A Queensland man has been awarded more than $2 million in compensation after a hospital’s botched treatment left him with severe brain damage and shortened life expectancy. The man, who worked as an artist at major advertising firms in New York for much of his life before moving to AustraliaContinue Reading
A mum who failed to get medical help for her severely injured baby boy won’t spend any time in jail but will serve out her sentence on home detention. The shocking instance of criminal neglect started when Rebecca Lea Denton came home from coffee with a friend on April 21,Continue Reading
A spike in gastro cases has lead Queensland health authorities to urge people to stay away from public pools and water parks. More than 823 cases of cryptosporidiosis – a gastrointestinal disease that commonly causes diarrhoea in young children – have been reported in Queensland since the start of 2024.Continue Reading
Energy bill relief, better fuel price reporting and home loan reforms should be considered as part of Labor’s next cost-of-living package, David Koch says. A major remodel of the stage 3 tax cuts will be unveiled by Anthony Albanese when he addresses the National Press Club on Thursday. The changes,Continue Reading
Australia’s cosmetic injectables industry has reacted with fury to tough new restrictions on how they describe their services, including a ban on terms like ‘fillers’ and ‘anti-wrinkle’. Without warning, the Therapeutic Goods Administration wrote to cosmetic injections and beauty industry bodies on January 15, advising of an immediate overhaul ofContinue Reading
Queensland’s health authorities have admitted to “significant failings” which led to the “preventable” death of a man with an intellectual disability at a hospital on the Gold Coast. Stewart Kelly, 45, died at Robina Hospital in August 2022 after being admitted 33 days earlier for an unknown medical condition. MrContinue Reading
The death of a newborn baby girl has left parents heartbroken, as they allege hospital missteps and malfunctioning equipment are to blame. Meg Flaskett and James Flaskett, from Griffin, welcomed Thea Ann Flaskett into the world just after midnight on September 11. She died just four hours later. Ms Flaskett,Continue Reading
When it comes to sex, everyone has an expectation about how it should go and what it should like. Now, a report from men’s health service Pilot reveals just exactly how these ideas – which typically stem from pornography – can impact sexual performance and mental health. One of theContinue Reading
Today, millions of Optus customers woke up to find that their Optus services weren’t working. Businesses couldn’t process payments, trains in Melbourne had service disruptions, ambulances in Victoria couldn’t call people back if they needed more information. All major hospitals in Victoria were affected by the outage, as were hospitalsContinue Reading
A public health warning has been issued after authorities confirmed a case of hepatitis A had been detected in a regional Queensland city. Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service (SCHHS) Public Health Unit confirmed on Monday they were managing a case of the viral infection in a person living inContinue Reading