Address vaccination concerns to keep immunisation rates up
Doctors and the medical community need to take vaccination hesitancy seriously, or risk seeing immunisation rates fall, researchers have found.
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Amy Remeikis
Amy Remeikis is the social affairs and communications reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based in Parliament House
'Not reasonable or fair' Ombudsman slams Centrelink's robo-debt scheme
Centrelink's demands on former welfare recipients targeted by its "robo-debt" program were neither "reasonable" nor 'fair", the Commonwealth Ombudsman has found.
'They say it's rare, but the mortality numbers aren't rare'
When Ann Maree Mulders woke up still feeling unwell, she didn't know 11 centimetres was about to change her life.
How DFAT tackled its male culture, room by room
When naming the rooms in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade building, its chiefs had a great idea - honour the many distinguished diplomats and public servants who had dedicated their lives to bettering Australia.Â
Border Force spends $18,000 on water bottles, pens for 'branding'
Branding, it seems, is important - even when it comes to "on-water matters".
Biggest maritime operation since WWII to deter US resettle option
Australia has deployed its largest maritime surveillance operation since World War II, as the Turnbull Government seeks to deter people smugglers from taking advantage of its "one-off" refugee resettlement deal with the United States.
Jo-Ann Miller keeps heat on Palaszczuk government
Innovation minister forced to defend job spending.
Qld must commit to anti-HIV trials: AIDS Council
Queensland needs to join trials to help stop new HIV transmissions in the next four years, the state's AIDS Council has urged, with New South Wales and Victoria both embarking on PrEP trials.
Qld prepares for Zika virus risk
Queensland's health authorities are undertaking research to determine if any other species of mosquito can spread the devastating Zika virus, as the state prepares for its potential spread onto its tropical shores.
Rolling with hay and hope up the highway
"We have hay, we have a truck," a fourth-generation farmer thought. Years later, he has plenty more, as part of a massive convoy helping Qld's drought-hit farmers.
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