WEEKEND LONG READ: Medically ready to leave, but nowhere to go. Older people are stranded in New England hospitals, while families are left footing the bill, and politicians squabble.
Australian Medical Association
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The tax that built a black market
WEEKEND LONG READ: A federal tax has turned main streets into a battleground for organised crime, insurance hikes and arson. Canberra is still dismissing calls to cut the tobacco excise as a thought bubble.
Posted inHealth
‘Living week-to-week’: doctors struggle to stay rural
Better access to childcare, financial incentives and support for doctors’ families would help recruit more medicos to rural areas, according to a national survey.