Unfit Medicare system haemorrhaging up to $3 billion a year

Unfit Medicare system haemorrhaging up to $3 billion a year

Medicare is haemorrhaging up to $3 billion a year in waste, according to a government-commissioned review of the health system’s integrity, which warns it risks losing billions more to rorts in an overly complex and opaque bureaucracy that needs urgent reform. An…

Consumer watchdog wants more power to bust online ‘subscription traps’

Consumer watchdog wants more power to bust online ‘subscription traps’

Beefed-up legal protections are needed to protect people from online subscription strangleholds, the head of the consumer watchdog has warned in a broadside against services that make it all but impossible for subscribers to stop paying for products. Australian Competition and Consumer…

The exact number of steps you need to walk each day to live longer (and it's less than you think) | The Sun

The exact number of steps you need to walk each day to live longer (and it's less than you think) | The Sun

WE all know walking is good for us. And in recent years, the 10,000-steps-a-day regime has become entrenched in popular culture. But, did you know that 10,000 steps is a completely arbitrary figure? In fact, the seemingly random number originates from a successful…