Adam Gartrell is the health and industrial relations correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based in Parliament House
The Medicare rebate freeze will remain in place for tens of millions of GP services – including mental health plans and chronic disease management – for another three years under little-known details of the Turnbull government's budget.
Labor leader says the Coalition's thaw in the Medicare rebate freeze is "cash for no comment".
Sean Black, a media and policy adviser to Malcolm Roberts, was taken into custody.
Phoenix activity costs the economy billions of dollars a year, but little is done to stop it.
For Andrew Forrest and his wife, Nicola, the fight against cancer is personal.
Anyone who arrived in Australia irregularly by boat has been given a deadline of October 1 to apply for refugee status or face deportation.
A new poll ReachTEL poll has found just 6.8 per cent of people support the idea of using public money to support coal mine projects such as the Indian mining conglomerate's controversial Carmichael proposal.
Senior Turnbull government minister Christopher Pyne has accused Catholic schools of mounting a "dishonest" campaign against the Coalition over school funding but predicts it won't gather much public support.
Crossbench kingmaker Nick Xenophon has called on the Turnbull government to abandon any plans to force dumped senators Bob Day and Rod Culleton to repay their taxpayer-funded salaries and allowances.
AMA has declared same-sex marriage a public health issue and called on politicians to act.
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