A Strep A infection could become dangerous.

Rising virus threat spurs winter vaccine plea for WA

More than 5000 cases of RSV have been recorded in WA so far this year.

  • Andrew Du

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Dr Jeanne-Marie Van Der Westhuizen spent more than three decades working as a medical doctor. She has seen and experienced medical misogyny as a clinician and a patient.

Jeanne-Marie survived ‘mother of all surgeries’,but bias nearly broke her. How to fix medical misogyny

There is consensus within the medical profession that reform is needed to tackle persistent,dangerous gender bias,but not everyone agrees on the way forward.

  • Aisha Dow andKate Aubusson
Mount Hospital in Perth’s CBD main image.

The Perth hospital takeover and the surprise shutdown that has nurses concerned

When the deal was unveiled in May this year,it was announced the hospital in Perth’s CBD would continue its operations,with existing staff to be offered jobs with its new owners.

  • Michael Philipps
Zoe paid no out-of-pocket fees to access adenoid surgery for her daughter Beatrix,7,at Adeney Private Hospital.

There are no fees at this new private hospital. Some doctors hate it

A quiet revolution is unfolding in Australian healthcare,and some doctors are not happy.

  • Henrietta Cook
University Hospital Geelong,where the elderly man died.

Elderly man dies after spending eight hours on a trolley at Geelong hospital

Between midnight and 2am,more than a dozen ambulances were ramped outside University Hospital as staff scrambled to make beds available.

  • Annika Smethurst andGrant McArthur
The Herald’s specialist reporters deliver their verdicts on the budget.

The Sydney project costs that hang over the state’s finances like a cloud

A freeze on Opal fares,shiny new hospitals but not much on housing:The Herald’s experts run their eyes over the budget and deliver their verdicts.

  • Kate Aubusson,Megan Gorrey,Christopher Harris,Matt O'Sullivan,Anthony Segaert andMatt Wade
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The winners and losers from this year’s state budget.

NSW budget winners and losers

Handouts for motorists and new schools,but little for businesses – here are the NSW budget winners and losers.

  • Jessica McSweeney
The NSW budget for 2026 has been delivered.

Mookhey’s motorway:$100 cut to rego in cost-of-living budget

NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey’s budget has a few pre-election sweeteners but is banking on much to go right before returning to surplus.

  • Michael McGowan
Health gets an extra $10.3 billion.

Bedblock-busting pilot program aims to aid hundreds of stranded aged-care patients

There’s $10.3 billion extra for the health system,but from transport to housing and schools and western Sydney,here’s where else the money is being spent.

  • Kate Aubusson,Megan Gorrey,Christopher Harris,Matt O'Sullivan,Anthony Segaert andMatt Wade
Everything we know about the 2026 NSW budget so far.

What we know about the NSW budget so far

Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says Tuesday’s budget will be one of “relief and reform” after the months-long conflict in Iran. This is what we already know.

  • Max Maddison,Michael McGowan andJessica McSweeney