Health Policy
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Health experts urged government to properly fund health reforms AAP - 11-11-2016
Malcolm Turnbull hailed it as one of the biggest reforms in the history of the health system but doctors say the government isn't funding it properly.
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A call for more research to be done on the treatments GPs give patients AAP - 11-07-2016
Two medical experts say more research needs to be done on the treatments GPs give patients. Australian GPs are at risk of treating patients
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Vic children emergency cases increases AAP - 08-07-2016
The Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne will get a new ward within its emergency department to help deal with a spike in children being taken there.
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Doctors should boycott offshore detention centres at Manus Island and Nauru AAP - 29-06-2016
A leading medial ethics journal says Australia's approach to immigration and asylum seekers is a lesson on what not to do. Medical ethicists
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Greens want a 20% sugar tax on drinks AAP - 22-06-2016
A controversial 20 per cent sugary drink tax has been proposed by the Greens, drawing support from doctors but has been rejected by the government.
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Labor on its Medicare scare campaign AAP - 22-06-2016
Doctors and the Greens have called out Labor on its Medicare scare campaign as the opposition continues its attack on the government. Labor
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A billion funding boost has been promised for NSW hospital upgrades AAP - 21-06-2016
A $1.6 billion funding boost has been promised for NSW hospital upgrades in the budget but some hospitals will miss out. A record $22 billion
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Why the war on drugs has failed AAP - 17-06-2016
There is a call for low-level drugs offences such as possession to be decriminalised, as the current law tends to marginalise a sector that needs help.
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Westmead upgrade gets $100m boost AAP - 16-06-2016
The NSW government has allocated almost $100 million in next week's budget to kick-start the refurbishment of Sydney's Westmead Hospital.
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NT Govt moves against Darwin smoking ban AAP - 09-06-2016
The NT government is moving to circumvent a Darwin Council smoking ban, which it believes will hurt small businesses and kick them "when they're down".
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Rebate freeze 'unfair', says AMA president AAP - 30-05-2016
New AMA president Michael Gannon says the Turnbull government's freeze on the Medicare rebate to GPs is unfair and they are "at breaking point".
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Health funding cuts a false economy AAP - 01-06-2016
Labor health spokeswoman Catherine King says making cuts to the health budget is a false economy. Federal Labor won't make any major funding
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NT govt denies Palmerston budget blowout AAP - 17-05-2016
The NT government insists the Palmerston hospital has not blown its $150m budget despite the revelation the NT will have to put in more than $60m more.
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Nurses a force for change on International Nurses Day Karen Keast - 12-05-2016
Nurses have sent a warning to political parties on International Nurses Day, in the lead up to the federal election. With this year’s theme ‘Nurses:
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Budget 2016: Health groups react Karen Keast - 04-05-2016
The Federal Government’s fiscally conservative 2016-17 Federal Budget has received a cautious thumbs up from some organisations and peak bodies in the health sector
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Health minister denies funding is election tactic AAP - 30-03-2016
A federal government proposal to hand more money to the states to fund hospitals has nothing to do with the upcoming election, the health minister says.
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Turnbull to propose new hospital funding plan AAP - 29-03-2016
The prime minister says he will propose changes to hospital funding when he meets state and territory leaders this week. Prime Minister Malcolm
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Inquiry says 'significant reform' needed in Tas healthcare AAP - 15-03-2016
Significant reform is needed to help Tasmania's ailing preventative health systems, with a parliamentary inquiry making several recommendations.
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Vic government accused of 'sneaky' accounting AAP - 08-03-2016
A spat between Victoria and the federal government over health funding continues with the state accused of sneaky accounting. Victoria has
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Report urges more budget cuts to pathology AAP - 22-02-2016
The Turnbull government has been urged to make more spending cuts to pathology in a report accusing the industry of using patients as pawns for profits.
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