Lucy Barbour

Family Planning Australia has analysed data on medical terminations across NSW, highlighting how access to abortion remains a postcode lottery.

A group of doctors outraged by last year's abortion ban at Orange hospital in regional NSW say they have lodged a complaint with the state's corruption watchdog.

Two-thirds of retired renters are in poverty, according to new analysis from the Grattan Institute, with calls for the major parties to increase Rent Assistance to ease the burden.

The Coalition has promised to improve access to health care and child care in the regions, boost connectivity and improve roads with a $20 billion future fund.

Crime and policing are state issues, but with recent polling showing it's top of mind for some voters, could it sway federal election votes?

The reasons abortion is still so hard for some to access are complex. But restrictions imposed at public hospitals last year have provided some clues. At its heart, this is a story about equity, dollars and political gain.

Women employed through the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme are hiding pregnancies and attempting home abortions, a new report has revealed, prompting calls for greater support to address the health needs of migrant workers.

Hospital managers and executives in NSW will be barred from blocking abortions because of moral and religious views, according to a document obtained by the ABC.

Terminally ill woman Sandra Sarantou is preparing to end her life through voluntary assisted dying (VAD) and is using her final days to call for a legal change to make it easier for others to access VAD.

South Australia has become the first state to formally urge the Commonwealth to change a federal law preventing doctors from using telehealth in voluntary assisted dying (VAD).