Redundancies are expected to be announced at the Victoria Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) after the state government slashed its funding by 75 per cent. The news broke on 3AW when host Mark Allen revealed many of the staff that would be impacted had clinical jobs in the hospital, but aContinue Reading
Enraged mental health advocates have taken aim at the NSW government for gutting a program helping some of the healthcare system’s most-vulnerable patients. A $111.8m pre-budget funding announcement on Tuesday contained a four-year funding commitment of $40m for the Pathways to Community Living Initiative (PCLI). But that was significantly lessContinue Reading
Public schools across NSW have been slapped with a “significant” funding cut, as the state tries to get teachers back into the classroom to help bolster flagging enrolment rates. NSW Education Minister Prue Car informed principals on Tuesday of a decision to slash the School Budget Allocation Report (SBAR) byContinue Reading