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CSIRO upgrading world class facility to fight diseases like coronavirus
CSIRO's work to better understand the virus that leads to COVID-19 and test potential vaccines is being given a substantial boost with a $220 million upgrade of its high containment biosecurity research facility in Geelong (04 April 2020). More...

Australian Government partnership with private health sector secures 30,000 hospital beds and 105,000 nurses and staff, to help fight COVID-19 pandemic
The Australian Government has partnered with the private hospital sector to ensure the full resources of our world class health system, are ready and focussed on treating patients as required, through the coronavirus pandemic. More....

Unmet legal need will worsen people's health during COVID19
There will be people in Australia for whom the indirect impacts of COVID19 could be as dire as the virus itself. These people include: People at risk of or experiencing family violence or elder abuse Children at risk of child protection concerns and families engaged in the child protection system People locked into inadequate housing that underpins poor health, for instance, mould in public or rental housing that drives respiratory problems (31 March 2020). More...

Doctors seek ethical framework for prioritising resources, patients amid coronavirus pandemic
Doctors have asked Sydney Health Ethics, a centre at the University of Sydney, to construct guidelines on how to prioritise patients and resources. The guidelines provided serve as a framework, not a set of rules (31 March 2020). More...

Government's jobkeeper support package will keep medical practices operating
AMA President, Dr Tony Bartone, said that the Government's JobKeeper package, along with other measures announced over recent weeks to support small business, will allow many medical practices to continue to provide vital healthcare services and advice to the Australian community during the COVID-19 crisis (31 March 2020). More...

Doctors call for scrapping of all voting fines
No one should be fined for failing to vote in the local government elections, according to Queensland doctors. The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine President Dr Ewen McPhee said many Queenslanders found the call to attend polling booths at schools and other public places to contradict official advice on physical distancing and staying home (02 April 2020). More...

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