DHS uses personal details to recruit patients into medical study

2 Aug 2019 | A recent breach of patient confidentiality by the Department of Human Services has raised legal ...  

The underground railroad for abortion

30 Jul 2019 | In the wake of restrictive U.S. abortion laws, a new Facebook group allows women to access pills ...  

The four doctors who voted against Medevac

30 Jul 2019 | Four medical professionals and Coalition MPs were among those who voted to repeal the Medevac Bill ...  

Wren's Week: Out with Medicare and in with nuclear power

27 Jul 2019 | A call has been made to scrap Medicare while the LNP wants to usher in the age of nuclear energy ...  

MUNGO MACCALLUM: The Coalition's real-life 'Mediscare' on Medicare

23 Jul 2019 | The private health insurance funds have effectively been on notice for 50 years — since the ...  

Science Watch: Get a go-have a go disease can be terminal

16 Jul 2019 | Two new and virulent diseases within the cluster of delusional disorders are attacking susceptible ...  

Stuart Robert to appeal NDIS funding for MS sufferer

16 Jul 2019 | Stuart Robert's move to appeal an MS sufferer's NDIS funding reflects his own personal prejudice ...  

Dutton's Australia: Refusing medical care to a two-year-old

8 Jul 2019 | A two-year-old in immigration detention has been denied hospital care as the 17-month battle to ...  

Support, not research: How to lower Australia's high suicide rate

7 Jul 2019 | Governments of all stripes must better fund frontline suicide prevention services to save lives ...  

EPA urged to put public health over Monsanto profits

30 Jun 2019 | American-based advocacy groups are encouraging the EPA to ban cancer-linked glyphosate, writes ...  

The great Australian methamphetamine flood

29 Jun 2019 | Statistics show that Australia is losing its war on methamphetamines, so perhaps it's time to ...  

Fukushima, the 'nuclear renaissance' and the Morrison Government

25 Jun 2019 | Despite the death of the “nuclear renaissance” following Fukushima, the nuclear corporations ...  

A desperate plea to save the life of Kayban Jamshaad

20 Jun 2019 | The Australian immigration department has denied a visa to an infant in desperate need of medical ...  

What can we do about youth suicide?

20 Jun 2019 | Despite the Liberal Government promising to do more to prevent youth suicide, statistics show the ...  

Health and 5G technology

17 Jun 2019 | Independent research is needed on possible health risks caused by 5G technology, writes Paul ...  

The cost of the Adani mine on the planet's health and our own

15 Jun 2019 | Continuing the use of coal as an energy source will not only further cripple the environment but ...  

A plea born of heartbreak: The case for abortion

9 Jun 2019 | Abortions are a necessary medical procedure for women — as Kadijah Runge's story tells us ...