Progress on meeting the stated goals of the Closing the Gap initiative has been mixed, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said in a speech. The PM praised Indigenous leaders and the other major parties for their collaborative approach to the project, ...

Australian researchers have developed a smartphone app to be used as a personalised mobile therapist among people at risk of chronic and debilitating forms of depression. BlueWatch, developed by Deakin University psychology experts, has been designed to build resilience and positive ...

Federal Labor has taken the government to task over reports Medicare, pharmaceutical and aged-care benefits could be delivered by the private sector. The $50 billion-plus outsourcing would be the first time the private sector has delivered a national service subsidised ...

Discreet monitors keep tabs on people around the house and watch for alarming changes in behaviour patterns. An Australian research team is working on a non-intrusive home monitoring device that sends alerts to carers when loved ones are inactive for ...

Take care to fill all the implicit obligations of the employment contract, or termination may well be justified. All employees, including nurses, have in their contract of employment a number of implied duties that are owed to their employer. Four ...

We saw a more intense focus in the latter part of 2015 on managing the health and wellbeing of people with chronic disease. The Primary Health Care Advisory Group considered how healthcare professionals and providers could better co-ordinate and integrate ...

The days and years ahead can be a time of great influence, when nurses’ knowledge and expertise become valued as never before. Imagine a future where the voice and visibility of nursing is in proportion to the importance and size ...

One of our #WorldsGreatestShave hair spray stations set up around the ground tonight! Go blue to show your support! pic.twitter.com/PR8Hp3KCYy — Adelaide Strikers (@StrikersBBL) January 13, 2016 During the 2015–16 Big Bash League, the Adelaide Strikers raised money for the ...