The baton passes to Victoria to be the only state to allow elective euthanasia.
Former army gunner Kiel Goodman was close to killing himself two years ago.
More than 15 years of Middle East conflicts will lead to a flood of PTSD cases, a Senate inquiry hears.
A $2.1bn contract to build the new Royal Adelaide Hospital could be terminated because of incomplete work.
After nine years, publicans want to relax beer ban in Fitzroy Crossing.
The Medicare freeze has not stopped Australians seeing their GPs, according to the latest official survey.
The Liberal Party has called for “urgent and compelling improvements” to the way election material is authorised.
Goldie Hawn created the MindUP program because ‘our children were suffering and the world was upside-down’.
Unprecedented scrutiny will be applied to providers of home-visit doctor services.
Jeff Kennett has urged former Australian Defence Force personnel to “mobilise” against the stigma of mental illness.
Thousands of people with profound disabilities who should have gained access to the $22bn NDIS have been “lost”.
US president-elect Donald Trump has vowed a “spectacular” start to his presidency in two months’ time.
Health Minister Sussan Ley has warned of the ‘real threat’ of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Health Minister Sussan Ley will not put a timeframe on reforms to rental arrangements for pathology collection centres.
Neurosurgeons want the federal government to fund a drug that has the potential to prolong the life of brain cancer patients.
A report could reignite a battle for control of the NDIS between federal and state governments.
Health insurers amassed an overall surplus of more than $1bn last year despite slugging members with higher premiums.
A rollout of electronic patient records has suffered another blow, with a crash preventing access at several hospitals.
Potentially deadly chemicals found in firefighting foam have been detected near 12 Australian Defence Force sites.
A random sample of 1800 cancer patients will be tested instead of a promised statewide treatment review.
Malcolm Turnbull says Bill Shorten’s protectionist trade policies would send Australia back to the 1930s.
Malcolm Turnbull has warned of a new wave of protectionism as governments respond to communities in revolt.
Malcolm Turnbull’s plan to engage the US president-elect is shared by many leaders around the world.
The Left doesn’t get Donald Trump’s victory over political correctness.
Sneerers are disgusted with democracy for giving people a voice.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne has doubled its compensation cap for victims of clergy sex abuse.
Ex-Newcastle Anglican dean Graeme Lawrence denies being asked by his then archbishop on reports he abused children.
The president-elect’s ‘forgotten people’ formula is being cynically exploited here.
An SAS trooper who attempted suicide was intimidated in his hospital bed and later sent to “dust ornaments”.
Disgraced former union boss Derrick Belan has been released on bail after being charged with fraud.
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