FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 16 | History Defined

Labour pains: gap in midwifery insurance causing stress

An insurance gap is affecting midwifery care and women planning a hospital birth but wanting in-home midwifery support during the early stages of labour.

AAP · Nov 10, 2023

'Tip of the iceberg': 30 tonnes of illegal vapes seized

The Australian Border Force and the TGA have seized tonnes of illegal vapes, but the health minister says more must be done.

AAP · Nov 7, 2023

Patients warned many doctors won’t change approach to bulk billing despite new incentives

Boosted rebate for concession card holders and children under 16 is in effect but GPs’ peak body says other patients won’t benefit

The Guardian - AU · Nov 2, 2023

Australia’s life-saving bone marrow registry needs $13m. Why is red tape holding it up?

The money is there to increase the number of donors to help patients with leukaemia and blood cancers but governments won’t agree to release it, MPs say

The Guardian - AU · Oct 21, 2023

Bridget Archer says Dutton appears to be ‘weaponising’ child abuse for ‘political advantage’

The Liberal backbencher says Peter Dutton’s call for a royal commission into child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities is divisive and inconsistent

The Guardian - AU · Oct 19, 2023

Restrictions on gay men donating blood should be scrapped, Queensland health minister says

Exclusive: Shannon Fentiman urges federal government to ‘expedite’ individual risk assessments

The Guardian - AU · Oct 8, 2023

Free shingles jab coming for millions of Australians

Australians most at risk of complications from developing shingles will be eligible to receive a free vaccine against the virus.

AAP · Oct 8, 2023

Ban smoking for next generation to ‘keep pace’ with UK and NZ, advocates tell Australian government

Mark Butler says those countries have ‘responded to specific tactics of Big Tobacco’ and Australia will monitor impact of the policies with ‘interest’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 5, 2023

‘Predatory’ shops are selling lollies and vapes to children across Australia, with no date set for import ban

Experts warn children will access vapes and begin ‘unhealthy journey to nicotine dependency’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 1, 2023

View from The Hill: We can't prepare for a future pandemic without fully looking at state governments' decisions in the last one

Nearly a year ago, a privately financed inquiry, led by Peter Shergold, a former head of the prime minister’s department, finished a review of Australia’s handling of the COVID pandemic.

The Conversation · Sep 22, 2023