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Victoria's opposition is pledging to deploy armed law enforcement officers in major hospitals around the state in a bid to curb violence. Newsiline summar...
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Paediatricians across Australia are concerned about a jump in iron deficiency in young children due to excess cow's milk, and the need to better educate p...
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Amid a baby boom, mothers in the outback town of Longreach say they have lost access to allied health help for post-birthing issues, with the nearest opti...
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A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $US567 million ($806 million) to address harms to young people from its p...
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Authorities say they are reviewing how a Melbourne woman was given surgery meant for another patient at a Sunshine hospital. Newsiline summarises this rep...
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A coronial inquest into Kate Manley's death at Albury Hospital hears about communication issues between psychiatric and medical units. Newsiline summarise...
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Husic to take ‘short’ period of leave after collision on Sydney motorway on Tuesday Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breakin...
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Will a new policy change push people to drop their private health insurance coverage? Newsiline summarises this report from SBS News Australia and links r...
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A recent hiring change to Tasmanian allied health staff positions has meant vacant positions are more likely to be filled by junior staff, sparking fears...
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A parliamentary committee has handed down its findings after an investigation into a Newcastle hospital where staff reported maggots falling from the ceil...
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Men who take a widely-used erectile dysfunction drug to treat an enlarged prostate are "significantly more likely" to develop glaucoma, a new study has fo...
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Construction starts on a new five-storey hospital in Mandurah, south of Perth, at a total cost of more than $1 billion. Newsiline summarises this report f...
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Winter flu season is putting pressure on the health system, with medical staff bracing for the ‘worst three weeks of the year’ Sick patients in New South...
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Doctors at some of Melbourne's biggest public hospitals will walk off the job next week as part of a pay and conditions dispute with the state government....
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The SA nurses' union and the state opposition are calling for an end to the practice of "corridor care" in SA hospitals, but the health minister says the...
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Dead people are being booked for operations in the Northern Territory's public hospitals in the latest issue for the $335 million Acacia patient record sy...
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Mackenzie Little wins javelin gold before revealing she is flying straight home to continue work as a doctor. Newsiline summarises this report from ABC Ne...
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Labor’s national conference voted to repeal the ban but the PM fears it could undermine medical safeguards. Newsiline summarises this report from The Guar...
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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...