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UNBELIEVABLE: 9 - The Untold Story

PM says Dutton playing politics on Israel-Hamas war response – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

NSW drug law overhaul would allow users to work off their fine by seeking help

The scheme could see thousands of recreational ice, cocaine and MDMA users avoid criminal penalties

The Guardian - AU

'A pipeline of allied health workers': help for struggling sector

Focus on health and development checks for preschool children.

Newcastle Herald

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NSW Labor rejects renewed calls for pill testing after festival deaths

Health minister says on-site checking not a ‘silver bullet’ as advocates warn expected hot summer increases likelihood of harm for drug-takers

The Guardian - AU

Two festival deaths renew push for free pill testing

Drug safety advocates say it's going to be a dangerous summer unless the NSW government provides pill testing at music festivals, after the deaths of two men.

AAP

'Easier access': Oral contraceptives from pharmacies

'Recognition of the capabilities that pharmacies have.'

Newcastle Herald

Bad smell for drug-detection dogs at music festivals

A drug summit next year will likely probe the effectiveness of sniffer dogs after police data showed the canines had a success rate of just 25 per cent.

AAP

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Morgue workers strike over staffing, database issues

Last-minute talks will take place as forensic technicians at a key Sydney morgue strike over staffing levels and a recent database overhaul.

AAP

National vape ban 'needed quickly' as state cracks down

The NSW government is clamping down on the sale of illegal vapes as federal leaders work on planned import bans to stem the easy flow of products to retailers.

AAP

'Waste and costs' to be cut in health system

The Hunter has not been immune from the health system's troubles.

Newcastle Herald

'I sat and cried': When a donor saves your life

'We need more Australians to register.'

Newcastle Herald

'New way': Hunter's health innovation and jobs push

'There's nothing like this in the country.'

Newcastle Herald

Gender research at Sydney children’s hospital to be reviewed after ABC report, health minister says

Ryan Park says independent body will examine Westmead research which Four Corners reported was seized upon by critics of gender-affirming care

The Guardian - AU

Health workers' pay offer won't cost taxpayers extra

Aged care workers, hospital staff and allied health professionals in NSW are being offered an extra $67 a week after a public stoush with the state government.

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'Close to home': Carrots for junior doctors to work in Hunter

'It's really good if doctors originate from these areas.'

Newcastle Herald

600 tonnes of steel in John Hunter Hospital redevelopment

Work on the project uncovered "abandoned mining tunnels" about 90 metres below ground.

Newcastle Herald

'The best possible start': at-home care program for Hunter families

The expansion will include Lake Macquarie, Port Stephens and Newcastle.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter nursing jobs facing axe were a COVID-19 measure: Coalition

The nursing positions were part of the "health army" amid COVID-19.

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Hunter hardest hit by 'despicable, shameful' cuts to stretched nurses

It comes at a time when hospitals 'cannot afford the loss of a single nurse or midwife'

Newcastle Herald

'Difficult and dark day': health minister's tribute to heroic workers after bus crash

Health Minister Ryan Park said he was 'very proud' of all health and emergency staff.

Newcastle Herald

'Much-loved' doctor's colleagues 'feeling very raw' after bus crash death

Junior medical officer Rebecca Mullen was one of the 10 people who died in the accident at a roundabout on Wine Country Drive.

Newcastle Herald

Hundreds of tributes at makeshift memorial as Roosters come together

Premier Chris Minns and Health Minister Ryan Park also laid flowers.

The New Daily

Children orphaned and bright futures lost in wedding bus tragedy

A junior doctor and a husband and wife who leave behind orphaned children are among the victims of the Hunter Valley bus crash.

Newcastle Herald

Flu cases jump in the Hunter, but COVID 'may be peaking'

COVID cases rise among those aged five to 16 this month.

ABC News

Family of elderly woman handcuffed by police at Sydney nursing home wants more accountability

The daughter of a woman with dementia who was handcuffed in a Sydney aged care home is demanding more accountability from police over instances of force being used against residents.

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