Budget

The budget pledged $12.5 million free of charge menstrual products in Indigenous communities. Here’s why it’s needed

Last week’s federal budget committed A$12.5 million over 4 years to deliver tampons, pads and other period care products to…

4 months ago

PrEP was earmarked $26m within the budget. What is it? Will it stop me getting HIV?

HIV prevention was allocated A$43.9 million over three years on this week’s federal budget. Some $26m of that is for…

5 months ago

Cheaper medicines and a brand new approach for mental health care. Will the budget make us healthier?

Health was a centrepiece of last 12 months’s budget, based on a recent vision for Medicare. This 12 months, there's…

5 months ago

Clearing the elective surgery backlog will take a couple of budget. It’ll need major reform

Waiting times for public hospital elective surgery have been within the news ahead of this yr’s federal budget. That’s the…

5 months ago

‘Budget Ozempic’: five ways this dangerous TikTok weight reduction trend will harm your health

Social media is obsessive about the type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic. But Ozempic’s ability to regulate blood sugar isn’t the…

7 months ago

‘Budget Ozempic’: five ways this dangerous TikTok trend will harm your health

Social media is obsessive about the type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic. But Ozempic’s ability to manage blood sugar isn’t the…

7 months ago

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