THE Australian Medical Association opposes plans to let optometrists prescribe oral medicines, warning it risks patient safety due to limited medical training and potential medi...
Read more about Warning over prescribing medicineNOAH and Charlotte are again NSW’s most popular baby names for 2025, topping preliminary rankings for the third time in four years. More than 82,000 births have been registered,...
Read more about Most popular baby names in NSWTHE Housing Industry Association is urging the Australian Government to rule out changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax in the upcoming tax review, warning that tax i...
Read more about HIA backs negative hearing stabilityNEW Monash University research has found that daily low-dose aspirin does not reduce overall cancer incidence in healthy adults aged 70 and over and may increase cancer-related ...
Read more about Research challenges Aspirin valueTHE Australian Medical Association has welcomed a new public hospital funding agreement and an additional $25B in federal funding but warns it will not reverse declining hospita...
Read more about Hospital funds won’t fix the delaysNSW health students in medicine, nursing, midwifery, dentistry, Aboriginal health and allied health can apply for up to $12,000 through the NSW Government’s Tertiary Health Stud...
Read more about Grants available for health studentsTHE NSW. Government has tightened overseas licence conversion rules to improve road safety and close long-standing loopholes. From 1 February 2026, drivers and riders aged 25 an...
Read more about Tougher rules for overseas driversNEW research shows millions of Australians are skipping or rationing medicines due to cost-of-living pressures, with nearly four million unable to afford prescriptions in the pa...
Read more about Prescription costs are out of controlA MAJOR Australian energy company, GE Grid Australia, has been fined $450,000 after failing to report imports of equipment containing the potent greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluori...
Read more about Big energy company fined $450,000THE NSW Government has released the NSW Primary Industries Workforce Strategy 2025–2030 to support profitable, sustainable and innovative agriculture, forestry and fishing throu...
Read more about Primary industries report prioritiesSAFEWORK NSW is urging construction businesses to properly secure worksites over the Christmas–New Year shutdown to prevent injuries, deaths, theft and vandalism. Inspectors wil...
Read more about Now is the time to secure worksitesA PROPOSED plan to fast-track overseas-trained dentists into Australia by bypassing Australian Dental Council exams has raised safety concerns, says the Australian Dental Associ...
Read more about Exam concern about foreign dentistsTHE NSW Government has appointed Katherine McKernan as Advocate for Children and Young People for five years and to lead the new Office for Youth within DCJ. The Office was crea...
Read more about New leader for children advocateTHE AMA warns vaccine hesitancy is rising and immunisation rates are falling across all age groups. Its report cites misinformation, anti-science sentiment, fatigue and time pre...
Read more about Concern over immunisation ratesAUSTRALIANS are optimistic for 2026, but a MyFitnessPal survey shows most New Year’s resolutions fade fast. One in five broke resolutions in the first week of January, and 77% w...
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THIS year’s Hawkesbury Local Business Awards was a sensational spectacular that provided a fitting finale to the annual event. This year’s winners exchanged hugs while cheers filled the room as they made their way to the stage on Mon...
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MCCALL Foundation has announced Távula as the café and restaurant partner for its new $55M Community Hub at Box Hill.
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By MARK McDONNELL THERE are almost three times as many international visitors staying overnight in the Hawkesbury as there are people living here permanently. Happily memories of Covid lockdowns are receding, but the even better news is ...
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