Suzanne James

Not-for-profit frontline mental health services are being forced to beg for small change as they manage the fall-out from the mental health funding model. Suzanne James reports.

The honeymoon, if there was one, is over for Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro. Suzanne James reports on the growing pushback against her riding roughshod over democracy.

Suzanne James and David Shoebridge discuss the Australian Greens latest initiative to progress the legalisation of recreational cannabis.

Suzanne James argues that the Australian Greens’ bill to legalise cannabis for personal use needs to protect the right to home grow from the mega-industry monster it will inevitably create.

Suzanne James asks Jenny Rolfe, a community backed Independent candidate for the NSW seat of Riverina, about the housing crisis, social and gender inequality, regional service access, the cost of living crisis and the latest tranche of anti-protest laws.

The United Workers Union has called on the Queensland and NSW Premiers to guarantee the jobs of nearly 9000 workers employed by the Star Group. Suzanne James reports. 

Dying With Dignity Victoria is calling for four key equity of access changes for federal Labor to address before the election. Suzanne James reports.

Fifty years after Dying with Dignity NSW formed, Suzanne James spoke with Penny Hackett, its president, on the anniversary of voluntary assisted dying in NSW.

As the prime minister’s popularity and Labor’s primary vote plummet, serious questions are being raised about the government’s real motivation for seeking to delay and water down long-awaited gambling ad ban laws. Suzanne James reports.

 

While NSW Labor claims it cannot afford to pay medical professionals the same rates as their counterparts in other states, the public doesn’t buy it. Suzanne James reports.

Suzanne James writes that if governments do not start protecting people from the corporate greed that is destroying so many lives, more CEOs might unfortunately get caught in the crossfire.

Suzanne James talks to Dying With Dignity Victoria president Jane Morris about defending the important right of end-of-life choice through voluntary assisted dying laws.