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- Government Federal, Medical Health Aged Care
- 12/02/2026
- 09:29
Health funds back stronger transparency laws for specialist doctor fees
Private Healthcare Australia has welcomed the Federal Government’s legislation to upgrade the Medical Costs Finder website, saying it is a critical step toward tackling Australia’s growing specialist fee crisis. The reform will expand the information available about specialist doctors’ fees, allowing patients to compare typical costs before booking an appointment and better estimate their likely out-of-pocket expenses. The move comes after PHA last week released its report, Restoring affordable access to specialist care in Australia, backed by a nationally representative survey of more than 4,000 Australians. The report revealed an urgent affordability and access problem reshaping Australia’s health system. It…
- Business Company News, Energy
- 12/02/2026
- 09:24
Origin Delivers Solid Half-Year Result as Myuna Job Security Remains Unresolved
The joint union campaign to SaveMyuna Jobs says Origin Energy’s strong half-year financial results today sharpen questions about why the company continues to refuse a sustainable coal supply agreement that would keep 300 direct mining jobs and more than a thousand flow-on roles alive in the Lake Macquarie and Hunter region. Unions argue that Origin’s public suggestion that a break-even arrangement to preserve regional employment would materially inflate electricity bills sits uneasily alongside the company’s financial strength, steady dividends to shareholders, and its choice to extend Eraring Power Station’s operations. Mining and Energy Union Northern Mining and NSW Energy District…
- Medical Health Aged Care
- 12/02/2026
- 09:00
Monash University publishes a world first clinical practice guideline for the appropriate use of psychedelics
A new Australian Clinical Practice Guideline for the Appropriate Use of Methylenedioxymethamphetamine-assisted psychotherapy (MDMA-AP) for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been approved by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). The Guideline is the world’s first related to MDMA-AP to be developed using the gold standard Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach. In 2023, Australia became the first country to reschedule MDMA from a Prohibited Substance (Schedule 9) to a Controlled Substance (Schedule 8) for the treatment of PTSD. This has allowed authorised psychiatrists to administer MDMA for the treatment of PTSD outside of clinical trials.…
- Business Finance
- 12/02/2026
- 08:26
SMBC Group’s Yoshihiro Hyakutome Nominated to Jefferies Board of Directors As Focus Intensifies on Global Strategic Alliance
NEW YORK & TOKYO–BUSINESS WIRE– Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (“Jefferies”) and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Sumitomo Mitsui Banking…
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- Property Real Estate
- 12/02/2026
- 08:25
Why More Sydney Buyers Are Hiring Buyers Agents – And a Firm Betting Big on the Trend
Key Facts: A new buyer's agency, Marked Buyers Agency, has launched in Sydney to help homebuyers navigate the competitive property market with strategic guidance…
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- Environment
- 12/02/2026
- 08:00
New research is shaping the future of urban experimentation
Cities everywhere are running experiments to respond to climate change and sustainability challenges such as new mobility trials, energy pilots, green space projects, circular economy approaches, and more. New research from the Monash Business School has found that many of these efforts stay small, stay siloed, or fade when funding ends. Published in Nature Cities, the Monash research studied almost 2000 urban experiments and identified 10 lessons that focus on three areas: how experiments are designed and learned from; how power and decision-making shape them; and how they create lasting change. Professor Rob Raven, from the Monash Business School, is…
- National News Current Affairs, Transport Automotive
- 12/02/2026
- 07:45
Retro Rides Launches RRAuctions: Australia’s Premier Online Collector Car Auction Goes Live 15th February.
Key Facts: Retro Rides launches RRAuctions, a new online auction platform for collector and performance cars in Australia The inaugural auction will feature $10mill…
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- Art, CharitiesAidWelfare
- 12/02/2026
- 06:54
Barnardos Unbound Art Show kicks off at the Royal Botanic Garden with works from iconic and emerging artists
Barnardos Unbound Art Show kicks off at the Royal Botanic Garden with works from iconic and emerging artists Barnardos Australia is this year expanding its annual Unbound Art Show, which will return to the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney this month as a two-week long public exhibition for the first time. The exhibition will be open to the public at The Garden Gallery from February 13th to the 24th between 10am and 4pm with free entry. A ticketed opening night event will take place tonight, giving people the chance to view artworks and bid before the auction closes that evening.…
- Government Federal, Manufacturing
- 12/02/2026
- 06:45
Weld Australia Welcomes Federal Consultation on Local Wind and Transmission Tower Manufacturing
Weld Australia has welcomed the Australian Government’s decision to open national consultation on domestic manufacturing of wind and transmission towers and related infrastructure, applauding the initiative as a significant step toward strengthening sovereign industrial capacity and boosting local manufacturing jobs across clean energy supply chains. The consultation, announced on 9 February 2026 by Minister for Industry and Innovation, Senator the Hon Tim Ayres, and Minister for Climate Change and Energy, the Hon Chris Bowen, invites input from businesses across the clean energy manufacturing supply chain to inform policy development and potential future support measures. “Wind and transmission tower infrastructure is…
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