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We need to brace for a tsunami of long COVID. But we're not quite sure the best way to treat it

Australia’s Omicron wave earlier this year was much larger than we thought, recent research has confirmed. We also heard Health Minister Mark Butler acknowledge Australia can expect a “very big wave” of people with long COVID over the next few years.

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Australia’s COVID rules wound back – despite surging infections

COVID rules have been wound back further across Australia, despite two new subvariants driving surge in case numbers – prompting alarm among some experts.

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Calls to expand access to Covid antivirals in Australia splits experts and doctors

Health minister encourages Paxlovid and Lagevrio use, but peak GP body cautions Paxlovid can have side-effects if taken with some other drugs

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Regional clinics sweep in changes to bulk-billing amid rising costs and doctor shortages

Medical clinics are flagging doctor burnout and financial reasons for the changes, which will mean out-of-pocket expenses for many people.

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Federal government won’t increase its share of hospital funding despite state push for 50-50 split

Mark Butler says negotiations on a new national partnership agreement for hospitals would begin in 2023

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Public service shake-up continues with four new secretaries for government departments – as it happened

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New campaign to target booster uptake

The federal government will roll out a fresh advertising blitz in an effort to increase Australia's COVID-19 booster rate.

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Fake Twitter accounts for new senator suspended – as it happened

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Only 50% of aged care residents are fully boosted against COVID with vaccine rollout labelled ‘too slow’

Federal health minister Mark Butler urges providers to prioritise vaccination with half of eligible residents yet to have fourth dose

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s aged care homes urged to speed up fourth-dose Covid boosters as outbreaks and deaths rise

Federal ministers Mark Butler and Anika Wells warn providers with low vaccination rates will have to explain themselves

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s full cabinet has finally been sworn in. Here’s a who’s who of new ministers

Although Labor hasn't been in government since 2013, almost half of the new cabinet have past experience as government ministers.

The New Daily

Who's in the new Labor government cabinet? Who got what role on the frontbench?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled his new cabinet, with election losses and cabinet shake-ups seeing some new faces enter the fold. Here's who got what position.

ABC News

View from The Hill: Record 10 women in Albanese cabinet, and surprise move for Plibersek to environment

Anthony Albanese has switched Tanya Plibersek from education to environment and promoted Clare O'Neil into the plum home affairs ministry in a 23-member cabinet that contains a record 10 women.

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'It's early days': Labor plans to honour GP Access After Hours funding once party settles in

"It is our intention to honour those commitments as soon as humanly possible," Sharon Claydon says.

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The Guardian - AU

How Albanese’s practical pivot on climate paved the way for a Greens surge

Analysis: As Labor focused on opportunities for working people in the transition to renewables, the Greens mounted a formidable on-the-ground campaign

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Labor has a huge health agenda ahead of it. What policies should we expect?

Labor’s win in Saturday’s election heralds real change in health policy. Although Labor had a small-target strategy, with limited big spending commitments, its victory represents a value shift to a party committed to equity and Medicare, and, potentially, a style shift to a hands-on, equity-oriented health minister.

The Guardian - AU

Labor promises $970m investment in Medicare and general practice ahead of final week of election

Australian Medical Association says pledge is a ‘strong down payment’ in boosting primary health care

Newcastle Herald

A picture of health policies: Labor recaps its commitments

Labor leaders want to make it 'easier and cheaper' to see a doctor.

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Newcastle Herald

PMs' visits show Libs still taking Hunter seriously

Scott Morrison and former Prime Minister John Howard visited Lake Macquarie on Wednesday in a sign the Coalition has not given up hope of prising key Hunter seats off Labor at next week's election.

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Labor refuses to list electorates getting new urgent care clinics despite announcing them on social media

The party is refusing to list the electorates benefiting from of one of its centrepiece health commitments, despite the party's frontbenchers and candidates spruiking new medical clinic locations on social media.

Newcastle Herald

Labor pledges $1m to support the Hunter's Kaden Centre

Funds for 'groundbreaking' exercise oncology clinic that supports people with cancer and chronic illness.

ABC News

More senior Australians to get cheaper health care and medication under $70m Coalition election pitch

The Coalition is promising to spend $70 million over four years to give an extra 50,000 older Australians access to the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card. Labor says it will match the commitment.

The Guardian - AU

Too little, too late: who will fix the home care crisis for Australia’s ageing population?

As aged care firms as a key election battleground, thousands are still dying each year waiting for home care packages

The Guardian - AU

Calls for GP funding boost as figures reveal how Medicare gap hits some of Australia’s poorest areas

New data shows some of the lowest income electorates have among the highest average out-of-pocket costs

ABC News

JobSeeker rate to remain untouched after election after Labor ditches plans to review it

Out-of-work Australians will not receive any substantial boost to their unemployment benefit, regardless of who wins the federal election, with Labor dumping plans to review the rate of JobSeeker.

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