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Aussies living with dementia on track to hit one million

Dementia is now the leading cause of death for Australians, according to the latest update from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). Dementia Australia

Price gouging warning as new home care model looms

Elderly Australians are at risk of financial exploitation when new home care rules come into force from November. Trilogy Care CEO Luke Traini said while the recent

Fuller new Director of Forensic Science Queensland

Former New South Wales Police Commissioner Mick Fuller is the new Director of Forensic Science Queensland (FSQ), following his recent work on the State’s DNA

Robotdebt compensation costs soar past $2 billion

The Robotdebt fallout is set to cost the Federal Government an additional half a billion dollars as it settles a second class action. Attorney-General Michelle Rowland

Tech in place to support under 16 social media ban

The age assurance requirements underpinning the Federal Government’s plan to prevent under 16s from having social media accounts are “practical and achievable”

Community housing funding tap remains open

Community housing providers can now propose developments anytime, with the Queensland Government dropping the current time-limited grant program process. State Housing

Short-term rentals add millions to Budget pain

Negative gearing of property being used for short-term accommodation is costing the Federal Government hundreds of millions of dollars. New analysis from the

SEQ cities too hot in search for the Goldilocks zone

Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast have populations which cannot be sustainably supported by current infrastructure. That is the finding of a new study which

One Australian child dies every week homeless and alone

Thousands of Australian children are homeless without a parent or guardian and hundreds have committed suicide despite being known to specialist homelessness

Teacher stress soars past national workforce norm

Australian teachers are working at stress levels which are three times what is normal in the national workforce. A new study, which researchers say is the first to

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