EXPLAINED: 2 - The Real Truth

Elective surgery wait times balloon to record high across Australia, data shows

Nearly one in 10 patients are waiting longer than a year to be admitted, according to Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2023

Health system coughs up almost $50b fighting COVID

Close to $50 billion was spent on the COVID-19 response, as Australians are warned they still need to be vaccinated against the virus.

AAP · Nov 28, 2023

7 charts on family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia

With so much data released about family, domestic and sexual violence, it can be difficult to see how it all fits together.

The Conversation · Nov 24, 2023

Lockdown or loneliness? Covid brought on a ‘kind of stressful’ baby boom in Australia

New data shows the birthrate went up in 2021, after a record low in 2020 and years of decline

The Guardian - AU · Jun 29, 2023

SAFEcard helping domestic violence survivors share personal details discreetly in Bundaberg

The card launched in Bundaberg allows survivors to quietly let service providers know they don't want others nearby to overhear their private information, in what's believed to be an Australian-first initiative.

ABC News · May 3, 2023

Teen cancer deaths halved as number of cases increased

Earlier diagnosis and improved treatments are being credited for increased survival rates among Australian adolescents and young adults with cancer.

AAP · Apr 18, 2023

NT police minister says Peter Dutton, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price failed to report claims of child sexual abuse in Alice Springs

Northern Territory Police Minister Kate Worden says she has heard "crickets" from Peter Dutton and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price about their claims that Indigenous children in Alice Springs are being returned to their abusers.

ABC News · Apr 16, 2023

Dutton accused of using Indigenous child sexual abuse in Alice Springs as 'political fodder'

Some dismiss claims about rampant child abuse in the outback town as exaggerated, but others say welfare responses are inadequate and children are falling through the cracks.

ABC News · Apr 15, 2023

Wipeout: At-home bowel cancer screening rates plummeted during COVID

Since the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) began in August 2006, screening participation rates have not surpassed 44 per cent.

The New Daily · Mar 24, 2023

Dementia now causes greatest burden of illness, injury and premature death in older Australians

Condition overtakes coronary heart disease with 62% rise in number of healthy years lost since 2011, report finds, causing significant impact on carers and families

The Guardian - AU · Feb 22, 2023