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Clearing the elective surgery backlog will take more than one budget. It'll need major reform
Henry Cutler
Public hospitals have not kept pace with our increasing health-care needs. Picture Shutterstock
Cyber breach impacts family violence, sex assault data
Rachael Ward
A data breach involved information from the family violence unit at Monash Medical Centre. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)
Sleep could hold secret to recovery from serious injury
Deborah Cornwall
Poor sleep affects up to 90 per cent of people who suffer from chronic pain. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)
Kids Health Crisis
'Slow the floodgates': OT waitlist so long they've had to stop accepting new clients
Their service is offered in Orange, Dubbo, Bathurst and Cowra.
Riley Krause
Rachel Dewhurst and Eden Bradford from Canobolas Kids Health have opened up about the paediatric health crisis. Picture by Carla Freedman
Opinion
We used to learn about sex on the job, so to speak. Now things are quite different
Jenna Price
Australian research tells us nearly 100 per cent of boys see porn before the age of 24. Picture Shutterstock
Protesting COVID-19 virologist to return to lab
A Chinese virologist who published the COVID-19 sequence is to be allowed back into his lab. (AP PHOTO)
Fake patients in waiting room, ambulance for ruse
Rachael Ward and Callum Godde
An ambulance arrived at the clinic with a fake patient during the minister's visit. (Luis Ascui/AAP PHOTOS)
Opinion
How to navigate aged care and make the right decisions
Rachel Lane
The means testing arrangements are different for residential aged care and home care packages. Picture Shutterstock
Mother's dying wish inspires woman's award-winning work
Stephanie Gardiner
Jodi Hamilton outside the old Coen hospital where she is establishing a palliative care centre. (HANDOUT/ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE)
'Save a budgie, have a flu vaccine': How Australia is prepared for bird flu
Emily Anderson
Australia is the only continent free from the HPAI H5 strain of avian influenza. Picture by AP

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LATEST NEWS
Bodies found amid Mexico search for Australian brothers
Savannah Meacham and Jacob Shteyman • 25m ago
Perth siblings Jake and Callum Robinson, both in their 30s, went missing in Mexico. (HANDOUT/SUPPLIED)
Queensland MP allegedly drugged, sexually assaulted
Savannah Meacham • 30m ago
Queensland Labor MP Brittany Lauga says she was drugged and sexually assaulted on a night out. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)
Far north search for missing man called off
Savannah Meacham • 1hr ago
Zane Stevens has not been seen since abandoning a bogged vehicle in WA's north a week ago. (Supplied/AAP PHOTOS)

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