Healthcare
Increase in smoking ice drives up number seeking treatment
Researchers say an increase in Australians smoking methamphetamine is driving up treatment episode rates across the country.
- by Mary Ward
Latest
First AstraZeneca doses arrive as Australia hits 30,000 vaccinations
The arrival of 300,000 doses of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine is the next stage of vaccine availability in Australia.
- by Mary Ward and Megan Gorrey
Cheering prohibited: Parents frustrated by inconsistent COVID-19 rules in schools
The president of the P&C Federation says parents are becoming frustrated with inconsistencies in the application of all kinds COVID-19 rules between schools.
- by Jordan Baker
QUT team use Star Wars film technology to predict healthcare of the future
A short film using cutting-edge technology showcases what trauma treatment could look like in Queensland in 10 years’ time.
- by Stuart Layt
Hazzard weighs intervention in ‘disappointing’ federal vaccine rollout
The NSW Health Minister said the federal government should be given “time to improve” but made it clear NSW stood ready to assist.
- by Michael Koziol
‘Golf club decisions’: doctors break ranks over children’s heart surgery
The NSW government’s attempt to break an impasse between the two children’s hospitals has failed, after an expert panel appointed to mend the dispute was unable to reach an agreement.
- by Harriet Alexander
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
A doctor for the cameras - but nurses do heavy-lifting for vaccine rollout
When Prime Minister Scott Morrison received his COVID-19 vaccine, the cameras were eager to capture the doctor giving him the shot. Less in the public eye was the nurse who administered Australia’s very first vaccination.
- by Karen Booth
Aged-care provider to report GP, have extra safeguards after vaccine error
St Vincent’s said it has reported the GP involved to the medical regulator, stressing that the people administering the vaccine were outside staff allocated to the facility for the rollout.
- by Stuart Layt
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Please Explain podcast: What does Craig Kelly’s departure mean for the government?
On this episode of Please Explain Daily I’m joined by national affairs editor Rob Harris to discuss the implications of Craig Kelly’s resignation from the Liberal Party.
- by Tory Maguire
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Please Explain podcast: Is the COVID-19 vaccine the beginning of the end?
In this episode of Please Explain, health reporter Rachel Clun talks us through how the vaccine rollout will work, and what it could mean for restrictions.
- by Tory Maguire
A sixth of Australia’s vaccine supply at risk due to syringe shortage
Syringes designed to extract the maximum amount of doses from Australia’s shipments of coronavirus vaccines will not yet be available when the national rollout begins on Monday.
- by Mary Ward