Shorten vows to stop ‘price gouging’ as providers charge more for NDIS-funded clients

Shorten vows to stop ‘price gouging’ as providers charge more for NDIS-funded clients

Allied healthcare providers charge NDIS clients anything from 30 per cent more,to double their usual fee,but therapists argue the NDIS should lift their payments.

  • byDana Daniel

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NSW minister backs pharmacist prescribing as patients struggle to get GP appointments
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NSW minister backs pharmacist prescribing as patients struggle to get GP appointments

Patients may soon be able to get antibiotics for urinary tract infections without the need for a GP visit,as part of wider reforms being considered by the NSW government.

  • byDana Daniel
Push for aged care funding to cover ‘social,emotional care’

Push for aged care funding to cover ‘social,emotional care’

The Health Services Union is calling on the Albanese government to ensure that aged care residents’ “social and emotional” needs are met as a new funding model kicks off with dollars tied to time spent on clinical care.

  • byDana Daniel
Oil and gas companies must pay fair share of windfall profits:Rod Sims

Oil and gas companies must pay fair share of windfall profits:Rod Sims

The former competition tsar says multinational oil and gas companies must share massive windfall profits driven by the Ukraine war as the Albanese government prepares the ground for tax reforms.

  • byDana Daniel
National anti-corruption commission will be able to intercept WhatsApp messages:A-G

National anti-corruption commission will be able to intercept WhatsApp messages:A-G

The government’s national anti-corruption commission will be able to intercept messages sent on encrypted apps like WhatsApp and Signal,Mark Dreyfus has confirmed.

  • byDana Daniel
As it happened:National cabinet meets to debate end of mandatory COVID-19 isolation

As it happened:National cabinet meets to debate end of mandatory COVID-19 isolation

The NSW premier will today argue that Australia needs to shift away from health orders and towards personal responsibility,companies face data culls following the Optus hack and the Queen’s cause of death has been revealed.

  • byBroede Carmody,Dana Daniel andNigel Gladstone
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National cabinet scraps mandatory COVID-19 isolation

National cabinet scraps mandatory COVID-19 isolation

From October 14,the general public will no longer be subject to pandemic restrictions for the first time since March 2020. But the chief medical officer has warned it is subject to change if a dangerous new variant emerges.

  • byDana Daniel andAisha Dow
21,unmarried and pregnant with twins,Kearney faced ‘momentous’ decisions

21,unmarried and pregnant with twins,Kearney faced ‘momentous’ decisions

Vowing to improve abortion access,Assistant Health Minister Ged Kearney says she was lucky - she had a job,a home and someone to help look after the babies - but “this is not the story for so many others”.

  • byDana Daniel
Australia facing mRNA vaccine shortfall in global race for latest jabs

Australia facing mRNA vaccine shortfall in global race for latest jabs

Australia risks being at the back of the global queue for variant-specific COVID-19 vaccines,with the government yet to strike a deal with Moderna for supply next year.

  • byDana Daniel
Shorten considers adding ADHD to the national disability insurance scheme

Shorten considers adding ADHD to the national disability insurance scheme

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has opened the door to a potential expansion of the scheme to support people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

  • byDana Daniel
States demand more cash from Albanese for hospital budget blowouts

States demand more cash from Albanese for hospital budget blowouts

Spiralling inflation has ramped up public hospital costs and the states say the $28 billion allocated in the March budget for 2022-2023 is not enough.

  • byDana Daniel