10 h. ago The $8.5 billion health pledge doctors say will disadvantage women

Longer consults already attract a smaller rate of funding per minute than shorter consults. The gap is set to widen despite additional funding.

Science

24 h. ago Woman dead, man missing after group washed off rocks at Victorian beach

A woman has died and a man is missing after a group was washed off rocks at a beach in a popular holiday destination in Victoria's south.

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30 h. ago ‘Someone’s about to die’: Woman kidnapped, child bashed, before body found in burnt

A body, believed to be that of a woman kidnapped by masked home invaders, has been pulled from the back seat of a burnt-out car in Sydney’s south-west.

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30 h. ago Deadly motorbike and minibus crash under police investigation

A motorcyclist in his 40s has died after a crash with a minibus.

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35 h. ago ‘They just dismiss you’: Jenny is dying of cancer. It took years for doctors to take her seriously

More than 1800 women told us their stories of medical misogyny. Today we begin sharing those stories and building the case for change.

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35 h. ago ‘Never taken seriously’: Jenny says doctors dismissed her concerns for years. Now she’s dying

More than 1800 women told us their stories of medical misogyny. Today we begin sharing those stories and building the case for change.

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44 h. ago ‘People are going to die’: Funding doubt over state’s frontline public health defence

The Victorian government refuses to guarantee the future of local public health units that were crucial to the state’s pandemic fight, igniting concerns about more budget cuts to an already stretched health service.

Politics

47 h. ago One dead, 12 infected after Legionnaires' outbreak in Sydney's CBD

A person has died from Legionnaires' disease after contracting the disease around the Sydney CBD last month.

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49 h. ago Michael bought what he thought was cocaine. Two hours later, four people were dead

Four people died of an overdose of nitazines, a synthetic opioid 100 times stronger than heroin.

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53 h. ago Berlin doctor charged with serial murder of palliative patients

He is accused of 15 deaths but suspected of dozens more. If convicted, the doctor will be the most prolific serial killer in Europe in two decades.

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3 d. ago Gene Hackman’s home infested with rats carrying disease that killed wife

The Oscar-winning actor and his wife died within a week of each other in February. Their bodies weren’t found for almost a fortnight.

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3 d. ago Sydney woman dies after running through glass door to flee alleged attacker

Claire Austin was allegedly trying to escape a domestic violence incident in her eastern suburbs unit when she was fatally injured.

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3 d. ago Less Hopelessly Devoted, maybe just hopeless: MSO go slow on Olivia Newton

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has hit something of an off-note after promising a donation that took a long time to arrive.

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4 d. ago Kerry Greenwood had two burning ambitions in life. She achieved them both

The sharp mind and kind heart behind the long-running Miss Fisher series died late last month. Here, Kerry Greenwood’s partner of 40 years pays tribute to the iconic author.

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4 d. ago Tourists drown, body of kayak rescuer found in separate tragedies

The discovery of the body of a man who died while trying to rescue children in a dam has added to a tragic day on Queensland waters.

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4 d. ago Man dies after friends carry out rescue at unpatrolled beach

Two men in their 20s were pulled from the water by friends at an unpatrolled beach in Shoal Bay.

Politics

5 d. ago Blood found in ensuite after police investigated ‘lawn mower accident’

An RAAF pilot who allegedly killed his wife, but told police she died in a late-night lawnmower accident, has applied for bail.

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5 d. ago Blood found in en suite after police investigated ‘lawn mower accident’

An RAAF pilot who allegedly killed his wife but told police she died in a late-night lawnmower accident has applied for bail.

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5 d. ago Royal Children’s Hospital backs down on staffing cuts to kids cancer centre

Three days after The Age revealed the plan to cut 13 positions, the hospital confirmed the positions had now been saved.

Science

5 d. ago Woman dies, three men fight for their lives after Bald Hills crash

Police were trying to contact the woman’s family, with some of the occupants of the vehicles understood to be international visitors. 

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