Dr Michael Gannon named new Australian Medical Association president

Jane Lee The Australian Medical Association's new president, who counts Coalition MPs among his friends, has vowed to work "constructively" with whichever party wins the next federal election.

Health consumer groups warn Telstra could profit from cancer register

Jane Lee Health consumer groups have questioned whether Telstra will be able to profit from national cancer screening data.

Election 2016: Greens call for greater access to HIV prevention drug PrEP

Jane Lee The Greens are calling for Australia to import and subsidise an HIV-prevention drug even if it is not approved for government-subsidies under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

Federal election 2016: The blunt suicide question that caught the Prime Minister by surprise

Jane Lee Press conference in Victorian battleground seat forces Turnbull to confront a "national priority".

Election 2016: Health Minister Sussan Ley 'not allowed' to lift Medicare freeze

Jane Lee Health Minister Sussan Ley says she wanted to lift the freeze on Medicare rebates but was prevented from doing so.

Advocates call for end to aged care 'lottery': 'I want him to enjoy the time he's got left'

Jane Lee Dominica Vevile was told shortly before Christmas last year that her father, Giovanni, 78, may only have months to live. 

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Election 2016: Shorten defends $1 billion medicines promise against government's 'Labor spendometer' gibes

Heath Aston, Jane Lee Bill Shorten has defended Labor's $1 billion promise on prescription medicines against Coalition taunts that he is putting more policies on the unfunded "spendometer".

Election 2016: Bill Shorten parks his bus in Malcolm Turnbull's Wentworth heartland

Jane Lee Bill Shorten is beginning the third week of the election campaign in Sydney, and what better place to start than behind enemy lines?

AFP raid ALP offices in Melbourne over NBN 'leaks'

Jane Lee The Australian Federal Police have raided Labor Party offices in Melbourne over the alleged leak of documents from the National Broadband Network.

Federal Election 2016: Labor's campaign bus hits bump in the road in week two

Jane Lee Labor's campaign bus has hit a bump in the road, blocking traffic on the way.

Ten thousand people 'face court alone' each year - Law Council

Jane Lee About 10,000 Australians a year are being forced to represent themselves in court, as it becomes increasingly difficult to obtain free legal help, lawyers say.

Australian Medical Association joins campaign against Medicare rebate freeze

Jane Lee Tens of thousands of specialist doctors are joining GPs' war against the Turnbull government's extended freeze on Medicare rebates, increasing pressure on the Coalition's health record ahead of the...

High Court dismisses Senator Bob Day's challenge to senate voting reforms

Jane Lee Family First Senator Bob Day has lost his High Court challenge against senate voting reforms, removing the last stumbling block to the federal election.

Anthony Murphy loses High Court bid to challenge electoral roll suspension

Jane Lee Melbourne man Anthony Murphy has lost a High Court bid to give people more time to enrol to vote before the next federal election.

Family violence legal aid boost of $30 million won't solve crisis: Lawyers

Jane Lee Government boosts frontline legal services for violence victims amid widespread cuts to legal aid.

Election 2016: AMA concedes restoring $57 billion to hospitals 'difficult'

Jane Lee The peak doctors' lobby has conceded it will be "difficult" to restore Labor's $57 billion funding agreement to public hospitals, handing the Opposition a lifeline during the...

Labor's Fremantle candidate Chris Brown to be dumped in first week of campaign

Jane Lee Labor is planning to drop one of its candidates after decades-old crimes were revealed.

High Court challenge aimed at getting more voters to the polling booth

Jane Lee The High Court will decide whether thousands more people can vote at the federal election.

Redress scheme for child sexual abuse should be 'above party politics': survivors

Jane Lee Research reveals that Royal Commission's preferred redress scheme model would cost federal government about $250 million over four years.