A look into the future of healthcare in Victoria
The future of healthcare and how Victorians interact with it is expected to drastically change over the coming decades - and it needs to as Melbourne cements its place as Australia's biggest city.
Alicia Loxley is a Melbourne based journalist and is the co-host of Nine's 6pm news.
Her career began at the ABC in radio, which took her to Perth for 5 years, where she became the lead anchor for ABC TV News. She also hosted the state-wide Drive program on ABC Local Radio.
After returning to Melbourne as a reporter for 9News, she again relocated to Sydney to join the Today Show team.
Alicia has had a box seat to the biggest news stories of the past decade. She led Channel 9's Black Saturday bushfires coverage in 2009, was a key member of the network's Olympics team in London, and co-hosted Victoria Decides 2014 and 2018. She's regularly hosted the Today Show and was a reporter for Channel 9's Inside Story.
Alicia is an ambassador for the Lighthouse Foundation and My Room Children’s Cancer Charity.
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Tens of thousands of Victorians are being left in pain, unable to work and without any certainty of when they'll be operated on far beyond the timelines of what is medically advised.
Inside the emergency departments at Melbourne's busiest hospitals
The Victorian health system was left critically injured by the pandemic and its recovery is expected to take years.
Newsreader Alicia Loxley: 'My toddler asked for me for wine'
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VIDEO: Mother who lost son at birth raises $15,000 for new perinatal research centre
A Melbourne mother has raised more than $15,000 for a ground breaking research centre at Mercy Health that will investigate stillborn and neonatal deaths.
VIDEO: Active ingredient in cannabis may hold the key to weight loss
An active ingredient in marijuana could hold the key to weight loss, with Australian researchers making a ground breaking discovery.
VIDEO: Melbourne student with Muscular Dystrophy searches for cure
A young Melbourne PHD student with Muscular Dystrophy has taken on the huge task of looking for a cure for the debilitating condition.
VIDEO: Melbourne researchers discover how ovarian cancer resists chemotherapy
Melbourne researchers have made a world-first discovery in the fight against ovarian cancer, revealing how the deadly disease is able to outsmart chemotherapy.