Some doctors are concerned about Jayant Patel’s conviction for manslaughter and his sentence to seven years imprisonment. Why? Because it sets a dangerous precedent, writes Professor Merrilyn Walton.
Medical authorities
Time to take on Australia’s toughest closed shop: specialist medicine
As long as there is a gross under-supply of specialists and an unwillingness to think about big changes to the way governments reimburse doctors services, the public will remain the big losers, writes Professor Ian Hickie.
John Howard: The transcript
This afternoon, John Howard called a news conference to respond to Little Children are Sacred, the report into s-xual abuse of indigenous children in the Northern Territory. Here is the full transcript…
