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- Medical Health Aged Care
- 04/06/2026
- 08:05
Rural town’s loss of only GP within 100km is a symptom of broader funding issues: RACGP
The impending closure of Kalbarri’s only general practice will leave 1500 residents without a local GP, exposing the ongoing gap between Medicare funding and the cost of delivering care, the Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) has said. Kalbarri Doctors Surgeryannounced yesterday it would close in June, with the owner saying thepracticewas no longer financiallyviableafterswitchingto a fully bulk-billed model.Kalbarri qualifies for the second-highest level ofincreased Medicare funding due to remoteness. This follows newsMedicare funding would be indexed at only 2.6%, despiteConsumer Price Index inflation of 4.2%in the past year. RACGP WA Chair andVice President Dr Ramya Raman saidthe closurereflects a…
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- Federal Budget, Medical Health Aged Care
- 04/06/2026
- 07:30
Government appears to be flying blind on health insurance rebate cuts for older Australians
Serious gaps in the Government’s understanding of who will be affected by its plan to cut the higher health insurance rebate for older Australians have been exposed at Budget Estimates this week. Under questioning about the proposed health insurance rebate cut for Australians aged 65 and older, Department of Health, Disability and Ageing officials confirmed around 3.1 million people would be affected from April 1 next year, including 2.8 million people in the lowest income tier. But the Department was unable to say how many of those affected were pensioners, how many earned less than $55,000 a year, and how…
- Community, Government NSW
- 04/06/2026
- 07:07
Uniting welcomes changes to NSW’s unfair drug driving laws – now for further positive drug law reform
Media Release 4th June 2026 Uniting welcomes changes to NSW’s unfair drug driving laws – now for further positive drug law reform Uniting has welcomed today’s announcement by the NSW Government of proposed changes to laws relating to medicinal cannabis use and driving in the state. Alexandra Hogan, Uniting NSW.ACT’s Social Justice Lead said: “We need a health and well-being response to drug use, and that includes people who drive, and use prescribed medicinal cannabis. “Today’s announcement is recognition that NSW Road and Transport Act needs to be amended to be in step with the current legal status of medicinal…
- Medical Health Aged Care
- 04/06/2026
- 06:51
The Babyface Study: the impact of only seeing masked faces during COVID on facial perception in NICU babies
While newborns are known to show a preference for faces, it is thought that continued exposure to faces, particularly those of parents, after birth are critical for developing the brain networks that will help the child navigate social situations later in life. During the COVID-19 pandemic, mandatory mask-wearing in most neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) brought an additional challenge on face exposure and perception in NICU patients, who are often premature. The Babyface Study aimed to assess the impact of face masks on face perception in these vulnerable babies. Led by Dr Flora Wong, from Monash University and Monash Health,…
- Biotechnology
- 04/06/2026
- 06:17
Iovance’s Amtagvi® (lifileucel) Granted Approval for the Treatment of Advanced Melanoma in Australia
First T cell therapy for a solid tumor cancer and first treatment option approved in Australia for advanced melanoma after anti-PD-1 and targeted therapy SAN CARLOS, Calif., June 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: IOVA), a commercial biotechnology company focused on innovating, developing, and delivering novel polyclonal tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapies for patients with cancer, today announced that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) of Australia granted approval with conditions of Amtagvi® (lifileucel), a tumor-derived autologous T cell immunotherapy, for previously treated advanced (metastatic or unresectable) melanoma. Amtagvi is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with…
- Government NSW, Women
- 04/06/2026
- 06:15
Release – Supreme Court Justice to keynote KWOOP’s 10th Annual Parliamentary Breakfast
RELEASE Aboriginal women are now imprisoned at 22 times the rate of non-Indigenous women — the highest on record. More than 60 per cent of women in NSW prisons are held on remand — awaiting trial — with 52 per cent ultimately not receiving a custodial sentence. Most are charged with minor offences. Most are mothers. Most could be safely diverted from prison. It costs $180,000 per woman per year in prison, plus $110,000 per child per year in out-of-home care. Justice DinaYehia of the Supreme Court of New South Wales will deliver the keynote address at the 10th Annual…
- Engineering, Science
- 04/06/2026
- 06:00
‘Don’t scare the cat!’ Engineers find smarter way to measure quantum systems
Key Facts: A team of UNSW researchers has developed a new way to check for errors in quantum computers without significantly disrupting the fragile quantum information they rely on.UNSW Sydney engineers have riffed on the famous Schrödinger’s cat analogy to demonstrate a more efficient way to eliminate errors in quantum computing. “Imagine you’re trying to find your cat hiding in one of eight identical cardboard boxes, in a dark and noisy room,” says UNSW Scientia Professor Andrea Morello. “You are not allowed to enter the room – opening the door may kill the cat. What is the optimal strategy to…
- Agriculture Farming Rural, Environment
- 04/06/2026
- 05:00
Hail conditions on the move as winter crops face rising risk
Key Facts: New research led by UNSW suggests as the climate warms, the conditions that produce hailstorms are drifting towards the poles – leaving…
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- Technology Innovation
- 04/06/2026
- 02:18
C.H. Robinson Launches World’s First AI Technology That Continually Assesses, Improves and Operates Global Supply Chains
The newest innovation for Managed Solutions, the Lean AI Engineer, is the brain of the system EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.–BUSINESS WIRE– As the global leader…
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