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More funding, workforce boost for abortion services

More funding, workforce boost for abortion services

Women's health services will get a funding boost ahead of new laws allowing nurses and midwives to prescribe an abortion medication.

Plan to lure health workers to Indigenous communities

Plan to lure health workers to Indigenous communities

Plan to lure health workers to Indigenous communities

Plan to lure health workers to Indigenous communities

Indigenous healthcare clinics across NSW will receive a multimillion dollar funding boost in an effort to improve services and attract more health workers.

Appetite for sugar tax to fight diabetes and obesity

Appetite for sugar tax to fight diabetes and obesity

Appetite for sugar tax to fight diabetes and obesity

Appetite for sugar tax to fight diabetes and obesity

Calls for a tax on sugary drinks have won the support of a federal parliamentary committee among its recommendations to combat diabetes and obesity.

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Young people sadder, lonelier since social media onset

Young people sadder, lonelier since social media onset

Young Australians report worsening mental health since some of the most popular social media platforms entered their lives.

Incest fears after sperm donor's 200-plus visits

Incest fears after sperm donor's 200-plus visits

The damning findings of a Queensland fertility clinic probe has revealed a donor may have fathered hundreds of children, sparking incest fears.

Indigenous kids 'suffering in silence' with ear disease

Indigenous kids 'suffering in silence' with ear disease

More than 26 per cent of First Nations children suffer undiagnosed ear disease and one-in-five live with undetected hearing loss.

Mother of Bondi stabbing victim pleads for more support

Mother of Bondi stabbing victim pleads for more support

A disjointed mental health sector means people are falling through the cracks, with the level of care dependent on where you live, a grieving mother says.

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Doctor admits oversights before toddler's sepsis death

Doctor admits oversights before toddler's sepsis death

Doctor admits oversights before toddler's sepsis death

Doctor admits oversights before toddler's sepsis death

Reflecting on a two-year-old toddler thought to have died of sepsis in regional NSW, an emotional doctor has said more could have been done before the tragedy.

Camera trial to stem rising tide of hospital violence

Camera trial to stem rising tide of hospital violence

Camera trial to stem rising tide of hospital violence

Camera trial to stem rising tide of hospital violence

Hospital security guards will use cameras to see if discourages violent behaviour but drivers of aggression in hospitals mean it might not work for many.

Warning opioid-laced cocaine could be a killer

Warning opioid-laced cocaine could be a killer

Warning opioid-laced cocaine could be a killer

Warning opioid-laced cocaine could be a killer

Cocaine users in Melbourne have been warned their drugs could contain a potentially lethal opioid that could lead to an overdose.

Longer life expectancy brings growing disease burden

Longer life expectancy brings growing disease burden

Longer life expectancy brings growing disease burden

Longer life expectancy brings growing disease burden

Australians' life expectancy now ranks fourth in the world but three in five people have a long-term health condition as a result of their enhanced longevity.

PM spruiks cost of living measures amid Payman row

PM spruiks cost of living measures amid Payman row

PM spruiks cost of living measures amid Payman row

PM spruiks cost of living measures amid Payman row

The new financial year ushers in a range of new cost-of-living measures that the prime minister insists are responsible in light of inflation challenges.

No more pretty packaging and flavours, new vape laws

No more pretty packaging and flavours, new vape laws

No more pretty packaging and flavours, new vape laws

No more pretty packaging and flavours, new vape laws

Under world-first laws, vapes will only be able to be sold at pharmacies over the counter as part of a national crackdown on the serious public health menace.

Albanese links new energy plan to cost-of-living crisis

Albanese links new energy plan to cost-of-living crisis

Albanese links new energy plan to cost-of-living crisis

Albanese links new energy plan to cost-of-living crisis

Cost-of-living support in the form of tax cuts and higher pay for minimum-wage workers are among changes to come into effect in the new financial year.

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Child Protection failed baby boy, coroner finds

More children will die if Child Protection keeps failing to take action, the SA coroner has warned in findings on the death of a baby boy in a squalid home.

Non-urgent trips draining regional ambulance paramedics

Rural paramedics have long taken issue with ambulances being used to transport non-critical patients, and now an audit has revealed the scale of the problem.

Change allows hundreds to end life on their own terms

NSW was the last state to legalise voluntary assisted dying and hundreds of people have asked for approval in the first months of the euthanasia scheme.

Laws could deliver life-saving fruit and vegies boon

Food companies might find it more profitable to donate than to dump if a Senate bill targeting food insecurity passes.

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Pregnant pause as glitch causes baby due date errors

A technical fault has been blamed for errors in due dates recorded for 1700 pregnant women in a glitch that prompted an independent review.

Hospital staffer certified deaths 'outside the law'

An independent review has found a senior staff member at a Tasmanian hospital signed off on death certificates outside the scope of the law.

Isolation as rural folk endure long waits for NDIS help

People in rural areas are waiting months and sometimes years to get access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, a federal inquiry has been told.

NDIS reform delays to 'burn $1 billion' taxpayer funds

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has warned delays to passing reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme will cost $1 billion to taxpayers.

Sights set on cataract surgery for Indigenous people

First Nations people are more likely to suffer blindness at a younger age but an Indigenous health program is restoring sight for dozens of patients at a time.

World-first laws curtailing vape sales pass parliament

Vapes will only be able to be sold over the counter at pharmacies under world-leading reforms passed by federal parliament.

Skin condition medications added to pharmacy trial

People experiencing skin conditions including eczema will be able to get treatment via a pharmacist and save a trip to the doctor under a NSW trial.

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