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• 'They're dying': desperate cry for veteran healthcare 05-10-2026

  Veterans and families have confronted the government about impending healthcare caps they say are leading to the deaths of loved ones. The Coalition of Veterans' Voices is meeting with federal parliamentarians to oppose treatment funding chang

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• How father's loss drove son to top MND advocacy job 05-10-2026

  For most people, giving something back to a cause that has touched their family might mean hosting a morning tea, buying a raffle ticket or donning an apron for a charity sausage sizzle. For Andrew Danson, it meant becoming chairman of MND Austral

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• Odd couple leads 21‑day push to get Australia moving 05-10-2026

  At first glance, they look like an odd couple. John "Chippy" Le‑Carpentir is 84, a retired tradie with a lifetime of hard work in his joints. Keith is 11, a skinny schoolboy who still has homework and screen‑time limits.[subs

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• Ambulance shortage 'contributed to patient deaths' 04-10-2026

  A shortage of ambulance crews contributed to the deaths of two elderly patients left stranded for hours, a coroner has found. The patients, an 89-year-old woman and an 80-year-old man, died at Royal Darwin Hospital in February 2026, sparking an in

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• Over 65s 'expensive target' in health insurance debate 04-10-2026

  Hundreds of older Australians will forgo comfort or specialist healthcare to offset rising insurance costs, which they feel duty-bound to maintain, an expert has warned. In sweeping changes announced before the May budget, Australians over 65 will

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• 'Social distancing' plea for birds as flu hits Sydney 04-10-2026

  Australians have been encouraged to redouble efforts to stop the spread of H5 bird flu after its arrival in another major city. Testing of a greater crested tern found at Warriewood on Sydney's Northern Beaches has returned a positive result f

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• 'Eye-watering': minister stares down health funds plea 02-10-2026

  Health ministers are continuing their crusade for more federal funding to sort aged care bed block, after key talks failed to yield concrete commitments. State and territory ministers met on Friday with their federal counterpart Mark Butler, who d

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• How a blood donor saved a happy couple's wedding day 02-10-2026

  When James Tsaousidis was diagnosed with cancer the week he sent his wedding invitations, he and his fiancé's first instinct was to cancel the event. A decade together at that time, the Sydney high school sweethearts - now both aged 31

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• Indonesian free school meals sicken 1700 in three days 02-10-2026

  Another 777 students and teachers have contracted food poisoning in Indonesia's Central ‌Java after consuming government-issued free meals, a school principal says, bringing the total number of people made ill by the ‌scheme to more tha

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• Child's death after petting zoo trip sparks warning 01-10-2026

  A three-year-old girl's tragic death from a rare infection commonly found in farm animals has triggered warnings from health authorities over the importance of hand hygiene. The girl died in a Melbourne hospital over the weekend after six week

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