Commonwealth Department of Health

Retiring rural doctors are needing replacement in greater numbers than in past generations as a younger workforce puts emphasis on work-life balance.

New Victorian commissioner for LGBTIQ+ communities, Victorian magistrates appointed, New faces to guide NSW training decisions, plus more.

The federal government has appointed health experts Anne Duggan and Jo Watson to lead the advisory committee overseeing the new MBS Review.

Australia’s vaccination rate fell two places in June, and the country is now trailing third-last compared with other nations who were at ‘equivalent stages of rollout’.

Australia’s former deputy chief medical officer has revealed via Twitter that he has received his second AstraZeneca shot.

More than 1 million Australians have downloaded the new coronavirus contact tracing app less than a day after its release, according to health minister Greg Hunt.

Federal departments have been putting plans in place to help staff and the public as the coronavirus pandemic worsens, while the union representing the Australian Public Service has reminded employers to support staff in non-permanent roles.

Luke McCann said his team had realised the mistake by Monday, but he had not read their email until Tuesday. He did not bring copies of the April 11 emails to the hearing on Wednesday.

Glenys Beauchamp destroyed notes taken during meetings last year involving the controversial $100 million government sports grants program, she has told a Senate inquiry.

The New South Wales Department of Health has come out against widespread social media posts claiming to be issued by the “Department of Diseasology Parramatta”. The posts make fake claims about the coronavirus, stating that it has been detected in various foods and areas of Sydney, while posing as a NSW department. Despite the messages […]

Secretary of the Department of Health Glenys Beauchamp will retire from her position on February 28, after more than 30 years in the public service. On Wednesday morning, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced he would recommend the government’s current chief medical officer professor Brendan Murphy as Beauchamp’s replacement. The Mandarin understands a medical doctor has […]

The draft Productivity Commission 2019 Inquiry into Mental Health. report, released in late October, calls yet again for further ‘major system reforms’ for mental health. But it curiously omits from its recommendations the proposed vital advanced decision-analytic infrastructure capable of navigating the complexity that so far has prevented progress.

Labor and the Liberals have marked World Mental Health Day with discussions of the stigma around mental illness and workplace wellbeing. In a speech to Jobs Australia, Shadow Minister for Employment and Industry Brendan O’Connor called for everyone to do more when it comes to supporting mental health in the workplace.