☕ ADHD diagnosis change in NSW

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Almost 300 GPs in NSW who’ve completed NSW Health’s endorsed prescriber training can now diagnose ADHD and prescribe medication.

Previously, people in the state needed to see a specialist for an ADHD diagnosis, and GPs could only continue prescribing medication if a specialist had already started them on it.

Another 300 GPs are due to begin the same training next month.

Here’s what you need to know.

ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder that can make it difficult to concentrate, manage attention or control impulses.

Symptoms usually appear in childhood, and diagnosis involves a thorough assessment of a person’s behaviour and symptoms.

Until now, people in NSW have generally needed to see a psychiatrist or paediatrician for a diagnosis.

It’s estimated that around one in 20 Australians have ADHD.

Previously, GPs in NSW could only continue prescribing ADHD medication if a specialist had already started the patient on it.

Nearly 1,700 GPs have also signed up to continue prescribing ADHD medication for existing patients.

Now, GPs who complete NSW Health’s endorsed prescriber training can assess patients, diagnose ADHD and start prescribing medication.

The program will fund up to 2,500 free GP ADHD assessments.

NSW Health Minister Ryan Park said GPs in rural and regional areas, where access to care “is a challenge”, were prioritised for the first 300 training places.

Free assessments could save patients up to $1,500 a year in out-of-pocket costs, the State Government noted.

Reporting by Elliot Lawry.

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The family of the man accused of running down independent MP Helen Haines say they are devastated by what happened to their “friend of more than 20 years”.

The Federal Member for Indi was outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, in Victoria’s north-east, on Monday afternoon when she was struck by a car.

The 65-year-old was airlifted to a Melbourne hospital for emergency surgery after suffering life-threatening injuries. She has since lost a leg.

Brendan Nugent, 43, was arrested at the scene of the incident and remains in police custody. On Tuesday, he was charged with dangerous driving causing serious injury, intentionally causing serious injury and causing harm to a Commonwealth public official.

Haines was struck by a white four-wheel drive outside her Wangaratta office at about 3:30pm on Monday, Victoria Police said.

She was retrieving items from the boot of her car when the incident happened.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke told the ABC that witnesses described the driver “doing a U-turn to get into the car park and to ram Helen against a vehicle, then to reverse and do it a second time.”

“A bystander ran towards the scene, got the driver out of the vehicle and held the driver until police arrived,” Burke said.

Haines underwent emergency surgery on Monday night and remains in a critical but stable condition.

Nugent, a 43-year-old man from nearby Tarrawingee, was arrested at the scene.

Victoria Police Acting Superintendent Ashley Mason told the ABC there was “no recent intelligence” that “put him on our radar”.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the incident was deliberate, but stressed it was too early to speculate on the motive.

Witnesses, including local barber Ricky Jefferies, helped Haines and detained the suspect.

Jefferies said he pulled Nugent from the car and held him until police arrived. He also alleged Nugent had a knife, which he said the driver took from his pocket and threw away.

“He didn’t pull it out. Basically just … took it out of his pocket and threw it away,” Jefferies said.

He told media he “just was a person who had an opportunity to intervene”.

Albanese praised the “Good Samaritan”, saying “that person is a hero today”.

Victoria Police is leading the investigation, with support from the Australian Federal Police (AFP), ASIO and a joint counter-terrorism team.

Albanese confirmed the team had been activated because of the nature of the incident, but said the motive remained unknown.

In a statement on Tuesday, Nugent’s father, Rod Nugent, and Rod’s partner, Christine Cunningham, said Haines had been their friend for more than 20 years, describing what happened to her as “devastating and unfathomable”.

“Helen has been our friend for more than 20 years and what happened to her yesterday is devastating and unfathomable,” they said.

“We will be assisting Victoria Police in any way we can.”

The incident has renewed discussion about the safety of elected officials and the rise in threats against politicians.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said the AFP received 1,067 reports of threatening and harassing behaviour involving parliamentarians, high office holders and associated offices and facilities in 2025–26, up from 951 the previous financial year.

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor condemned the incident, saying: “Our nation cannot become a place where violent attacks are normalised... political violence must never be accepted as part of public life.”

ASIO chief Mike Burgess also warned about the role of political rhetoric in the security environment.

“I have repeatedly put on the record my concern about the use of violent rhetoric in public discourse,” Burgess said in a statement on Tuesday.

Burgess said ASIO had seen direct correlations between inflamed language, inflamed tensions and acts of violence, calling for more civil public debate.

Nationals MP Sam Birrell, whose electorate of Nicholls neighbours Indi, said he was “shocked and saddened” by the incident.

“Helen is a friend and colleague and one of the kindest people you would meet. She is highly respected across the aisle,” Birrell said.

Independent Senator David Pocock described Haines as “the very best of us”.

Reporting by Emily Donohoe.

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