Critics say the money would have been better spent training more workers, including much-needed psychiatrists.

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The strike by 900 laboratory staff, in protest against extremely low wages, follows strike action by more than 30,000 nurses ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned a video of two NSW nurses apparently bragging of killing Israeli patients, as NSW Health launches an investigation and calls in police.

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Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with a cast of thousands for a pre-National Lamb Day ...

Photo / Mark Mitchell The Green Party jumped more than any other party, rising by 3.7 points to 13.2%, while Act (0.8-point ...

On Facebook — at some length — New Zealand-born Kiribati MP Ruth Cross Kwansing blamed “media manufactured drama”. “The New Zealand media seized the opportunity to patronise Kiribati, and the familiar ...

The bill’s architect, David Seymour, met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches by ...

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BoE cuts policy rate by 25bps to 4.5%. US 10-year rate up modestly overnight but down from NZ close pre-Waitangi Day.