An Australian Defence Force veteran says caps on allied health spending for veterans are a betrayal and that any politician supportive of the changes would not be welcome at Anzac Day events.
Cancer patients in Brisbane's rural outskirts have saved thousands of kilometres of travel to access oncology services.
Fri 26 Jun 2026 at 6:00am
A member of the Thriving Kids advisory panel has voiced concern about how the support program for children with autism and developmental delay is being rolled out.
Experts say Asia's decades-long experience fighting bird flu has shown there is no magic bullet and that fragmented responses to the disease will fail.
From recently single, to expats, paid and free clubs designed to help adults make friends are attracting people from all walks of life. As Australians increasingly report feeling lonely, these are the people who are branching out to change that.
South Australian Liberal senator Alex Antic has been roundly condemned over comments he made about vaccinations after avian influenza was found on Australia's southern coast.
Nurses and midwives in South Australia would receive a 16 per cent pay rise by mid-2028 under a new deal endorsed by their union and the state government.
With bird flu arriving on our shores, governments, wildlife groups and agricultural organisations are springing into action. But can vaccines limit the economic and environmental damage of the deadly influenza?
Topic:Explainer
Thu 25 Jun 2026 at 1:30pm
Most Australians remain uncertain about the cause of harmful algal blooms and are more worried about disasters such as bushfires and flooding.
Young people are turning to local community groups to get out of their comfort zones, make real connections and boost their wellbeing.
The bugs that cause Ebola, hantavirus and diphtheria are microscopic, but many of the barriers to controlling them are human-sized.
A road train fitted with a battery-powered CT scanner is travelling across the NT outback to screen remote community residents for lung cancer, in the jurisdiction with Australia's highest diagnosis and mortality rates for the disease.
The importation of nitrous oxide has exploded in the last decade. Nangs are increasingly being used by some to chase a high and causing significant damage.
Thu 25 Jun 2026 at 5:36am
France has confirmed its first case of Ebola, a doctor who had flown back from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Thu 25 Jun 2026 at 12:50am
An MND expert says the registry is a first step to help identify what causes the incurable disease and how it could be stopped.
Communities across the Murray-Darling Basin are calling for a better balance, as irrigators say water buybacks are hurting their communities.
Also known as mommymaxxing and mommaxxing — depending on which internet rabbit hole you're going down — mummymaxxing focuses on optimising motherhood and experts warn it could be harmful.
Topic:Explainer
Wed 24 Jun 2026 at 5:26pm
Two women are alleged to have had traffickable quantities of meth and cocaine in their car when they evaded police upon exiting the Spirit of Tasmania ferry in Devonport.
Wed 24 Jun 2026 at 3:04pm
There are now more than 1,000 confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and 267 people have died, local officials say.
Wed 24 Jun 2026 at 12:46pm
A majority of state and territory governments have put stricter workplace exposure limits on hold for nine hazardous chemicals.
Experts urge clinics and specialists to "carefully consider" offering IVF add-on treatments as they can be seen as "implicit endorsement of benefit" when there's little evidence most work.
A long-running campaign to secure robotic surgery in western NSW has succeeded with the NSW budget allocating almost $10 million for equipment.
Wed 24 Jun 2026 at 7:29am
Policymakers, mental health experts and those working on the front line will use the National Suicide Prevention Outcomes Map to gauge what services are working to prevent people from reaching critical crisis points.
Kids Helpline says a growing number of Australian young people are requiring immediate emergency help, with a concerning trend around crisis interventions.
A coronial inquest is investigating the death of Adelaide fashion icon Carol Foord, who used magic mushrooms as an alternative treatment prior to her death in June 2024.