Tony Abbott and WA premier shake hands on NDIS trials

Prime minister will deliver a 'sustainable, affordable' scheme for people with disabilities

Medibank Private sale to go ahead as government announces share float

Finance minister, Mathias Cormann, says there is no evidence sale will lead to higher health insurance premiums

Medicare overhaul: private health care could extend to GP

Australian health minister says paying $6 to see a GP being considered, an idea played down before Griffith’s byelection

Medicare: health minister Peter Dutton signals overhaul

Health system ‘riddled with inefficiency and waste’, minister says, flagging a greater role for the private sector in primary care

True free market proponents should support private-public competition

Dean Baker: The debate is often presented as between people who like the government and people who like the market. It isn't

AOL’s Tim Armstrong couldn’t be more wrong about ‘distressed babies’

Janet Sheaffer Pickel: My twins were born prematurely and cost millions to treat, but you can't put a price on human life. I'm glad I didn't work at AOL

Buyer’s guide to … term insurance

It's cheap and no-frills. But who needs it and what does it cost?

Coalition approves 6.2% rise in average private health insurance premium

Health minister says price increases for all 34 health insurers will help the industry absorb higher level of claims in 2014

The day I met a Lloyds ‘selling machine’

As one writer recalls a run in with a Lloyds salesman, we want to hear about your experiences, or from those who were tasked with making the sales

Critical illness insurance: The neglected cover that could be crucial

Critical illness cover – which pays out if you get a life-threatening illness – has a bad reputation. But is it time to look again?