Bulk-billing GPs have walked away with more $2m in payroll tax rebates in just three months as part of a bold plan to keep clinics open.
Nathan Schmidt
Professor Richard Scolyer, the renowned scientist co-named Australian of the Year, has made a huge announcement about his future at the Melanoma Institute of Australia.
Alexandra Feiam
Eight police officers will face disciplinary action after an internal investigation discovered serious failures before coward killer Mark Bombara’s Floreat rampage.
Duncan Evans
A review of trans healthcare for young Aussies has been announced in the same week one state paused the use of puberty blockers for children.
A woman accused of hospitalising three people with unregistered cosmetic injections has been ordered to stop.
Blair Jackson
Aussies are being warned to check their water tanks after a horrible discovery in one led to health concerns.
Aisling Brennan
New rules for Aussies looking to buy one of the country’s most popular medications have taken effect today.
Adelaide Lang
Several popular Aussie music festivals - including one where a person died and another where multiple overdoses occurred - will both have pill testing in place.
A Melbourne private school has been fined $140,000 after 16-year-old student Lachlan Cook suffered fatal diabetes complications while on a school trip to Vietnam.
A recall has been issued for a popular kitchen product available in several states amid fears of plastic contamination.
Pausing puberty blockers is based on “science and concern”, not ideology, the Queensland Health Minister says.
One Aussie state has put a temporary hold on children accessing puberty blockers after a child considered too young to take them was given access.
A woman is in intensive care after receiving unregulated anti-wrinkle injections at a residential premise.
A major health alert has been issued for two major Aussie cities after a highly-infectious and deadly disease was detected in returned travellers.
More specialist doctors have walked out from one state’s troubled public health sector in an industrial relations war. And more look set to quit.
An NDIS provider has been hit with the highest-ever civil penalty by the Federal Court against a provider after a man choked to death.
Blake Antrobus
Coles has launched a huge new collectable range from one of the most iconic book and film series of all time – with a nostalgic 90’s twist.
Experts say Wendy’s will be pushing it uphill as the US brand tries to crack the Australian fast-food market.
Expecting Aussie mums will be entitled to a free vaccine to protect their children from a dangerous virus, as part of a major government health shake-up.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
A five-year-old boy has been rushed to hospital with critical injuries after a disused parking meter fell on him.
Private health insurers have been told to “sharpen their pencils” and provide a more “reasonable” price hike which will come into effect on April 1.
Jessica Wang
A new approach to detecting and treating obesity could help in the prevention, management and treatment in adults and children living with obesity, new research says.
Rhiannon Lewin
The health system in one Australian state is on the verge of going “off a cliff” with more than half of this workforce set to quit.
Afghanistan veteran Sean Halfpenny, who discovered painting during his recovery from PTSD, will pay tribute to two local heroes in a major artwork.
