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NSW government video promotes railway station at 'jewel in Sydney's crown ...

The NSW government has released a promotional video on its Metro rail project and the new Barangaroo station. The video calls the controversial development at Barangaroo, home to James Packer's new Crown development, the 'jewel in Sydney's crown', ... >> view original

NSW Budget 2015: What's in it for western Sydney

Sydney's west has come out a winner in the budget, with arts, sports, parks and major infrastructure getting a cut of the funds. The budget includes $30 million over four years for arts in western Sydney, including $10 million of acclerated funding to ... >> view original

Giddy-ups get more love than startups in NSW budget: Sydney MP Alex Greenwich

The NSW government will invest millions of dollars in STEM education as well as small business in a bid to create the jobs of the future. However, Sydney MP Alex Greenwich says the state budget does little to help tech startups. The Baird government ... >> view original

Fiona Stanley inquiry: Hospital staff errors contributed to Perth man's death ...

The father of a Perth man who died after being given the wrong drug to treat his bowel disease says he believes multiple errors by staff at Fiona Stanley Hospital contributed to his son's death. Jared Olsen was admitted to Fiona Stanley in February and treated ... >> view original

Parents beware! Passive smoking can leave your baby obese

By the age of 10, the children who had been intermittently or continuously exposed to smoke were likely to have waists that were up to three-fifth of an inch wider than their peers. (Shutterstock). A recent study indicates that children whose parents smoked ... >> view original

Why Queensland needs to get behind Red Nose Day

LITTLE else would come close to the grief of losing a child, suddenly, often without any explanation. But in Queensland, that crushing reality is far too often. The Sunshine State has one of the highest instances of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome across ... >> view original

Who Needs Another LDL Drug Anyway?

savesaved. ▷. video-image. Steven Nissen, MD. author name. by Crystal Phend Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today. This article is a collaboration between MedPage Today® and: Medpage Today. When the FDA advisory committee met this month to ... >> view original

Illawarra budget to deliver work on roads and hospitals, a police station, SES ...

The bulk of funds committed to the Illawarra in the state budget will flow to roads and hospitals, but there's also funds for policing and education. The bulk of infrastructure spend on roads over the next 12 months will fund the Foxground and Berry Princes ... >> view original

NSW budget 2015: Slap for feds amid $19.6bn health spree

Even as the NSW government excoriates the commonwealth over a reduction in health funding, it will spend a record $19.6 billion of recurrent money in the sector and pump about $5bn into capital investment over the next term. The 5.2 per cent increase in ... >> view original

Google wristband to benefit doctors

GOOGLE'S life sciences group has created a health-tracking wristband that could be used in clinical trials and drug tests, giving researchers or physicians minute-by-minute data on how patients are faring. The experimental device, developed within the ... >> view original