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A police officer who was injured in an alleged stabbing in Adelaide's northern suburbs this week has been discharged from hospital. Newsiline summarises t...
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Artists, comedians, and healthcare professionals were among those that took the stand at this week's hearings. Newsiline summarises this report from SBS N...
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Staff at a youth mental health clinic in Sunshine have been told to work off-site, after four masked men attempted to assault patients at the centre in Me...
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At last week's Labor conference, which was totally under the prime minister's thumb, only one issue was contested on the floor: support for the use of tel...
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Indigenous leaders warn online racism is damaging young generations, calling on all social media users and publishers to take responsibility for hurtful c...
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A fire that completely destroyed an ambulance parked outside the West Coast District Hospital in Tasmania has been deemed accidental, with no one injured....
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Mental health experts to triage triple zero calls, but not all of the changes will be implemented 24/7 or statewide New South Wales will send specialist n...
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People experiencing mental health emergencies in New South Wales will be met by healthcare workers as opposed to police, under a new model being rolled ou...
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This month’s Guardian Essential poll shows signs that One Nation’s primary vote continues to plateau. Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian A...
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Charities sponsor new program to deliver specialist hearing checks and services directly to school students in WA's Midwest. Newsiline summarises this rep...
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The lack of available mental health support in Margaret River forced Simone Meyer to move her family to Victoria. Newsiline summarises this report from AB...
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The biological parents of twins who were born after an IVF embryo mix-up at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney have launched civil action. Newsiline sum...
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The ACT's health portfolio is changing hands for the first time in seven years, with new minister Marisa Paterson inheriting a sector plagued by chronical...
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Medical practitioners should be prohibited from wearing political pins to prevent patients from feeling unsafe, the royal commission on antisemitism has h...
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Police detained a 28-year-old man for emergency mental health treatment the night before he was shot by officers. Newsiline summarises this report from AB...
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The chief executive of Sunshine Coast's health service made comments at a leaked staff town hall earlier this month, but today watered down his remarks as...
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A collision of state v federal law on voluntary assisted dying has had tragic consequences. Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian Australia a...
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No-one knows how ramularia leaf spot got to Australia, but growers in Queensland are desperate for a treatment as the fungal disease wreaks havoc on their...
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Doctors should recommend treatment accompanied by conversations about the pros and cons for the individuals who are in front of them Weeks before major su...
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South Australia's doctors' union says it is concerned patient care "is being jeopardised" because of alleged behavioural problems at the Gawler Health Ser...
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The woman was driving on a highway in northern Tasmania when she was involved in a head-on collision with a man from Western Australia, who police say had...
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A no-cost developmental screening suggested and set up by her kindergarten helped put Olivia's mum's mind at ease. Newsiline summarises this report from A...
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Campaigners say existing federal ban on phone or video calls for assisted dying consultations adversely affects people living in regional Australia Follow...
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The prime minister says he is unconvinced Australians should be allowed to access voluntary assisted dying via telehealth, holding concerns over its "misu...
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A Labor push to lift the ban on accessing voluntary assisted dying through telehealth has triggered a warning about unintended consequences for vulnerable...
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Three years after her son was shot during a mental health episode, 82-year-old Judy Deacon led the cross-examination in the coroner’s court Get our breaki...
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When Christine Olsen-Lane suffered a life-threatening fall, she could not have foreseen the unexpected joy the next 11 months would bring. Newsiline summa...
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How did an insect repellent get to the hospital? Newsiline summarises this report from ABC News Australia and links readers to the original publisher for...
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Eleven staff at an Adelaide hospital have become unwell and a dozen emergency beds have been closed, after the accidental release of an "outdoor insect re...
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The Victorian Coalition pledges $850 million to build a new West Gippsland hospital if it wins the November election. Newsiline summarises this report fro...
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Tasmania's health department is challenging a coronial review into allegations that a clinical director falsified death certificates at Launceston General...
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A Melbourne hospital apologises after mixing up the medical data of two people, resulting in one of them being wrongly declared dead by police. Newsiline...
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With Tweed's housing shortage at critical levels, plans for higher density housing has been welcomed, but community leaders want more done on affordable a...
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It's a crisp and bright Canberra autumn day. Newsiline summarises this report from ABC News Australia and links readers to the original publisher for the...
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces $10 million to improve maternity services at Royal Darwin Hospital, but maternity care advocates say the money i...
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A seafood outlet that has been operating for almost 80 years on the NSW Mid North Coast will go up for auction as the Clarence River Fishermen's Co-op bat...