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The federal government acknowledges there has been an "enormous failure" in attempts to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, as it unveils a fresh national plan and hundreds of millions of dollars of funding. → Read More
The minister for Indigenous Australians says those parliamentarians who walked out on the apology to the stolen generations should avoid taking similar actions against the Voice. → Read More
ATAGI recommends all people aged 18 and over, who have not had either a COVID-19 vaccine or confirmed coronavirus case in the last six months, get their latest shot from February 20. → Read More
Premiers and chief ministers will enter a pivotal National Cabinet meeting today demanding more federal funding for Australia's health system, amid warnings the "broken" sector is heaving under strain and needs urgent repair. → Read More
The number of Australians who delayed or avoided seeing their doctor because they could not afford it soared by almost 50 per cent in the past year, new figures have revealed. → Read More
Health professionals and emergency services groups warn patients skipping psychology sessions will end up in the emergency department, urging the health minister to restore funding. → Read More
More than two drinks a week is risky, and no amount of alcohol is safe, a major Canadian study concludes. → Read More
Damning report reveals incidents where support workers exposed people with disability to pornography, allegedly sexually assaulted those in their care or emotionally or psychologically abused them through coercion or undue influence. → Read More
Medicare data has confirmed what many already knew: GP bulk-billing rates have fallen in the past quarter, prompting more concern that the scheme is failing. → Read More
The health minister points to an independent evaluation of COVID-era psychology sessions to justify cutting the program — but that report actually recommended keeping the sessions. → Read More
As the year's end draws near, the prime minister convenes national cabinet, asking it to impose a price cap on coal and gas, fearing worse price spikes in 2023. → Read More
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is isolating at Kirribilli House in Sydney after testing positive for COVID-19 for a second time this year. → Read More
A federal government decision to slash billions of dollars from public hospitals over the next four years has enraged doctors, who argue they are "stunned" the government would cut money on the back of rising inflation, a burnt-out workforce and a huge backlog of elective surgeries. → Read More
In his first budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will outline the government's plan to increase housing supply over five years from 2024. → Read More
Budgets are typically handed down once a year in May but the last few years have seen the budget timetable thrown out the window and the financial plans delivered at all different times of the year. Here's why. → Read More
Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe is facing an internal investigation and the prospect of parliamentary censure, following revelations she failed to disclose a relationship with a former bikie boss. → Read More
The federal government labels an investigation uncovering widespread rorting of Medicare as "troubling", ordering a report from the Health Department. → Read More
The precarious state of general practice is the most concerning pressure on the healthcare system right now, according to federal Health Minister Mark Butler, who has met experts to brainstorm long- and short-term solutions amid concerns the GP workforce could collapse. → Read More
The federal government is unlikely to change income tax cuts that will predominantly benefit high and middle-income earners in this month's budget. → Read More
Menopause may not strike you as the kind of thing that could cost women $17 billion a year but, for Sonya Lovell, that figure does not surprise her at all. → Read More