Stephanie Dalzell, ABC.net.au

Stephanie Dalzell

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Canberra, ACT, Australia

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On the 15th anniversary of the apology to the Stolen Generations, federal government unveils $425 million Closing the Gap plan

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

Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney warns apology boycotters against repeating the same mistakes with the Voice

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

Australian adults will be able to get fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccine later this month

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 to use National Cabinet to plead for more federal funding for hospitals and GPs

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

Productivity Commission Report reveals Australians delaying vital health care because of cost

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

Cuts to subsidised psychology sessions causing clients to 'ration' care, health workers warn

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

Is there a safe limit of alcohol you can drink? New guidelines from Canada say there's not

More than two drinks a week is risky, and no amount of alcohol is safe, a major Canadian study concludes. → Read More

Watchdog reveals thousands of reports of sexual misconduct, injury, abuse and neglect in disability group homes

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

Bulk-billing GP rates fall to 83 per cent, but doctors say reality of 'broken' Medicare system is worse

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

Government criticised for cutting cheaper mental health sessions despite review saying they should continue

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

Anthony Albanese urges national cabinet to endorse unprecedented intervention to cap coal and gas prices

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 tests positive for COVID, to work from home

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

Outrage as federal government slashes billions of dollars from public hospitals in budget

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

Federal budget to include plan to build 1 million homes by end of the decade, as Labor seeks to mitigate housing crisis

In his first budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will outline the government's plan to increase housing supply over five years from 2024. → Read More

Why are we having a fourth budget in two years?

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

Calls for investigation into Lidia Thorpe's potential conflicts of interest

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

Federal government describes reports of Medicare fraud as 'troubling', AMA condemns 'unjustified slur' on doctors

The federal government labels an investigation uncovering widespread rorting of Medicare as "troubling", ordering a report from the Health Department. → Read More

GP shortage focus of roundtable talks between health minister and experts

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

Federal government appears set to maintain stage 3 tax cuts in this month's budget despite mounting speculation

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 estimated to cost Australian women $17 billion a year in lost earnings, super

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