AAP - 23-05-2016

Labor health spokeswoman Catherine King says making cuts to the health budget is a false economy. Federal Labor won't make any major funding

AAP - 17-05-2016

The NT government insists the Palmerston hospital has not blown its $150m budget despite the revelation the NT will have to put in more than $60m more.

Karen Keast - 12-05-2016

Nurses have sent a warning to political parties on International Nurses Day, in the lead up to the federal election. With this year’s theme ‘Nurses:

Karen Keast - 04-05-2016

The Federal Government’s fiscally conservative 2016-17 Federal Budget has received a cautious thumbs up from some organisations and peak bodies in the health sector

AAP - 30-03-2016

A federal government proposal to hand more money to the states to fund hospitals has nothing to do with the upcoming election, the health minister says.

AAP - 29-03-2016

The prime minister says he will propose changes to hospital funding when he meets state and territory leaders this week. Prime Minister Malcolm

AAP - 15-03-2016

Significant reform is needed to help Tasmania's ailing preventative health systems, with a parliamentary inquiry making several recommendations.

AAP - 08-03-2016

A spat between Victoria and the federal government over health funding continues with the state accused of sneaky accounting. Victoria has been

AAP - 22-02-2016

The Turnbull government has been urged to make more spending cuts to pathology in a report accusing the industry of using patients as pawns for profits.

AAP - 10-02-2016

A new national survey of Australian healthcare directors, managers and professionals suggests that agency and locum staff expenses are the highest drivers of unplanned costs