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• Five Ways Banks Quietly Undercount a Nurse's Income 27-07-2026

  You can work the same roster, earn the same pay and still get a completely different answer from two lenders, purely because of how each one reads your payslip. By Jayden Vecchio, mortgage broker at Hunter Galloway[subscribe] Grace was a casual

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• Recognising and Responding to Acute Deterioration in Theatre and Critical Care 27-07-2026

  Serious adverse events in hospital, including unexpected cardiac arrest and death, are rarely sudden. They are usually preceded by observable physiological changes that go unrecognised, or are recognised but not escalated quickly enough. This is the

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• Sustainable Practice in the Operating Theatre: What Perioperative Nurses Need to Know 27-07-2026

  Healthcare is not a bystander in the climate conversation, it is a contributor. A 2024 paper in the Medical Journal of Australia states that Australia's healthcare system contributes 7 per cent of the national greenhouse gas emissions footprint,

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• Addressing the Theatre and Critical Care Nursing Workforce Shortage in Australia 27-07-2026

  Australia's nursing workforce is under sustained, well-documented pressure, and it is not projected to ease on its own. The federal Department of Health and Aged Care's own Nursing Supply and Demand Study 2023 to 2035 forecasts a national und

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• Bird flu cases span across four states as tally climbs 27-07-2026

  Poultry farmers are bunkering down amid fears a deadly bird flu strain has reached a fourth state. Queensland is on high alert after a dead migratory seabird that washed ashore north of Brisbane returned an initial positive result for highly patho

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• Labor backs telehealth for voluntary assisted dying 27-07-2026

  The Labor Party has backed the removal of legal barriers preventing the use of end-of-life care via telehealth, and changed its constitution to allow members to cast a conscience vote. An amendment passed at the ALP national conference in Adelaide

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• Spike in kids' crisis calls spotlights health challenge 27-07-2026

  Georgie Berry's simple call for action on a youth mental health crisis entails immediate and tangible changes. "It's not about saying we need more money, we need to be smarter with how we're investing it," the 22-year-old Bri

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• QLD:Bird flu cases climb as Queensland joins tally 25-07-2026

  Deadly H5 bird flu has reached Queensland's coastline for the first time as detections in wild seabirds across Australia climb to 17, sparking fresh warnings for vulnerable wildlife. A deceased petrel found on Moreton Island returned an initia

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• Australia's hidden pain forces many out of workforce 25-07-2026

  Millions of Australians living with chronic pain are fighting an invisible battle that extends far beyond health care. It's a condition that forces many to leave the workforce, with fresh research revealing that 42 per cent of sufferers have h

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• Congo's Ebola outbreak death toll reaches 1000 24-07-2026

  At least 999 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in Congo, according to official data, a grim toll in what's already been declared the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, as conflict, community resistance and an uneven response fuel its sprea

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