The peak body for pharmacy owners outspends the Minerals Council of Australia on political donations. It has amassed significant power over the industry, and policy, with little transparency for practitioners or customers.
The bird flu virus that has ravaged wildlife populations around the world has arrived in Australia – where experts hope years of preparation can minimise ecological disaster.
A year ago the government began receiving modelling on radiation risks from the war in the Middle East, which experts say understated the danger and should be made public.
With just 11 days allowed for submissions and three for hearings, the disability community testified to deep concerns and a lack of clarity over the sweeping reforms that Labor aims to push through parliament by July 2.
As the NSW government prepares to approve an energy-from-waste facility on Wiradjuri Country, local Indigenous groups have not been properly consulted and fear its impacts on health and sacred sites.
As the government stalls on a response to key recommendations in the robodebt royal commission, it has legislated a huge expansion in the use of automated decision-making.
In order to make the budget cuts to the NDIS, Mark Butler is proposing hundreds of thousands of people be moved to ‘foundational support’ services, none of which as yet exist.
Figures released under freedom of information show a 15-fold increase in the importation of nitrous oxide, as drug experts call for reform of a largely unregulated market.
