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Australia Is Desperate For Doctors - So Why Are We Putting Them Through a System That Keeps Them Out While Patients Suffer

  Australia Is Desperate for Doctors. So Why Are We Making It So Hard for Them to Practise? There is something deeply wrong when a country is crying out for doctors, patients are waiting months or years for operations, and people with serious medical conditions are left waiting for care ,yet qualified doctors from overseas can spend years trying to get through the system that allows them to practise here. On the west coast of Australia, the shortage of doctors is not an abstract political debate. It affects real people, real families and real lives. Behind every long waiting list is someone in pain, someone whose condition may be deteriorating, and someone wondering how much longer they can afford to wait. So why are we making it so difficult for overseas-trained doctors to help? I know of a Malaysian medical graduate who has spent her life achieving the highest academic results. Since the age of four, she has consistently achieved high distinctions. She has now sat the Australia...

Embrace Life’s Possibilities: Why the Best May Be Yet to Come

What If Your Life Is Already Perfect… and It's About to Get Even Better? I've been thinking lately about how much life there is to enjoy, how many beautiful experiences we've already had, and how much there still is to look forward to. The people we've met, the places we've discovered, the adventures we've had, the love we've experienced and all those little moments that have made life what it is. When you really stop to think about it, it's pretty incredible. But what if we're not waiting for life to get better?  What if it's already extraordinary, and we're simply opening ourselves up to even more? Imagine waking up each day feeling excited about what might happen. Not because something is missing, or because we're trying to change who we are, but because we genuinely love being alive and are curious about what's next. There are still places to explore, people to meet, experiences to have, things to learn and moments that will take ...