This bill’s proposal has a simple intention: to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to have a say in the policy and legislation that affects them.

Our rural health workforce is so thin that both our hospitals and aged-care services have no choice but to pay exorbitant agency and accommodation fees to employ and house doctors and nurses.

Too many older Australians are denied high-quality and safe care.

My electorate is facing strong demand for employees, yet there are major skills shortages.

The Government must invest in critical enabling infrastructure to boost housing supply in regional Australia, Dr Helen Haines has told the National Rural Press Club in Canberra.

In Australia, especially in the regions, the heart our problem is the desperate lack of housing supply.

Independent Federal Member for Indi Helen Haines has celebrated funding for extension services to support farmers to adopt climate-smart agriculture practices in Tuesday’s Federal Budget.

Labor’s first full Federal Budget includes measures which will make going to the doctor cheaper and lower electricity bills for those doing it tough, but Independent Federal Member for Indi Helen Haines says there isn’t enough action on housing or enough funding for the regions.

We need more employers like Hylke and Neri all over Australia, people who value their workers, their community and their industry and look at the bigger picture.

This month North East Health Wangaratta celebrated their 150 year anniversary – that’s 150 years of being with people during life’s biggest moments – births, emergencies, surgeries, recoveries and in life’s final moments as well.