Health Policy

The Australian Government has opened applications for a new panel of assessment service providers for people with disability in the workplace. The program was

Senator Williams’ motion from the recent National Party conference will punish seniors and people with disability, warns Assistive Technology Suppliers Australasia (ATSA).

The 2017 Budget saw Medicare take centre stage, as a new levy was introduced to cover the cost of disability insurance. To fund the cost of the National Disability Insurance

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The Aged Care Guild has today called on the Federal Government to guarantee there will be no more cuts to funding for aged care in this year’s Budget.

There are calls for greater transparency around the charges specialist doctors set with data showing some patients are paying five times more than others.

Poverty should be regarded as a major risk factor for premature death, scientists have concluded after analysing data on 1.7 million people.

Millions of Australians may no longer have to fast for up to 12 hours before a cholesterol test if new guidelines are adopted next year. John

The NSW government wants the private sector to redevelop and run five public hospitals across the state as part of a new partnership program.

Doctors working in the public system should not be able to object to performing procedures such as abortions or prescribing contraception on the basis of their own

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.

Two medical experts say more research needs to be done on the treatments GPs give patients. Australian GPs are at risk of treating patients

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.

A leading medial ethics journal says Australia's approach to immigration and asylum seekers is a lesson on what not to do. Medical ethicists

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.

Doctors and the Greens have called out Labor on its Medicare scare campaign as the opposition continues its attack on the government. Labor

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

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.

The NSW government has allocated almost $100 million in next week's budget to kick-start the refurbishment of Sydney's Westmead Hospital.

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".