Emergency doctors raise alarm on escalating crisis Violence in Australian emergency departments is pushing the healthcare workforce to its breaking point, according to a new report. AAP · Feb 24, 2025
Doctors warn DV driving 'traumatised' staff out of jobs A peak body for emergency doctors is calling on the Northern Territory to make drastic changes to alcohol policy amid worsening rates of domestic violence. AAP · Jul 17, 2024
Dundela announce new manager aimed at bringing 'stability' to club "An appointment was needed to be made quickly, but more importantly, the right appointment was needed to be made." Belfast Live · May 7, 2023
Alice Springs ED doctor says key to youth crime wave solution is to move past 'politics of alcohol' Emergency doctor Stephen Gourley warns that focusing only on alcohol and not the reasons why people drink — poverty, housing, education and jobs — will not fix the issues plaguing Alice Springs and the rest of the nation. ABC News · Feb 4, 2023
Domestic violence increasing in NT, Indigenous Australians struggling to find employment, inquiry hears The chief executive of an Indigenous health service has told a federal inquiry she supports the return of liquor bans in the NT and that Aboriginal families "have the right to conduct their lives free of alcohol-fuelled violence." ABC News · Dec 9, 2022
New NT COVID-19 infections double in a week, health workers say case numbers likely higher than official figures Low numbers of daily COVID-19 cases are beginning to climb rapidly again in the NT, where health workers say the official daily average is likely a significant under-count. ABC News · Dec 5, 2022
ACEM report reveals over-representation of Indigenous in Northern Territory hospital EDs The Australasian College of Emergency Medicine calls for health care reform after its inaugural report reveals grim statistics about presentations to Northern Territory emergency departments. ABC News · Nov 8, 2022
ACEM president-elect Stephen Gourley calls for urgent reform of healthcare funding models Australasian College of Emergency Medicine president-elect Stephen Gourley says a complete rethink of the way health services are funded is needed to address the sector's crisis. ABC News · Sep 15, 2022
COVID-19 cases are rising in the Northern Territory as Australia approaches a new Omicron wave The Northern Territory recorded 671 cases on Tuesday — the highest daily caseload since February and a dramatic jump from Monday, prompting calls to reinstate mask mandates. ABC News · Jul 19, 2022
Rising flu cases increasing pressure on chronically stretched NT health system The Northern Territory's chronically stretched health system is coming under severe strain as flu cases continue to surge, with more than 1,000 cases reported in the past month. ABC News · Jun 26, 2022