Resigned NSW Health psychiatrist,Dr Christina Matthews and Dr Pramudie Gunaratne,the NSW chair of the Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

Wards closed,emergency departments under pressure as doctors walk off job

Resigning psychiatrists warn of worsening backlogs in emergency departments when mentally ill patients have nowhere to go due to ward closures.

  • byAngus Thomson andKate Aubusson
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NSW Premier Chris Minns arrives to visit the scene of the Only About Children child care centre on storey Street in Maroubra which was damaged in an antisemitic attack overnight. Maroubra,NSW. January 21,2025.

Premier may ignore legal advice and push ahead with hate speech reform

A nine-month review by the Law Reform Commission advised against changes. The premier has flagged he may do so anyway to combat rising antisemitic violence.

  • byMax Maddison
Resigning public psychiatrist Prachi Brahmbhatt

Prachi can’t advocate for her patients in NSW,so she’s leaving

Prachi Brahmbhatt is one of dozens of psychiatrists quitting the NSW health system. The body representing her and her colleagues say this will be disastrous.

  • byMax Maddison andNick Newling

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