Services Australia sets up vaccination compensation scheme

Services Australia will administer a compensation scheme for people who have an adverse covid-19 vaccine reaction.

8 September, 2021

NDIS participants strangled by red tape

The NDIS is a bureaucratic nightmare that many of the most disadvantaged are missing out on because it’s so hard to navigate, a study finds.

26 August, 2021

Travel restrictions kept out 48,000 COVID cases

Researchers have a developed tool that they say can be used in decision making about reopening international borders.

26 August, 2021

WA police chief takes up role as Vaccine Commander

WA’s Police Commissioner has been appointed as the state’s covid-19 Vaccine Commander.

25 August, 2021

Navigating human rights in a pandemic

The covid-19 pandemic has forced governments to juggle human rights and public health as never before.

4 August, 2021

Use of COVIDSafe app limited, report finds

A report says there’s only been limited use of the COVIDSafe app.

2 August, 2021

Town’s brush with covid a wake up call for regional centres

Contract workers and illegal day trippers present the biggest covid threat to regional communities, Goulburn’s mayor says.

14 July, 2021

Qld health board sacked over finance concerns

The board of the North West Hospital and Health Service has been dismissed by the health minister.

7 June, 2021

Council delivers award-winning falls prevention program

A West Australian council and a metropolitan health service have partnered in an award-winning community falls prevention program.

3 June, 2021

Health service CEO misused position

Lobster, trips to Bangkok and contracts for mates were all in a day’s work for this CEO.

3 May, 2021

Report wants domestic violence officers at LG peaks

A report recommends funding local government domestic violence policy officers.

12 April, 2021

Proposed NDIS changes face pushback

The new NDIS minister has stepped into a policy minefield on her first day in the job.

8 April, 2021

WA Indigenous service embraces digital health

An indigenous health service in WA’s Pilbara region is leading the state in the use of digital health records.

5 April, 2021

Cybercrimals target health sector

The public health sector suffers from a combination of highly valuable data and lagging security measures, which are drawing a wide range of threat actors into the fold.

29 March, 2021