Doctors say the upcoming budget will miss the mark for addressing a lack of health funding; Swiss fans celebrate their country winning the Eurovision Song Contest; And in boxing, Australian Andrew Moloney announces his shock retirement after a controversial loss to Mexico's Pedro Guevara.One of Australia's leading medical bodies has labelled the multi-million dollar boost in the federal budget to urgent care clinics as a "missed opportunity" for other health funding.
"This is window dressing to the real problem which is funding chronic disease and mental health which are the commonest problems we see in general practice. We want to keep people out of hospitals and expensive urgent care centres."Treasurer Jim Chalmers has clarified earlier comments on Australia's near-record low birth-rate, saying he does not believe governments should tell Australians what to do with their bodies.
"It costs a lot to have kids and people make their own choices and I don't for a minute pretend that I have a say in the choices that people make - my job is to make it easier if they want to make that decision. One of the reasons people are making different choices is because it's expensive to have kids. It's not for us to dictate people's choices.
The 28-year-old mother's alleged killer was already on bail on charges of raping, stalking and intimidating her.
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