The NSW opposition is losing another senior member, with deputy Nationals leader and former regional health minister Bronnie Taylor announcing her retirement just days after former treasurer Matt Kean pulled the plug. Ms Taylor announced she would be leaving Macquarie St in a statement shared on Thursday afternoon, however wouldContinue Reading
Sydney has topped the charts when it comes to wellbeing, taking out a near clean sweep of the nation’s top 10 areas to live in, according to a new report. Eight out of the top 10 areas for wellbeing are located Greater Sydney, with Sydney’s Northern Beaches ranking first inContinue Reading
The Sydney Children’s Hospital and Minderoo Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre has reached a major milestone, with construction of the new 12-storey building reaching its highest point. Honouring a long-held construction tradition a native water gum tree, which is native to the area, was lifted onto the roof of the newContinue Reading
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has argued deputy Greens leader Mehreen Faruqi “intended to provoke” the public as she defends telling the senator to “piss off back to Pakistan” in the Federal Court. Senator Faruqi’s legal representation labelled Senator Hanson a “prolific sayer of racist things” who provoked a “pile-on”Continue Reading
Women and their babies in rural and regional NSW will soon have better and earlier access to pregnancy care as part of a new multimillion-dollar government scheme. The Pregnancy Connect initiative will ensure women have early access to specialist maternity care closer to home, particularly for women in rural andContinue Reading
Australia’s state health ministers have united to call on the federal government for urgent changes to Medicare for women suffering from endometriosis. Off the back of news.com.au’s ‘About Bloody Time’ campaign launch on Friday, every state and territory in the country has supported calls for longer, Medicare-funded consultations for theContinue Reading
Gym goers have been divided by the rising number of people wearing sandals or slides to work out as part of a “gross” new trend. TikTok — or “GymTok”, meaning the gym-obsessed users of the app — has been flooded in recent weeks by fitness influencers who claim to haveContinue Reading
An Indigenous health leader and self-dubbed “accidental CEO” Janine Mohamed has been named the Australian of the Year for Victoria. The 49-year-old Narungga Kaurna woman was announced as the recipient of the prestigious accolade at a ceremony held at the National Gallery of Victoria on Tuesday night. The other recipientsContinue Reading
Aussie households can save about $450 per year on their energy bills by switching from gas to electricity, a new study has found. Gas prices are climbing at almost double the rate of electricity, making the staple increasingly difficult to afford, according to Monash University. Low-income households, in particular, areContinue Reading
Women across two major states will soon have better access to the oral contraceptive pill after pharmacists were given greater responsibilities. Both NSW and Queensland have each expanded trials enabling pharmacies to prescribe different medicines and general health information, in a bid to reduce the pressure off GPs. More thanContinue Reading