NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said police were "not hiding anything" by choosing to omit any mention of the word "Taser" when first disclosing to media that police had injured a 95-year-old woman in an aged-care home.
US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is being treated for a concussion and is staying at a hospital for observation after a fall at a hotel in Washington, DC, on Wednesday evening.
By the end of 2023, eligible people in all Australian states will be able to apply for voluntary assisted dying as the final three states' laws will become operational this year.
Aged care workers will receive a 15 per cent interim pay rise in what is a "promising first step" in reforming the sector, according to Aged Care Minister Anika Wells.
The UK could be weathering the spike in coronavirus cases better than Europe because of T-cell protection stimulated by the AstraZeneca vaccine, the pharmaceutical giant's boss has suggested.
Life expectancy in Australia continues to increase, with Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory taking the crown for the longest-lived residents.
Researchers at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Melbourne have been working on a better way of using stem cell therapy to target the disease.
The report has been delivered to the Governor-General today amid reports of delays in vaccinating aged care residents - which experts say is another stain on the already tarnished sector.
Police in Western Australia are investigating a series of reports aged care residents were abused at a Perth facility after the matter was reported by work experience students.
Leading Australian disabilities advocate Rosemary Kayess has told of the harrowing way people with disabilities have been made to feel "dispensable" during the coronavirus pandemic.