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• 'Too long': green light for more GPs to tackle ADHD 03-02-2026

  Australians will soon find it much smoother to be diagnosed and treated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Victoria has joined a growing list of states to give the green light for general practitioners to tackle ADHD, which is estimated

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• Thriving Kids aims to 'mainstream' disability support 03-02-2026

  Families, schools and early learning providers will bear greater responsibility for caring for children with developmental delays and mild autism in a major shake-up of Australia's disability support system. The $4 billion Thriving Kids progra

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• 'Blind spot': alarm sounded on weight-loss medications 03-02-2026

  While weight-loss medications are often hailed as wonder drugs for improving the lives of people battling obesity, dietitians are increasingly concerned about the lack of research into long-term nutritional health impacts. At least half a million

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• Minister can't quantify NDIS savings post-hospital deal 02-02-2026

  The health minister has been unable to quantify how much reforms to the NDIS will save the federal budget after a long-awaited deal was struck on hospital funding. The Albanese government has locked in a hospital-funding agreement to provide an ex

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• Blood test could bolster brain cancer survival rates 01-02-2026

  A simple blood test could improve the lives of brain cancer patients and boost tragically low survival rates. Australian scientists have developed a diagnostic device that reads tiny biological particles in a patient's bloodstream to analyse h

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• Australia does what it can as US aid cuts savage PNG 01-02-2026

  In January last year, Havini Vira was overseeing a climate resilience agriculture project across Papua New Guinea. The three-year program funded by the United States was nearing completion with the distribution of seedlings to communities nation-w

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• No concern over delay to kids' autism program, says PM 01-02-2026

  The delay of an early intervention program for children linked to National Disability Insurance Scheme costs isn't a mark of uncertainty, Anthony Albanese insists. State and territory leaders have agreed to help limit annual growth of the NDIS

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• Long overdue states sign off on 25b hospital deal 30-01-2026

  Medical groups have welcomed a multibillion-dollar boost to public hospitals, but further reforms are being sought to improve patient care. States and territories will receive $25 billion extra in commonwealth funding for hospitals following a mee

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• NDIS autism changes delayed as funding deal struck 30-01-2026

  A program for early intervention autism services will be delayed as part of efforts to deliver urgent hospital funding. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with premiers and chief ministers in Sydney on Friday for a "landmark" national c

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• Ozempic-style drugs prove to be a tailwind for Resmed 30-01-2026

  Resmed shares have climbed, with the medical device-maker saying Ozempic-style weight loss drugs appear to be having the opposite effect on its sales than many expected. As GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro surged in popularity a few years ago,

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