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Omicron is overwhelming Australia’s hospital system. 3 emergency measures aim to ease the burden

Image: Luis Ascui/AAPPublic hospitals – never with much spare capacity – have been severely stressed by the latest COVID wave.The current Omicron outbreak has...

WATCH: Our mobile phones are covered in bacteria and viruses… and we never wash them

  Image: Wes Mountain/The ConversationCOVID-19 has seen the world embrace sanitisers and formal hand washing procedures in our private lives like never before. But...

Even in a pandemic, continue with routine health care and don’t ignore a medical emergency

Picture: Shuttlestock As we continue to navigate the coronavirus pandemic, many hospitals and health services are actually less busy than usual.Fewer patients are presenting to emergency departments...

Money for hospital emergency departments in Shorten’s campaign launch

Shorten will say that Labor is offering “the biggest health care plan any party has ever offered at an election”.  Lukas Coch/AAP Bill Shorten announced funding...

The Coalition’s report card on health includes some passes and quite a few fails

The Coalition’s record on health is patchy, at best. Meanwhile, Labor is already campaigning hard on Medicare. Shutterstock The Turnbull/Morrison government has a mixed record,...

Hospitals are risky places – but some are better than others

The rate of complications varies markedly between hospitals. Shutterstock One in every nine patients who go into hospital in Australia suffers a complication: when...
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Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972. Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry.Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.