The small village of Uralla has been reeling from news that the town's only full time doctor is going to close its doors in a matter of days due to what has been described as 'bureaucracy gone mad'.
Adam Marshall and Barnaby Joyce have called for urgent intervention to save the popular Uralla Medical Centre from closing.
After initial hesitation, the Australian Government will introduce pre-departure testing for COVID-19 for people travelling to Australia from China.
The maximum cost of a PBS covered prescription will drop today for most people, but for those with a concession card their medication cost is increasing from $6.80 to $7.30 per script.
Terminally ill Queenslanders are now able to ask for medically-assisted death after the state's voluntary-assisted dying scheme came into effect at midnight.
The Australian Government is making no change to travel restrictions yet, as a post holiday spike in Covid-19 cases is widely expected across the country.
A new petition has been started to make 20 sessions of counselling through the Better Access program permanent.
NSW Health is urging parents to have early conversations with their teenagers to help discourage vaping.
