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• Australian Healthcare Organisations Haven't Advanced Beyond AI Pilots, Appian Research Finds 11-03-2026

  SYDNEY, March 4, 2026: New research from Appian (Nasdaq: APPN) highlights the slow introduction of AI into the healthcare sector in Australia, with very few of the people surveyed within healthcare organisations stating their companies had moved beyo

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• Record numbers quit emergency depts without full care 11-03-2026

  Record numbers of emergency department patients are leaving hospital without finishing treatment, a survey of health data reveals. More than 79,000 patients left NSW emergency departments before completing treatment in the last quarter of 2025, an

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• Gender equality efforts 'eroded' by tech-based abuse 11-03-2026

  Tech-facilitated abuse and harassment has become normalised among young people, with advocates calling for better education to ensure people understand it's a crime. Emerging technology enabling gender-based violence was discussed at an event

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• Fine for nursing home after residents died during COVID 11-03-2026

  A nursing home where almost half of its residents died after contracting COVID-19 during the height of the pandemic has been convicted and fined over five years after the tragedy. St Basil's Home for the Aged was sentenced in the Victorian Cou

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• Deadly diabetic driver speaks publicly for first time 10-03-2026

  A man had not engaged in formal diabetes education for almost three decades before he suffered severe hypoglycaemia behind the wheel and killed five people. Diabetic driver William Swale, 69, spoke publicly for the first time on Tuesday as he gave

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• 'One of the best pandemic responses in the world': NZ 10-03-2026

  A second royal commission into New Zealand's pandemic response has found "scars" were left by the government's handling of COVID-19, but on the whole it was "considered and appropriate". Kiwis were plunged back into pan

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• Roche shares dip as oral breast cancer drug fails trial 10-03-2026

  Shares in Roche have dropped more than five per cent as ‌the Swiss drug maker failed to show its promising ‌drug candidate giredestrant against a common form of breast ‌cancer can help newly diagnosed patients. Roche said the late-s

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• Aged care bed funding boost, but 'more needed' 08-03-2026

  Older Australians struggling to find aged care accommodation amid spiralling demand should have more options under a $115 million funding package, but advocates say much more is needed. The boost in federal government investment through the Aged C

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• French probe says baby death not linked to milk formula 08-03-2026

  A judicial inquiry launched in ‌France after the death of a baby has shown ‌no link with the recalled Nestle infant formula ‌he had consumed, the Bordeaux prosecutor says. Cereulide, a toxin that can cause nausea and vomiting, was d

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• We're sitting idle on the toxic fumes harming our kids 08-03-2026

  The drop-off and pick-up line has become a cleaner, quieter place at the primary school Anthony Hull and Fiona Foo send their kids to. Parents now diligently switch off their combustion engines to prevent harmful pollutants spewing into the air.[s

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