Home Affairs used Google Translate for COVID-19 advice to multicultural communities Friday November 20, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Public servants from the Department of Home Affairs used Google Translate rather than official translators to communicate with multicultural communities at the beginning of the…
Emergency response bureaucrats embody ‘real and profound public service’, health minister says Monday November 9, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Health minister Greg Hunt has acknowledged the 'extraordinarily talented' public servants from across the Australian Public Service who have been working in the federal government's…
Premium Insights and analysis The plan to inoculate Australia: How governments will vaccinate more than 16-million people in less than a year Monday November 2, 2020 By Matthew Elmas Features Australia will draw on cross-disiplinary expertise in a society-wide effort to deploy a vaccine for coronavirus next year.
New research makes case for policies to improve public health with self-care Wednesday October 7, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Federal health minister Greg Hunt is set to launch a new policy blueprint that calls for policy reform to improve population health and reduce health…
Budget 2020: health system ‘needs help now’, says AMA Tuesday October 6, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The Australian Medical Association has called on the government to “reset” its attitude to health expenditure by using Tuesday’s 2020-21 federal budget as an opportunity…
‘Now is not the time for blame’: aged care royal commission makes recommendations to government Friday October 2, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The federal government must establish a national aged care advisory body as part of a broader COVID-19 plan for the sector, according to the aged…
$25 million for safe medicine delivery under Medical Research Future Fund Tuesday September 29, 2020 By Matthew Elmas Health Federal health minister Greg Hunt said the funds, which will be outlaid through the Medical Research Future Fund, will support research grants investigating how medicine…
Health groups urge government to cover climate change in National Preventive Health Strategy Tuesday September 22, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Energy & Environment More than 30 prominent health organisations have called on the federal government to address the health impacts of climate change in its National Preventive Health…
Health department’s aged care website wins Good Design Award Wednesday September 9, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The federal government’s My Aged Care website has been named Australia’s best designed website. The website — which connects older Australians, families and carers to…
Federal government had a COVID-19 response plan, ‘just not an aged care plan’, royal commission hears Friday August 14, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal The federal government has been accused of showing 'a degree of self-congratulation and even hubris' in the months leading up to the COVID-19 aged care…
Royal commission hears of ‘notorious problems’ with relationship between state health and federal aged care sectors Tuesday August 11, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Australia has 'no hope' of fighting the COVID-19 aged care crisis if the state and federal governments do not work together, the aged care royal…
Commonwealth seeking information on organisations that could manufacture COVID-19 vaccine onshore Tuesday August 11, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry The government is particularly interested in whether manufacturers are willing to alter their capability and capacity to support the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments…
Federal, Victorian public servants seconded to aged care response centre Wednesday August 5, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal More than 50 staff from across the Australian Public Service, Victorian Public Service and a number of hospitals and health services have joined the Victorian…
New restrictions, payments announced for Vic workers and businesses Tuesday August 4, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry The Victorian premier also announced that Melbourne residents would receive a 'piece of paper' detailing where they work and their role so police know whether…
Department of Health website saw 760% rise in traffic at peak of COVID-19 Thursday July 9, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The government’s website hosting and content management system has experienced a record number of visits during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the…
