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For-profit healthcare has to end. But so does our for-profit society

WebFor-profit healthcare has to end. But so does our for-profit society. We need the complete nationalisation of health care, taking the whole system back into public …

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The crisis of Australia’s healthcare system Red Flag

WebThe COVID-19 pandemic has put healthcare around the world in the spotlight. In Australia, it has revealed a system breaking at the seams. Our hospitals were shown …

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Where is the hue and cry about the COVID mental health crisis now

WebABC News reported at the end of December that doctors are reporting a “wave of patients” who are “sick with worry”. “Anxiety around catching and passing on COVID …

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I’m a public hospital nurse in Sydney—the system is at breaking …

Web14 August 2021. A NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association member. The coronavirus outbreak tearing through Sydney and now regional New South Wales is testing the public …

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What is the point of the Greens

WebThe Australian Greens achieved unprecedented success at the last federal election, gaining their highest ever number of parliamentary seats after putting forward a …

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My Health Record a sick joke Red Flag

WebTake the case of Louise Beaumont, one of those who had already chosen to have a My Health Record. When she logged on and saw a prescription for valium, a …

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Anger boils over at healthcare crisis in WA Red Flag

WebAnger boils over at healthcare crisis in WA. 30 May 2021. An ANF member. SHARE. Australia Unions and Workers Activism and Reports. Seven-year-old Aishwarya …

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The private health insurance scam Red Flag

WebLabor leader Bill Shorten has criticised the rips-offs associated with private health insurance. However, he has refused to turn words into action, ruling out Labor …

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Canberra’s National Health Co-op collapse and the failure of for …

WebCanberra’s National Health Co-op collapse and the failure of for-profit healthcare. 8 July 2021. A National Health Co-op worker. The future of eight Canberra …

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Health care workers protest refugee detention Red Flag

WebMore than 1,000 health care workers and students protested at a number of hospitals across Australia on 30 October against the federal government’s immigration …

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The ruling class gets its way as Australian life expectancy falls

WebThe ruling-class offensive against public health unleashed in late 2021 has resulted in health outcomes going backwards, in real terms, for the first time in …

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Sydney’s new Northern Beaches hospital to be privately owned

WebIt was revealed that the private hospital will cost the state government $2.14 billion, more than twice the $1 billion figure publicised by health minister Jillian Skinner …

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70 years since Operation Hurricane: the shameful history of British

WebAt 9.30am on 3 October 1952, a mushroom cloud billowed up above the Monte Bello Islands, 130 kilometres off the coast of Western Australia. The next day, the …

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Israel targeting hospitals, says Gaza Ministry of Health

WebThe following press release was issued at 8pm Monday night, Gaza time, by the Ministry of Health-Gaza Strip.. It came after Israeli war minister Yoav Gallant …

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Westmead Children’s Hospital publishes anti-trans research

WebEmma Terry. Recent research published by Sydney’s Westmead Children’s Hospital is being weaponised by anti-trans activists to argue against the use of gender …

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WA nurses strike to demand better pay and ratios Red Flag

WebWA nurses strike to demand better pay and ratios. Thousands of West Australian nurses went on strike on 25 November, rallying at parliament and in regional …

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Chelsea Manning’s case reveals the right’s hypocrisy Red Flag

WebRed Flag is the publication of Socialist Alternative.. We're a revolutionary Marxist group based in Australia. We organise activism, public forums, and study groups. Our aim is to …

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ACT government’s acquisition of Calvary Public Hospital is a win …

Web“Where the Catholics had Mother Mary as their guiding light, there will now be me, Rachel, Our Mother of Perpetual Misery.” This is how ACT Health Minister Rachel …

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How Australia oppresses Aboriginal people today Red Flag

WebIn 2019, between January and May alone, 62 Indigenous suicides were recorded. More than half of the victims were under 25 years, and 15 were children. The …

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Merry hell at Merri Health Red Flag

WebThe chant rang out at a lively rally by allied health workers and supporters at Merri Health, a community health centre in Melbourne’s inner north, on 29 June. Merri …

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