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What: Health Services Union will launch a new national survey of disability workers ahead of a workforce crisis meeting with MPs and senators
Who: HSU National Secretary Lloyd Williams, disability workers
When: 11.30am, Tuesday, August 26
Where: Mural Hall, Parliament House, Canberra
Contact: Matt Coughlan 0400 561 480
The Commonwealth should increase its funding of public hospitals to a 50-50 share with the states and territories, Catholic Health Australia said today as health ministers meet in Brisbane. Analysis of AIHW data by Catholic Health Australia finds public hospitals are under severe pressure, leading to sliding performance in recent years. Only 67% of patients were seen on time in 2025, down from 71% in 2021. Only 53% of ED visits were completed within four hours in 2025, down from 67% in 2021. In some states, patients wait more than a year after the clinically recommended deadline for their surgery.…
Australia’s foremost hepatitis researchers and clinicians have released a joint expert statement confirming that Australia’s recommendation remains unchanged: all medically stable newborns who meet the weight threshold should receive their first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth. The statement follows international attention after a U.S. advisory panel recommended reversing its long-standing advice that infants receive the hepatitis B vaccine at birth. Hepatitis Australia CEO Lucy Clynes said parents and healthcare professionals should remain confident in Australia’s long-standing, evidence-based approach. “Australia’s advice has not changed. The hepatitis B birth-dose vaccination is safe, effective and one of…
A former contractor to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, with immediate release on a recognisance release order conditioned that she be of good behaviour for three years, for defrauding the ATO of more than $105,000 through Operation Protego. The fraudulently obtained funds have since been repaid. Eva Dierens was based in Maroochydore and worked for the ATO between 2019 and 2021, assisting taxpayers with income tax, business tax, and debt-related matters. Her fraudulent activity occurred after her engagement with the ATO had ended and did not involve ATO systems, nor were any systems compromised.…
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