May 12, 2021
Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, Minister for Superannuation Jane Hume, Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, Minister for Employment Michaelia Cash and Minister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews at the Cabinet Womens Task Force Meeting at Parliament House in Canberra. Source: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas.
The 2021 budget is a huge improvement for women when compared to last year’s offering. Faced with protests against sexual violence in Australia, allegations of parliamentary sexual assault, and waning popularity among female voters, the Morrison government has moved to increase funding for domestic violence prevention, help women save for retirement, and improve access to childcare.
Note From the Editors
The pace of impact through digital health in 2021 is off to a
rapid start be it the number of transactions, the numerous
legislative proposals and actions, or the focused attention of
enforcement bodies. Given the accelerated pace of tech-enabled
methods, such as telehealth or product development through
streamlined digital tools and decentralized clinical trials, not to
mention AI and big data s impact on diagnostic and research
capacity, the policy and regulatory spotlight on digital health
will no doubt be bright throughout this year. In the Industry
Insights contribution for this issue, several of our digital
health experts briefly summarize the focused attention of U.S.
Wayne Fella Morrison is just one of the more than 440 Indigenous people who have died in Australia’s prison system in the last three decades.
Indigenous people are locked up at a horrifying rate, and the trauma that causes to Indigenous communities is immeasurable.
In 1991, the final report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody outlined 339 recommendations to try and stop Indigenous people dying behind bars.
But despite decades of outrage, before and after that Royal Commission, little has been done to improve the situation.
In fact, in many cases, the picture today is looking worse than ever before.
âThere was no tomorrowâ: The rare disease that claimed Marciaâs life
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Kris Ferguson and his wife Marcia Ferguson-Roa always promised each other that if they lived to 80, theyâd take their yacht out to sea and pull the plug.
But Ms Ferguson-Roa, 59, didnât get to enjoy a final sail. She died at St Vincentâs Hospital in December a week after being diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease called dermatomyositis. It is a variation of myositis (inflammation of the muscles) that affects the skin.
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