Public Health

Police will be out in force to ensure Melburnians are wearing a mask when they leave their house as Victoria continues to record high coronavirus numbers.

The City of Melbourne has voted against a Victorian government push to locate the state's second safe injecting room across from a popular market.

Victoria has recorded 317 new coronavirus cases, the nation's biggest daily increase since the pandemic began, as well as two more deaths.

Anyone caught breaking Queensland's rules to stop the spread of COVID-19 could face up to six months in jail. Anyone breaking Queensland's

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall says Australians returning to Adelaide from overseas will be forced to pay quarantine costs from Saturday.

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Social distancing will remain in Queensland until there is a COVID-19 vaccine, the premier says, as the state prepares to reopen to all but Victorians.

From July 1, NSW will scrap its one-person per four square metres rule while other states are set to relax further restrictions later in the month.

South Australia is moving to an online system for access to the state as its level of coronavirus restrictions is reduced to its lowest level since March.

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is helping GP’s provide care and support for victims of family and domestic abuse and violence.

State Labor has called on the NSW government to extend its free community preschool package to the end of 2020 to enable struggling parents to return to work.

The number of Australians getting drug and alcohol treatment is slowly rising with a sharp jump in the number of people seeking treatment for drugs like ice.

A spike in COVID-19 cases in Victoria shows Australians cannot breathe easy yet but authorities are confident the outbreak will be brought under control.

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is providing extra support for culturally and linguistically (CALD) diverse Australians during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Northern Territory, with no cases for 28 days, will reopen its borders to interstate travellers from July 17 as southern coronavirus infections reduce.

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has today welcomed the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s (TGA) interim decision to block the sale of “heat

The new National Health Reform Agreement  has the potential to end the practice of public hospitals “harvesting” privately insured patients for their 

Yarra City Council today welcomed the Victorian Government’s three-year extension to the Medically Supervised Injecting Facility in Richmond and the introduction of

An individualised and family-based physical activity and dietary intervention reduced the plasma LDL cholesterol concentration of primary school children, a new study from

New Zealand has no active cases of coronavirus after the recovery of the last person identified by health authorities with COVID-19. Prime