IV crisis as morphine supplies are now low
Supplies of several crucial medicines are running short around the nation, including morphine products vital to ease the suffering of palliative care patients, as some medical specialists reject claims by the nation’s health ministers that the shortage of IV fluids – which has thrown hospitals into chaos – is easing.
Coalition MPs press for zonal tax expansion
Liberal and National MPs are pressing Peter Dutton to expand tax breaks for regional and rural Australians in a bid to help ease the cost-of-living squeeze.
Tanya Plibersek’s gold mine veto will lead to sovereign risk and ‘hijack’ of Aboriginal Heritage Act, miners warn
Miners have warned of a new and unprecedented sovereign risk to resources investment in Australia after the Albanese government’s decision to effectively kill a $1bn goldmining project in NSW on contested Indigenous heritage grounds that have been challenged by a local Aboriginal land council.
Bush Summit: Regions put living costs top of their concerns list
Cost-of-living pressure is the most universal issue among regional Australians, who say reducing price increases for household bills and other essential expenses should be a government priority.
New climate reporting requirements will make exports uncompetitive, says National Farmers Federation
Farmers say their exports will become less competitive if Labor refuses to carve agriculture out of a key plank of its climate policy, raising pressure on Jim Chalmers to overhaul a mandatory requirement for companies to disclose climate risks.
Rights agenda must be responsible
More bureaucrats are the problem in closing the gap, not the solution.
Swimmers say Gina Rinehart financial backing key to success at Paris Olympics
The swimmers have dominated in the pool at Paris, lighting up the La Defense Arena night after night with gold medals galore. And there almost every evening watching on from her corporate box overlooking the pool has been Mrs Rinehart, the swimming benefactor that just about everyone in the sport is raving about.
Rising insolvencies tied to economic policy failures
Whatever political benefits Anthony Albanese is anticipating from his ministerial reshuffle, it will have no impact on the nation’s entrenched economic problems.