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Just two of 21 mental health centres meeting key benchmarks
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1411+ words) September 12, 2026 — 5:00am Nineteen of Victoria’s 21 adult mental health and wellbeing services are failing to meet their target for admitting acutely mentally unwell Victorians to a bed within eight hours. Five years after the state government promised to fix the broken mental…...
Dead whale tested for bird flu after washing up on SA beach
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (37+ words) SMH.com.au A dead whale has been tested for bird flu after it washed up on a beach in South Australia. September 10, 2026 — 7:11pm...
‘It’s a disaster’: How boxes of forgotten referrals led to tragedy at a Victorian hospital
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (1229+ words) September 10, 2026 — 7:30pm A cancer patient has died and another is terminal after a Victorian hospital, still reliant on paper records, failed to triage 150 critical referrals left sitting in cardboard boxes for up to 16 months. Mildura Base Public Hospital has reported the…...
I spent a year convinced I was dying. Here is what my GP finally told me
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (284+ words) September 10, 2026 — 5:00am Each week, Good Weekend’s how-to column shares expert advice on how to navigate some of modern life’s big – and small – challenges. This week: how to stop worrying about your health. Last year, I had pancreatic cancer, mesothelioma, a myocardial…...
Puyallup healthcare workers are ready to strike at Good Samaritan | Opinion
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (366+ words) On Thursday, other healthcare workers at Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup and I sat down with MultiCare executives in yet another attempt to reach a new contract for nurses and essential healthcare workers. I couldn’t say which session this was,…...
SA’s first bird flu vaccination program kicks off
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (34+ words) SMH.com.au South Australia’s first bird flu vaccination program will kick off amid rising case numbers and newly confirmed infections in mammals. September 6, 2026 — 8:32pm...
Long ambulance waits in Darwin contribute to two deaths
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (51+ words) NT News Long ambulance waits in Darwin contribute to two deaths The coroner has found ambulance delays contributed to the deaths of two elderly Darwin patients and St John NT warns further delays are inevitable. All your news for a…...
Ambulance systems failure a ‘nightmare’ in Brisbane
1+ week, 2+ day ago (93+ words) September 3, 2026 — 7:00pm An ambulance systems failure is causing problems for paramedics in Brisbane. Nine Queensland reported on Thursday night the fault was caused by a “Computer Aided Dispatch” (CAD) system upgrade. Computer screens froze and emergency call takers were required to…...
Queensland Ambulance Service urgently working to fix failed systems upgrade
1+ week, 2+ day ago (41+ words) Brisbane Times Queensland Ambulance Service is urgently trying to fix a failed systems upgrade, which has left emergency call-takers manually filing triple zero calls by hand. September 3, 2026 — 4:30pm...
A little girl cuddled and petted animals at a farm. Seven weeks later, she was dead
1+ week, 2+ day ago (603+ words) September 3, 2026 — 1:31pm A three-year-old girl has died after visiting a Victorian petting farm and contracting a serious infection that caused kidney failure and permanent brain damage. The toddler spent six weeks in Monash Children’s Hospital’s intensive care unit after developing a…...