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• 'Glorified shed': desperate conditions for migrant mums 11-12-2025

  Migrant women working in rural Australia are raising their newborns in sheds shared with 10 men, living on isolated properties and being hounded to pay hefty medical bills. One woman, who came to the country under the federal government's Paci

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• Patients suffer while hospital funding row drags on 11-12-2025

  If health officials can't work together to solve hospital crowding, patients needing critical care will continue to be left in the cold, emergency doctors warn. As state and federal health ministers squabble over who is responsible for the pro

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• Influencer died from severe blood loss after home birth 11-12-2025

  A wellness influencer died from severe blood loss after having a free birth at home, a court has been told. Stacey Warnecke, 30, was with her husband Nathan and unregulated doula Emily Lal when she delivered her son at her Melbourne home on Septem

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• Patients languish in hospital while funding feud bites 10-12-2025

  More than 1000 patients in one state are left in hospital for days longer than needed because they can't get access to disability or aged care support, new data reveals.. Figures released by the NSW health minister show rates of "bed bloc

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• Australia falls behind providing life-saving care 09-12-2025

  Australians are facing an average five-year wait for life-saving medical technologies due to outdated systems delaying patient access. A national report has found while medical technology is advancing rapidly overseas, Australia's system remai

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• 50 Medicare Mental Health Centres now providing free mental health support across Australia 08-12-2025

  With the recent opening of a new Medicare Mental Health Centre in Campbelltown (New South Wales), there are now 50 Centres operating across Australia — providing more people with access to free, walk-in mental health support and care. Medica

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• NDIS gap leaves thousands with no psychosocial support 08-12-2025

  People living with significant psychosocial disability are being left unsupported and at risk of homelessness and hospitalisation despite billions of dollars spent on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Psychosocial disability refers

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• Warnings Australian food at risk under corporate voices 08-12-2025

  Australians' diets could worsen if corporate interests are allowed to dominate food policy, experts warn. The newly appointed National Food Council will gather in Canberra for the first time on Monday to develop a plan aimed at boosting the se

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• No sweat: perspiration tests to revolutionalise health 08-12-2025

  A humble bead of sweat can be telling, exposing first-date nerves, an unexpected run for the bus or Christmas shopping panic. But it has the power to reveal much more.[subscribe] Testing sweat can detect key biomarkers linked to stress, diabete

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• UK trials prostate treatment with less side effects 07-12-2025

  A groundbreaking trial for a prostate cancer treatment with fewer side-effects has launched in the UK. Backed by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the trial will examine whether Aquablation - a therapy using robotics, AI

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