Sex abuse claims: disability group defends its standards at royal commission
A large disability group has passed external audits with "flying colours", inquiry told.
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SMH grows its lead as Fairfax dominates readership figures
The Sydney Morning Herald has significantly increased its lead as the country's best-read news outlet as Fairfax Media registered readership growth across its titles, according to new industry bench-mark figures.
Oral sex act blamed 'on TV'
A disability group refused to accept a 10-year-old girl had been abused in their care.
TWU official returns to work claiming denial of natural justice
NSW Transport Workers Union boss Michael Aird returned to work on Thursday after stepping aside in late April in response to allegations against him which he claims were politically motivated.
She woke in a pool of blood: hospital misdiagnosed baby who swallowed button battery, coroner hears
What we would give to have another chance to hear your voice, to feel your kiss and to see you grow," wrote the Rees family in Isabella's tribute.
Jetstar flight grounded: Hundreds of passengers stranded
Hundreds of Jetstar passengers are stranded in both Melbourne and Bangkok after a plane was grounded for engineering checks.
Canberra academic appointed Heart Foundation chief
Deadly cardiovascular disease continues to remain below the radar and hidden, despite heart disease killing more Australians than anything else.
Surgeons fees for prostate surgeries vary by thousands of dollars
Adding to growing speculation that some urology patients are being fleeced, Medibank Private has revealed huge variations in the surgeon's fees its patients are charged for common prostate surgeries.
Fears for embryos exposed to food container chemical
A controversial chemical commonly found in food containers has again been linked to poor health outcomes - this time in a study of embryos.
The business that 'struck gold'
A federal court judge has criticised the failings of the Commonwealth's funding of private vocational education for allowing hundreds of millions of dollars to flow out of public coffers with little oversight.
Corruption watchdog lays fraud charges over $630m hospital project
Victorian corruption investigators have laid more than two dozen fraud charges against the former construction manager of the $630 million Bendigo Hospital project
Patients' lives put at risk by glitches in NSW Ambulance GPS: union
Paramedics are being wrongly dispatched to triple-zero calls from up to 50 kilometres away by a failing tracking system that routinely loses ambulances on NSW roads.
Rupert Murdoch proxy war
Rupert Murdoch has spent a lifetime cultivating the version of history that credits his father Keith with heroically ending the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign. In this edited extract from his new book, Mark Baker, reveals that the Murdoch legend owes more to fiction than fact.
HIV cure? Brisbane researcher may have found 'holy grail'
A functional cure for HIV may have been found in a Queensland laboratory.
Overnight incidents prove need for 24-hour nurses, say relatives
Jacqueline Oliver was drenched and freezing when she was found stuck in a fence outside her aged-care home.
Signs of dementia 'can start at age of three'
The Alzheimer's gene, which seriously raises the risk of developing dementia, is already affecting carriers by the age of three, shrinking their brains and lowering cognition, a study suggests.
Australia's real ghostbusters
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Sydney's new ambulance response network locations revealed
Patients will wait longer for an ambulance to reach them in suburbs furthest away from a superstation, the HSU warns.
Obese men three times more likely than women to die before 70: Study
An analysis of 3.9 million healthy non-smokers has found the excess risk of dying prematurely doubles for the overweight and moderately obese.
Alleged terror associates sacked from air freight depot
Three men whose passports were confiscated after ASIO warned they posed a potential national security threat secured jobs at an air freight depot next to Melbourne Airport.
NSW chiropractor apologises for 'malicious' Facebook outburst
Central coast chiropractor Chris Nelson has apologised to former senator Nova Peris for an "inexcusable" outburst of "malicious foul language" which he directed at her on Facebook.
College owner transferred $22m in one day, court told
The owner of a private college transferred $22 million into his family's account in one day, a court has heard.
Disability group wanted sex abuse claim 'kept quiet'
A disability support group was fearful of losing funding, an inquiry has heard.
Back-office jobs, TAFE campuses to go in major restructure
"Once-in-a-generation reform" of troubled vocational education sector announced.
Abuser of three kids should have been questioned
An alleged paedophile left Australia without being questioned by police, a royal commission has heard
How this mum was made to feel like a failure
A childbirth course that dramatically reduced the rate of medical interventions has raised serious questions.
The 'unhealthy' influence on kids sport
Kids think food and drink companies that sponsor their club are 'cool', says researcher.
Australia's chief medical officer Prof Chris Baggoley retires
Australia's chief medical officer Professor Chris Baggoley has announced his retirement after more than five years in the role.
A medical mystery of the best kind
The leading killers - cancer, heart disease and stroke - are coming later in life in wealthy countries as people in general live longer in good health.