It’s a truth universally acknowledged that everyone hates bankers. And in the aftermath of the GFC, everyone really, really hated bankers. The stereotype of the sneering, elitist fat-cat looking down from their glass-walled offices high atop from street level, playing with everyone’s money while withholding it from those who actuallyContinue Reading
Bindi Irwin has opened up about the “insurmountable” pain she endured “every single day” for the last decade in an emotional new video about her experience with endometriosis. The much-loved Australian conservationist went public in March with the private health battle – one that was so debilitating before she underwentContinue Reading
Australia’s general practitioner shortage will worsen in coming years, with the federal health minister issuing a “frightening” warning. Health Minister Mark Butler and the former president of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) Mukesh Haikerwal faced questions about the scarcity of doctors across the nation while on ABC TV’s QandA. TheContinue Reading
A huge ship has toppled over in Scotland, leaving 33 people injured and sparking a major emergency incident. Police, paramedics and firefighters converged on the Imperial Dock, Edinburgh, at around 8.35am on Wednesday after a ship became dislodged from its holding. The research vessel appears to have tilted at aContinue Reading
A Sydney family that has lived in Australia for 20 years is set to be deported in just weeks because, they believe, the government sees their disabled daughter as a “burden”. Vanni and Elisa Donagemma and daughter Bendetta, who is 18, are Italian citizens and are set to be forcedContinue Reading
Pharmacy prescribing could be expanded across the country after trials in NSW, Victoria and Queensland that are designed to ease pressure on GP visits and ultimately emergency presentations by patients who can’t find a GP. It would mean in some cases you could pay $20 to $30 for a scriptContinue Reading
Amid dwindling rates of bulk billing and a Medicare rebate left largely unchanged for a decade, the government has not committed to any immediate changes to make a doctors visit cheaper. It has prompted a backlash from the country’s peak medical body, which said the report failed to address theContinue Reading
The biggest shake-up of Medicare in decades is set to deliver after-hours GP clinics to take the pressure off emergency departments and teams of doctors, nurses and physiotherapists offering longer consults. Declaring the health system is in “the worst shape it has been in 40 years”, the Albanese Government hasContinue Reading
A new report has exposed Australia’s Medicare crisis after finding only 42.7 per cent of general practices offer bulk billing services with no additional fees. Over 50 per cent of general practices across the country are charging patients out-of-pocket fees, with Aussies paying a minimum of $40 per visit, accordingContinue Reading
NSW residents could get access to more bulk billing GPs after Dominic Perrottet announced he will be joining forces with the Victorian Premier to overhaul the Medicare system. The proposed reform would provide greater access to bulk-billing GPs and urgent care services, which would in turn take the pressure offContinue Reading