Grant McArthur

2 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Chip Le Grand |Grant McArthur

By Chip Le Grand and Grant McArthur June 14, 2025 — 7.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Victoria’s mental health watchdog has blown the whistle on “drastic” cuts to its budget, warning they will leave it unable to meet its primary responsibility – holding the state government to account for the performance of the mental health system.

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Broede Carmody |Grant McArthur

By Broede Carmody and Grant McArthur June 11, 2025 — 3.11pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Key National Disability Insurance Scheme health workers such as physiotherapists, dietitians and podiatrists will have their payments slashed in the new financial year as the agency that runs the $48.8 billion scheme seeks to bring down its costs.

1 month ago | theage.com.au | Grant McArthur |Kieran Rooney

Victoria’s Department of Health retreated from the 260 promise last year, labelling the reform recommendation “fully delivered” after the opening of the 179th bed at Royal Melbourne Hospital. But patients, carers, families and mental health physicians struggling to access services say not all these beds are actually available.

1 month ago | theage.com.au | Grant McArthur |Kieran Rooney

“Families and carers don’t have formal training. They’re going in, they’re blindly trying to find a way, and they get exhausted and burnt just trying to support someone who’s acutely unwell.

1 month ago | theage.com.au | Grant McArthur |Chip Le Grand

By Grant McArthur and Chip Le Grand May 19, 2025 — 6.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Victoria’s budget is on track to post a dramatically smaller surplus than previously expected as the state government struggles to balance cost-of-living relief with rising infrastructure-fuelled debt.