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Solway Yacht Club host Challenger Travellers Open Meeting at Kippford

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Wells likely on Brisbane Olympic committee

Brisbane MP and incoming Sport Minister Anika Wells is likely to replace Richard Colbeck on the Brisbane 2032 Olympic organising…

Over 70% of Australia’s aged care workers yet to receive $800 pandemic bonus, poll suggests

Union poll finds majority of members have not yet received any payment as aged care peak body says both parties…

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Aged care: What the major parties are promising this election

Aged care worker Glen O'Driscoll says staff are overworked and worn out. The Coalition has promised billions since the royal…

Trans women's participation in sport has been framed as an election issue. This is what some trans athletes think

While those who believe trans women should be excluded from sport have defended their right to "free speech", little airtime…

Too little, too late: who will fix the home care crisis for Australia’s ageing population?

As aged care firms as a key election battleground, thousands are still dying each year waiting for home care packages

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Staff shortages blamed for spine-deep bedsore that 'almost killed' Eric at Edenfield Family Care aged care home in Port Augusta

Port Augusta's only aged care provider failed on every safety standard. Families say the system is exploiting vulnerable staff and…

Morrison in clean-up mode, while Payne assumes an (even lower) profile

A busy day for the prime minister as he tried to clean up a number of messes he himself created.…

Aged care sector questions Coalition claim home care workforce has grown by almost 15%

Providers say they continue to face severe staffing challenges and ‘are not aware of any data that reflects this level…

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Home aged care staff at ‘breaking point’, as most miss out on Coalition’s $800 bonus

Australia’s home aged care providers facing ‘abysmal’ turnover rates as rising stress and poor pay take their toll

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Who is behind Tasmanian Liberal Eric Abetz's 'below-the-line' Senate re-election campaign?

Six years after he called a colleague's election campaign urging people to vote below the line destabilising, Eric Abetz's supporters…

Aged care becomes strong point of difference between Labor and the Coalition

The appalling performance of Richard Colbeck in the portfolio has allowed the opposition to make care services a major plank…

Expedited aged care nurses in doubt

Aged Care Services Minister Richard Colbeck says Labor appears to be backtracking on its aim to have a 24/7 nurse…

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From Lambie’s ‘loud girl’ to Ericmentum, Tasmania’s fierce Senate race is a taste of what’s to come

Weeks out from the 2022 federal election, it pays to remember the House contest determines who governs but the Senate…

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Thousands of aged care workers have not got their promised bonus, union says

Many aged care workers are questioning why they are yet to receive a $400 bonus promised by the Prime Minister…

Survey finds 97% of Australia’s aged care workers have not received $800 bonus

Staff across Australia take first steps towards industrial action as promised payments are caught up in bureaucratic delays

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When Omicron peaked, the number of aged care residents dying without COVID-19 jumped too, new data reveals

During the Omicron wave, there was a "highly statistically significant" jump in the number of people who died in aged…

Richard Colbeck is a national disgrace — and an affront to his own side of politics

The appalling aged care minister claims the government has ‘stepped up’ like the sector’s workers, yet more evidence this bumbling…

The hundreds who’ve died this year in Australia nursing homes deserve justice at the election

The Morrison government has wreaked carnage in the sector but without an alternative it may not matter at the polling…

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Jeta Gardens resident Lottie Meek died with COVID-19. Her family is angry the facility wasn't better prepared for an outbreak

Sixteen residents at Jeta Gardens have died with COVID-19 since late December, and it's emerged the Aged Care Safety and…

Aged care deaths not an indication of failure? Colbeck shirks responsibility in Senate estimates

Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck has evaded responsibility for the aged care crisis, instead lambasting questioning by Labor and the…

Richard Colbeck defends saying aged care not in crisis as sector still deals with COVID outbreaks

The Aged Care Services Minister dismisses suggestions he should resign while defending his declaration the sector is not in crisis,…

COVID deaths in aged care pass 2020 toll

More people have died in aged care so far this year from COVID-19 than in all of 2020, but Richard…

Parliament debates character test bill – as it happened

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George Christensen claims a new study found ivermectin has anti-viral properties. But that's not the full story

Nationals backbencher George Christensen this week shared a new Japanese study which he said proves ivermectin has "anti-viral" properties. But…