Intravenous fluid deprivation has ‘tremendous’ impact on WA patients, AMA claims

A shortage of intravenous fluids is having a “huge” impact on patients in WA, forcing clinics to cancel procedures such as iron infusions, according to the state's medical association. Nationwide shortages of IV products such as saline and other additives used in routine and emergency surgeries and resuscitations have prompted some doctors to warn that … Read more

Financial claims against informants should be prohibited

Under the proposed new laws, there will be no longer any person in Victoria who can sue for damages for the use of lawyers as police informers. The State Civil Liability (Police Informants) Act 2024 covers financial claims related to “information sharing or other assistance” to former crime lawyer Nicola Gobbo and murdered lawyer Joseph … Read more

Abuse in the Catholic Church remains a “current issue”, claims Labour MP Dave Kelly after shocking figures emerge

A Labour MP has sharply criticised the Catholic Church's handling of child sexual abuse, pointing out that dozens of suspected perpetrators have been reported to police in the Archdiocese of Perth over the past five years.

Fortescue claims that two former scientists would not have been able to develop Element Zero so quickly without the miner's technology

Fortescue claims that without the use of the major mining company's technology, two of his former scientists would not have been able to make such rapid progress in their new iron ore processing venture. Previously secret documents revealed by the Federal Court on Wednesday show that Fortescue made a series of detailed allegations about an … Read more