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Grant McArthur

Grant McArthur is a senior reporter for The Age

Dr Helen Schultz stopped clinical practice after being attacked by a patient in psychosis at the Swanston Centre, and is calling for the place to be closed due to being unsafe for patients and staff.

Alarm raised on trouble-plagued Swanston Centre years before hospital homicide

A psychiatrist attacked by a patient on her second day at the Geelong psychiatric hospital says staff and patients have been let down by years of inaction.

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Kylie Minogue with Visy boss Anthony Pratt. Kylie Minogue was the guest performer at the annual Visy night at the Pratt family home in Kew.

Kylie sends guests spinning around at Pratt’s lavish backyard bash

Pop megastar Kylie Minogue gave 250 of Australia’s most select guests a night to remember as the headline act of cardboard king Anthony Pratt’s annual party.

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Greenslopes Supported Residential Service in Lower Templestowe has had its registration revoked after Victoria’s Social Services Regulator uncovered concerning conditions for vulnerable residents.

Dementia patients found tied to chairs, lying in filth, with open sores

It took regulators three years to investigate and close the service after warnings about the state of the home were first raised in March 2023.

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Lee Johnson, pictured with her child Bellamy Nieto’s dog Bluey. The mother has been left devastated by her child’s death.

After a series of deaths, traumatised families are left asking the same question at the Swanston Centre

Soaring episodes of violence and assaults have been reported inside the Geelong psychiatric unit.

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Emergency services were called to the intersection of Myers and Swanston streets, the site of a mental health, drug and alcohol treatment centre.

Slain psychiatric ward patient shared bathroom, unlockable door with alleged killer

The patient from the neighbouring room was found over the body, with broken glass nearby. There were no locked doors between their rooms.

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Berwick single mother Claire Neylon is hooked up to a dialysis machine every night.

Millions of Australians have kidney disease and don’t know it

The number of Australians treated for kidney failure, including dialysis, over the past two decades has doubled to 2.7 million.

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Cardiac arrest survivor Marita Hook (right) with friend Glenn Miles, who helped save her life on the floor of a Cheltenham pub.

Marita knows why Victoria is one of the best places in the world to have a cardiac arrest

A record number of Victorians stepped up to use publicly accessible defibrillators to save others, with some shockingly good results.

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A specialist bus provided for free to Scope when it took over management of a state government-owned Camberwell disability home, which Scope is now attempting to sell to the home’s new managers.

Disability homes scrap bus services, tell residents to take taxis, trains

One of the state’s largest disability service providers is withdrawing its transport services due to financial pressures and trying to sell off the buses they were given for free.

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Monash IVF has reached confidential settlements with families impacted by embryo mix-ups at its Brisbane and Clayton clinics.

Monash IVF pays millions to families after horror embryo mix-ups

Families involved in two horror mix-ups that saw women implanted with the wrong embryos have received massive secret settlements from Monash IVF.

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Paramedic Kathryn McCormack says she feels let down after charges of assaulting an emergency worker were withdrawn against a man alleged to have attacked her.

Police, firefighters join call for review of assault loophole

Premier Jacinta Allan conceded further reform could be needed and that the outcome in this case was concerning.

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