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Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas hands down the 2024 Victorian budget.

Sweeping hospital mergers on table after Victoria’s bad-news budget

Victoria’s 76 health services could be slashed to 12 in an efficiency-driven overhaul revealed as the government dropped a budget notable for soaring debt, higher taxes, stalled projects and abandoned promises.

  • by Aisha Dow, Annika Smethurst and Kieran Rooney
Emily West, 36, says telehealth appointments have been a ‘game changer’ for her and her son Freddie Conly, who turns five on Friday.

How Emily took advantage of one of the few ‘good things’ to come out of COVID

Chemotherapy and a transplant makes it hard for Emily West to go outside, but a post-pandemic explosion in telehealth has made it easier for her to get the care she needs.

  • by Angus Thomson
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