condemned the state's ambulance board with a vote of no confidence, the chief executive has resigned.

Rare-cancer costs are 'absolutely unsustainable'

High costs, bureaucratic roadblocks and lack of understanding are leaving rare cancer sufferers with few options for survival.

Ansell cuts dividend after profit drops by 48pct

Ansell is paying 16 per cent less in dividends for 2023/24 after net profit fell by almost half, as it looks forward to better growth in the new year.

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