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The Latest Breaking News from Mater

Hunter hospital breached mould safety limits 185 times

Dozens of breaches outlined in Mater mould and humidity testing.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 18

Damp, broken, dangerous: report reveals more than 300 defects in Hunter hospital

An audit has revealed a quarter of all assets inspected had defects.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 13

'Stupid' and 'childish': Mater scandal gets dirty in Bearpit battle

'Ryan Park should be focusing his efforts on untangling the mess.'

Newcastle Herald · Aug 6

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'No one has been held to account': Coalition attacks Labor over Mater failures

Minister accused of 'ducking accountability and responsibility'.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 5

Mould, cover-ups and corruption: inquiry calls for Mater PPP to end

'All of this could have been prevented,' inquiry chair says.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 4

Taxpayers fork out millions to pay lawyers in Hunter hospital's rolling legal drama

Documents have revealed details of a SafeWork NSW probe.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 28

'Insult to injury': back pay delayed for Mater nurses as anger mounts

'We need the public to know and stand up for us workers.'

Newcastle Herald · Jun 24

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'Staff have endured enough': Mater workers wait for money to flow to stop mould

'We do need to step in as quickly as we can,' NSW Health says.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 13

$400 million for hospitals following mould scandal exposure

'Patients go to hospital for care, not danger from toxic mould.'

Newcastle Herald · Jun 11

LIVE: Inquiry hears the Mater is set to receive state funds to fix mould crisis

Some Mater services will have to be temporarily moved elsewhere.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 11

'No place for corporate greed in public health': Mater PPP on the brink

NSW Treasurer able to use legal loophole to avoid Mater hearing.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 10

'Unacceptable risk': Mater report should have prompted action two years ago

'What was the point of commissioning an engineering review?'

Newcastle Herald · Jun 9

Multiple failures caused mould contamination in cancer wards at the Mater for years

Documents reveal the extent of the 'systemic problem'.

Newcastle Herald · May 31

'I can't breathe': families share painful stories as mould death legal action looms

"My daughter kept saying 'I can't breathe, I can't breathe, all I can smell is mould'."

Newcastle Herald · May 29

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Newcastle Herald · May 27

'Died suffering': families gather for class action after Mater deaths

'It was out of nowhere, I saw her that day. She was a cancer patient, but she was not on death's door.'

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2025

Almost 200 Marilyn Monroe lookalikes join Irish charity swim

Marilyn’s Mater Paddle, now in its second year, held at Balcarrick beach to raise funds for women’s cancer care

Newcastle Herald · Mar 22, 2024

'Systemic failure': Hunter New England has highest suicide numbers in NSW

The 'heartbreaking' 1331 suicides in a decade in our district.

The Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2023

These women were told their babies would not survive – but Catholic-run public hospitals refused to provide abortions

Both Jennifer and Amy were devastated when their wanted pregnancies were deemed unviable, but they were forced to go elsewhere when Australia’s Catholic-run public hospitals would not terminate

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 21, 2023

‘I was shocked’: Catholic-run public hospitals refuse to provide birth control and abortion

Publicly funded Catholic hospitals across Australia are using the cover of religion to opt out of providing reproductive care – and experts say it has created a ‘postcode lottery’ for access to services

Newcastle Herald · Aug 1, 2023

'We can't have vulnerable people not knowing where to turn', minister says

'We want to work towards a better path forward.'

Irish Mirror · Jul 10, 2023

Funeral of boy, 13, killed in Kilkenny crash told he 'was too good for this world'

The accident has also left his father Liam in a serious condition in the Mater Hospital in Dublin.

Belfast Live · Jun 15, 2023

Crumlin Road Gaol: Secret underground tunnel discovered at Belfast attraction

The tunnel between D wing of the former jail and the Mater Hospital was discovered on Tuesday

Dublin Live · Mar 8, 2023

Mater Hospital scraps mandatory face coverings for patients and visitors

Doctors and nurses will still have to wear masks when dealing with patients or providing care

ABC News · Feb 18, 2023

Oliver weighed little more than a tub of butter when he was born at 24 weeks at Brisbane's Mater Hospital

Oliver came out crying but by the time his mother saw him for the first time four hours later, he was on a ventilator.

Irish Mirror · Jan 8, 2023

Dozens of beds lying empty and unused at military hospitals as country battles raging trolley crisis

One of these was St Bricin’s in Dublin city centre, which is just a stone’s throw from the Mater hospital in Dublin 7.

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