Health

Na’ama Carlin, Louise Chappell & Siobhan O'Sullivan

An edited extract of Being Patient: Close Encounters in Cancer World, by Na'ama Carlin, Louise Chappell and Siobhan O'Sullivan. Available from 1 May in all good bookshops.

Anna Spargo-Ryan

Let’s talk about the proposed ‘mental health round’ for the AFL. This is not the first time it’s been suggested – it was suggested last year, and multiple times before that – but I’m a Cats girl, and when Bailey Smith talks, we listen.

Amy Remeikis

It’s never the time to consider having the fossil fuel industry pay for itself, but it’s never not the time to have Australians pay the price.

Megan Spindler-Smith

The NDIS is essential social infrastructure. Something Australians believed in. A system that ensures people with disability can live, work and participate in our communities. Now, trust in the NDIS is being eroded. Not because people don’t understand why it matters when it’s explained. Most do. Trust is being eroded because of what our politics has done to the NDIS.

Gemma Killen

The Australian Government’s compassionate release of superannuation scheme, managed by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), currently acts as a safety net for those on lower incomes who need financial assistance prior to retirement. Almost all applications for early release of super are made on medical grounds, and more than half of applicants are women. Despite a persistent retirement gender gap of approximately $52,000, women are more likely than men to rely on their superannuation to cover essential healthcare costs prior to retirement.

Angela Xu

Behind the closed doors of a consultation room, or concealed by impenetrable medical jargon, wrongdoing in the healthcare sector impacts the lives of every Australian.

Rod Campbell

New research shows fossil fuel subsidies will reach $16.3 billion in 2025–26, rising faster than the NDIS. Handouts to mining giants are growing faster than support for Australians with disability.

Luke Slawomirski

The Four Corners program aired on Monday night detailed how Melbourne gynaecologist Simon Gordon performed surgeries to remove the ovaries and uteruses of dozens of young women who did not need these highly invasive and life-changing procedures. But beyond these shocking examples, Australia has a widespread problem with unnecessary and inappropriate medical interventions.