AAP - 11-07-2016

Two medical experts say more research needs to be done on the treatments GPs give patients. Australian GPs are at risk of treating patients with

AAP - 07-07-2016

The Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne will get a new ward within its emergency department to help deal with a spike in children being taken there.

AAP - 29-06-2016

A leading medial ethics journal says Australia's approach to immigration and asylum seekers is a lesson on what not to do. Medical ethicists

AAP - 22-06-2016

A controversial 20 per cent sugary drink tax has been proposed by the Greens, drawing support from doctors but has been rejected by the government.

AAP - 22-06-2016

Doctors and the Greens have called out Labor on its Medicare scare campaign as the opposition continues its attack on the government. Labor has

AAP - 21-06-2016

A $1.6 billion funding boost has been promised for NSW hospital upgrades in the budget but some hospitals will miss out. A record $22 billion

AAP - 17-06-2016

There is a call for low-level drugs offences such as possession to be decriminalised, as the current law tends to marginalise a sector that needs help.

AAP - 16-06-2016

The NSW government has allocated almost $100 million in next week's budget to kick-start the refurbishment of Sydney's Westmead Hospital.

AAP - 09-06-2016

The NT government is moving to circumvent a Darwin Council smoking ban, which it believes will hurt small businesses and kick them "when they're down".

AAP - 30-05-2016

New AMA president Michael Gannon says the Turnbull government's freeze on the Medicare rebate to GPs is unfair and they are "at breaking point".