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All Australian veterans will soon have access to claim compensation for health issues, fulfilling a royal commission recommendation, but those conscripted...
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A new generation of influencers is promoting extreme thinness to millions online — with often-tragic consequences. Newsiline summarises this report from S...
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A Queensland family shares its journey with motor neuron disease for the first time and gives advice on how to cope with a diagnosis. Newsiline summarises...
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Coal, oil and gas are major ingredients for far more than just energy. Newsiline summarises this report from ABC News Australia and links readers to the o...
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More than four hundred reports have been made to the emergency animal hotline in just over a week. Newsiline summarises this report from SBS News Australi...
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After undergoing brain surgery, Cheryl Blacklock can no longer process numbers quickly and has instead found a new life through art, painting faces that a...
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First Nations babies born through a midwifery program offered at three Melbourne hospitals are more likely to be full term and a healthy weight, a study h...
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With bird flu arriving on our shores, governments, wildlife groups and agricultural organisations are springing into action. Newsiline summarises this rep...
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The bugs that cause Ebola, hantavirus and diphtheria are microscopic, but many of the barriers to controlling them are human-sized. Newsiline summarises t...
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An MND expert says the registry is a first step to help identify what causes the incurable disease and how it could be stopped. Newsiline summarises this...
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Herbicide manufacturer Sygenta had reservations dating back to 1970s but regulator says tighter controls, including phasing out backpack sprayers, can pro...
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The government is preparing to push ahead with a watered-down version of recommendations from the landmark Murphy inquiry, which called for a comprehensiv...
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Sudden cardiac arrest is statistically rare but among the leading causes of death for children and young people. Newsiline summarises this report from The...
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Pauline Hanson said thousands of words in her marathon appearance at the National Press Club, but only a few of them will be heard widely. Newsiline summa...
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It took seven years for the Jungle hit-maker and Flume collaborator to share the music that saved her following a "mental breakdown". Newsiline summarises...
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Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency to use International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition for ‘regulatory work’ Get our breaking new...
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After a career in forestry, David Quill uses woodworking to help his motor neurone disease fight. Newsiline summarises this report from ABC News Australia...
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Police say a man has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after being struck by a car driven by a woman he knew. Newsiline summarises this report...
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Two payments of $50m will boost Ukraine’s air defence and munitions supply. Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian Australia and links readers...
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The inquest heard Mr Donahue's mother had shared concerns about his mental health in the weeks leading up to his death. Newsiline summarises this report f...
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Years after losing his sister to a preventable disease, a grieving Gulf of Carpentaria man is demanding urgent action to address a disease found almost ex...
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Improvements in mental health supports for Western Australian children and adolescents — prompted by the suicide of 13-year-old Kate Savage — risk never b...
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Girl told mother she thought about killing people ‘all the time’, inquest into 10-year-old Biddy Porter’s death hears Follow our Australia news live blog...
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From a mother forced to labour in a hospital's tearoom, to a baby sent home with jaundice on a busy night, doctors warn they are no longer able to provide...
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Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian Australia and links readers to the original publisher for...
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Former Howard-era adviser says Pauline Hanson’s party is channelling Donald Trump’s health agenda Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podc...
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Two more South Australian regional centres are now temporarily diverting expectant mothers as Kapunda Hospital's birthing service is closed indefinitely....
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The strike involves radiographers, sonographers, physiotherapists, podiatrists, speech pathologists and social workers at the state's public hospitals. Ne...
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A report into Melbourne’s Cohealth showed systemic problems were left unaddressed for a decade, while ideas from clinicians went ignored One cancer patien...
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Volunteers surveyed more than 200 people who reported a range of symptoms during the algal bloom outbreak not represented in the SA government's health ad...
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A group of councils in Melbourne's north is calling on the state government to spend $45 million to buy land to begin planning for a hospital and train st...
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Forty-two babies in Australia died from congenital syphilis between 2011 and 2025, with the outbreak driving health workers into communities to raise awar...
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The Move Well Brisbane campaign will double the number of providers and activities in Brisbane's Active and Healthy program and include nutritional and co...
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Australian Human Rights Commission has called for a digital duty of care to prevent social media algorithms from incentivising ‘racist’ content Get our br...
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A Top End bikie who allegedly escaped police custody last week has been hospitalised after being bitten by a police dog during his re-capture. Newsiline s...
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The 34-bed Mackay Private Hospital is closing its doors with the operator citing "rising operational and maintenance" costs. Newsiline summarises this rep...