@HatAlexander

Senior reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald @smh.

 Sydney
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Joined March 2011
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All smiles, Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Lib candidate James Griffin place their votes in Manly #manlybyelection
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Average 2-party swing against government at NSW by-elections since 1988 is 10.5%, range from +14% to -26% #nswpol
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Justin Coleman@drjustincoleman14 Mar 2017
Thx @SMH for tale of bolt-cutter surgeon smh.com.au/nsw/bega-surgeon-… But I've done worse! drjustincoleman.com/2017/03/… @HatAlexander

Bega surgeon attempts to use his own bolt cutters amid industrial dispute in Bega

Health minister intervenes as surgeons walk off job, leaving a backlog of patients waiting for orthopaedic procedures.

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Former Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens to advise NSW Govt on housing affordability
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Touched by this story - the Chinese love their daughters too, and did all along smh.com.au/world/researchers…

Researchers may have 'found' many of China's 30 million missing girls

Academics often talk about between 30 and 60 million "missing girls" in China as a result of preference for sons and the country's one-child policy.

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Sunny Jassal@DrSunnyJassal18 Oct 2016
Not the worst. GPs can also better inform themselves on specialist fees and advocate for their patients. @mpwoodhead @HatAlexander xitter.cf/drbastianseidel/status…
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Extraordinary story about surgeons behaving badly by @theage colleague @juliamedew smh.com.au/national/australi…
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Yadu Singh
@dryadusingh3 Sep 2016
No justification for Jillian Skinner to resign. NSW Health is a $19.3 billion system with 108,000 staff treating... fb.me/7T6RN7n4F
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Systems responsible for hospital failures, and within them also lie the solutions @JBraithwaite1 smh.com.au/comment/finding-s… via @smh

Finding scapegoats won't make healthcare safer

It is within routine success that the answer to systems failures may lie.

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apparently there was a problem with one supplier but if your pharmacy is still out call Diabetes Australia 1300 13 65 88.
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Sophie Scott@sophiescott21 Jul 2016
Ex AMA president @BrianOwler on the future of healthcare smh.com.au/comment/i-fear-fo…

I fear for our health system and the consequences facing patients

I am deeply concerned what the next three years will bring for health care if the last three years is any guide.

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Emma Partridge@em_partridge1 Jul 2016
Doctor was drunk during operation. Exclusive by @HatAlexander m.smh.com.au/national/health…
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The many layers of narcissism ... cosmetic surgeons now snapchatting their operations smh.com.au/national/health/c…

Snapchat changes face of cosmetic surgery

Privacy was once sacrosanct in operating theatres. Not any more.

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All suicides and homicides - not just shootings - declined after gun reforms @SimonChapman6 @JAMA_current smh.com.au/national/health/t…

The rate of all suicides and homicides in Australia has declined since the gun buyback

The rate of all intentional deaths has declined since gun laws were introduced in 1996.

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Interesting piece in @ConversationEDU argues patients were used as "pawns" in Pathology Australia's cynical bulk-billing campaign
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@smh4 Jun 2016
Public transport and open spaces: how the shape of your suburb can make you healthier. ow.ly/Lua7300VdKt @HatAlexander

Residents of dense neighbourhoods with better public transport and parks are healthier

Some neighbourhoods are much more conducive to healthy residents than others.

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Peter Martin@1petermartin4 Jun 2016
Antibiotics are failing. There's a simple tweak that could save us: goo.gl/sH62Pq @smh @theage #ausecon
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School standards slipping, class divide widening ... inequitable distribution of edn funding means we all lose smh.com.au/federal-politics/…

Private school students to receive $1000 more in government funds than public students by 2020

Australia's education funding model is so dysfunctional that simply pumping billions of extra dollars into the system will not reverse the ghettoisation of our schools, a new report has found.

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Med students cheating by sharing photos of exam papers, @ErykBagshaw reports smh.com.au/national/educatio…

University of Sydney's medical school in second cheating controversy

Doctors at some of Sydney's top hospitals have cheated in their medical exams, Fairfax Media can reveal.

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Surgery should be standard treatment for type two diabetes patients, panel recommends m.smh.com.au/national/health…
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