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• Labor putting bite on rivals with free dental pitch 11-09-2026

  Victorians are being promised free dental checkups as the opening plank in a cost-of-living election pitch. Premier Ben Carroll says 10 walk-in dental clinics offering services without charge will be established if his government is re-elected in

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• Anna Faris quits alcohol to stop 'self-sabotage' 11-09-2026

  Anna Faris has given up drinking alcohol because she found "there's a correlation between drinking and depression". The Scary Movie star has admitted she feels a lot better since quitting booze and she now appreciates when she is rec

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• Warning on addiction help amid funding uncertainty 11-09-2026

  Half a million Australians have no access to desperately needed drug and alcohol addiction help, and funding uncertainty is intensifying the risk to existing services, a peak health provider warns. The Australasian Therapeutic Communities Associat

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• The future of healthcare needs a new kind of leader 10-09-2026

  Healthcare is changing faster than ever before. Artificial intelligence is entering clinical workflows. Telehealth is transforming how patients access care. Digital records, data-driven decision making and emerging technologies are reshaping healthca

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• Fast Track to Becoming a Registered Nurse: A Graduate Pathway for Career Changers 10-09-2026

  Australia's nursing shortage is no longer a future challenge – it's a reality being felt every day across hospitals, aged care, disability services and community health settings. Regional and rural communities are experiencing the gr

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• Congo gets Ebola vaccine that helped in other outbreaks 10-09-2026

  Congo will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine, which has been effective in past Ebola outbreaks, a step seen as a major boost to efforts to contain what officials have described as the fastest Ebola outbreak in history. The Ervebo vaccine

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• Insurer pleased more people taking care of their health 10-09-2026

  Australia's largest listed health insurer has seen a rise in the number of customers taking advantage of its wellbeing programs, after lifting its annual earnings. Medibank Private paid out $6.9 billion in health insurance claims to its more t

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• Two-year extension on home support program for elderly 10-09-2026

  Labor has vowed to keep the first port of call for older Australians entering the aged care system operating, less than a year before it was due to be cut. The Commonwealth Home Support Program, which provides basic services such as cleaning, gard

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• From AI to aged care: Why health leadership is becoming healthcare's most important skill 09-09-2026

  Across Australia, healthcare organisations are facing unprecedented transformation. Artificial intelligence is changing clinical decision-making. Telehealth is reshaping patient access. Community expectations continue to grow. Regulatory environments

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• Patients with chronic health woes plea for end to tax 09-09-2026

  Health care professionals practising a niche specialty aimed at alleviating chronic conditions are calling for the removal of a tax they say disadvantages their patients, who have decended on Canberra to plead their case. Exercise physiologists vi

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