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It's easy to make this into a scare campaign, but as the name suggests, it's "AI scribe" - so it's just about the notes. Not suggesting diagnosis. Not suggesting treatment. It's about the notes. And the doctor is expected to read the proposed notes & emend if something doesn't look right...

The banks save on wages if we make withdrawals by ATM rather than going inside & using a teller, whose numbers have reduced. They still need Armaguard to deliver the cash for uses inside the branch, so why say the cost is supposedly just for the ATM cost? The money they save by ATM use should...

If you think the government will fully fund this, rather than underinsure us & only pretend they're covering us, you are dreaming.

A tragic event certainly. Hopefully the anti-vax nut jobs don't try to make mileage out of his treatment failure. My bet is he didn't get enough immunoglobulin. The article points out he was a tall man, a tradie so likely heavily built. Hopefully it's not a one-size-fits-all regime but he...

It appears not everyone read the whole report. Actual evidence shows re-testing older drivers makes no observable difference to crashes & deaths involving older drivers. So why are so many replies supporting something we already know won't work??? Clearly we nearly all anecdotally know older...

Gee, it'd be good to see some balanced reporting on an issue as important as this. And in this case it's the ABC mainly at fault. The SDC error is the completely misleading, click-baiting, headline! Depression is NOT primarily a "side effect" of ADT. The issue is in fact the instant...

What's the cost compared with "standard" residential aged care?

The writer of this article did a great job of creating an Us Vs Them vibe. Maintain the rage!!! In reality a consumption tax hits those who consume more the most. The tax-avoiding millionaires consume most, & so pay most, & cannot avoid it. Most seniors are not big consumers, & those who are...

As they say in the classics, if you're only paying peanuts, you'll just get monkeys.

I recently saw my specialist & you are right, my jaw hit the floor when I was charged $400 but Medicare only covered me for $105.70! But that's not the doctor's fault. He's the top man in the job, a Professor, & of course that's not his pay - he has overheads such as receptionist & rent &...

The article states, "One thing is clear: doing nothing is not really an option." I think you'll find that's what will happen. The politicians have no real idea. You write that the Government were all for a review when they were in opposition, yet they never did it in the next >3 years in...

The numbers are certainly rubbery. As Nicnat writes, there is no mention that the aged pension will not be paid to everyone. Also, I've tried several retirement calculators & they seldom allow you to index your withdrawals to allow for inflation eroding your lifestyle (despite happily allowing...

The title could be aptly applied to every public hospital in Australia, Government run same as the private sector.

As others rightly state, this is a huge impost on small business. And it was never intended to work this way. Decades ago when they started Super (at just 3%) the plan was always to gradually raise it in steps... to a maximum of 9% contributed by employers. It was acknowledged this is still...