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GPs ditching bulk billing as costs rise and Medicare rebates lag, survey shows

Nearly a quarter of doctors surveyed say they have changed billing model, as peak body calls for higher rebates

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Morning mail: bulk billing numbers ‘not honest’, Trump raid galvanises right, Serena Williams to retire

Wednesday: Health minister says primary healthcare in ‘worst shape’ since Medicare began. Plus: Australia’s highest and lowest income suburbs

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FOI documents show Peter Dutton’s ‘captain’s call’ to make senior Liberal head of defence thinktank

Documents obtained by Guardian Australia show the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s choice of candidate was overruled by then defence minister

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‘Not honest’: new health minister dismisses Coalition election claim that bulk billing had hit 88%

Exclusive: ‘Primary care is in its worst shape since Medicare began,’ Mark Butler says amid taskforce review of Medicare system

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‘Disturbing’ report into NSW parliament’s culture uncovers examples of bullying and sexual harassment

Exclusive: Independent report calls for mandatory training for all staff and review of complaint process

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Morning mail: Olivia Newton-John dies, Commonwealth Games wraps up, CSIRO identifies 139 new species

Tuesday: Grease star and cancer research activist dies aged 73. Plus Britney Spears to make music scene return with Elton John

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Blackmores subsidiary kept selling pregnancy vitamins despite hundreds of complaints, ex-employee alleges

Whistleblower says he was instructed to tell customers the products were safe to consume, despite lack of testing evidence

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Morning mail: Hekmatullah living as ‘hero’ in Kabul, Barilaro at inquiry, Australia’s best musicals

Monday: Rogue Afghan soldier who killed three unarmed diggers welcomed back by Taliban. Plus: the best Australian musicals, ranked

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Plans for retirement village in Brisbane area at ‘high likelihood’ of flooding spark disbelief

The site is not far from another village and an aged care centre that were both hit by flooding in February

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‘I’m scared someone else will lose their child this way’: the alarming rise in First Nations suicide

Ashleigh-Sue Chatters’ mother says Victoria’s mental health system gave up on her daughter. She blames systemic racism

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Myanmar shadow embassy opens in Canberra to champion Aung San Suu Kyi’s ousted government

Not far from the imposing, official embassy is a welcoming space in a rented house where Australian and Myanmar flags fly alongside symbols of the resistance

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In Australia’s welfare sector obligations are ‘mutual’, but profits flow only one way

As vast network of job agencies rakes in hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars, jobseekers face ‘humiliating’ tasks to maintain payments

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Advocates criticise decision not to ask Queensland police boss to face domestic violence inquiry

Experts baffled by absence of commissioner, police minister and police union head among dozens of witnesses called

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Morning mail: climate breakdown supercharging extreme weather, fears for jailed teens, China’s military drills

Friday: New analysis reveals the devastating intensification of heatwaves, floods, fires and droughts. Plus: what to read this month

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Passenger kept from boarding after Jetstar’s refusal to assist with wheelchair makes discrimination complaint

Exclusive: Complaint lodged with human rights commission after man turned away at gate of Sydney airport flight

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‘Essential’, ‘quietly hopeful’, ‘propulsive’: the best Australian books out in August

Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick out the upcoming titles they’ve already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

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Morning mail: climate bill set to pass, new affirmative consent laws proposed, gold for Ariarne Titmus

Thursday: ‘Stealthing’ and ‘deepfake’ porn to be criminalised under new legislation being introduced in Victorian parliament. Plus: the best value fruit and veg this month

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Job agency refers welfare recipients to online course asking basic questions about computers

Employability course created by company related to job agency labelled a ‘waste of time, waste of resources’ by one jobseeker

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Morning mail: Greens in ‘powerful position’ on climate, call for ‘virtual’ nurses, US house speaker visits Taiwan

Wednesday: Adam Bandt to declare Liberals ‘irrelevant’ in scathing attack amid jostling over emissions bill. Plus more rain tipped for spring

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Peter Dutton rejects push by moderate Liberals to change position on climate legislation

Opposition leader tells shadow cabinet voting against bill does not mean it opposes targets, while Greens yet to reach consensus

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Tony Burke flags parliamentary inquiry to consider overhaul of Workforce Australia jobs program

Labor supported $1.5bn-a-year program implemented by Coalition but employment minister says some aspects require ‘scrutiny and oversight’

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Morning mail: interest rate rise looms, space debris hits farm, Beyoncé cuts offensive lyric

Tuesday: Economists are predicting the Reserve Bank will raise interest rates from 1.35% to 1.85%. Plus: Beyoncé called out over ableist term

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Warren Entsch may support Labor’s climate target if he can be shown it’s not a ‘brain fart’

Liberal MP says he is open-minded on bill but doesn’t want it to become an ‘impost on the community’ amid high inflation

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‘Like an alien obelisk’: space debris found in Snowy Mountains paddock believed to be from SpaceX mission

Astrophysicist Brad Tucker says he often gets calls from people who think they’ve found space junk but the scorched metal found by two farmers is ‘very real’

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Dozens of flights cancelled at Sydney and Melbourne airports as industry struggles with staff shortages

Multiple airlines experience delays due to crew absences while Qantas technical glitch left passengers waiting for hours

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