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25 June 2024

  • Australia's new 'world-leading' vaping laws are nearly here, and very watered down – video

    The Labor party struck a deal with the Greens to give the package of measures a chance of passing in parliament, meaning significant compromise
  • Under Labor’s changes, vapes will only be legally available from pharmacists for adults but no prescriptions will be required

    Australia’s new vaping laws explained: where will vapes be sold and when do the changes come into force?

    Labor’s Mark Butler announced a deal with the Greens that represented a watering down of the proposed new rules

    • Australia news live
      Labor says ‘no mandated sanction’ after senator crosses floor – as it happened

    • Ending easy access to harmful vapes will prevent another generation of Australians becoming addicted

      Becky Freeman

    • Pharmacists say they were not consulted on ‘rushed’ Labor-Greens vape deal

24 June 2024

  • Jacinta Allan speaks to media

    Victoria’s pill testing service to become permanent after 18-month trial

    ‘We’re doing this because all the evidence says it works,’ premier Jacinta Allan says
  • Bill Shorten

    Bill Shorten ‘horrified’ after Coalition and Greens team up and propose delay to NDIS bill

    Greens leader Adam Bandt accuses Labor of wanting to make ‘cuts to services’ for disabled people

    • With the Liberals non-committal on vaping, Labor has been driven into the arms of ‘anti-prohibition’ Greens

    • Victoria to trial pill testing as a ‘commonsense way to save lives’, Jacinta Allan says

    • Medicinal vapes to be sold over the counter at pharmacies after Labor and Greens reach deal

23 June 2024

  • Rear view of woman walking on dirt road during sunset

    Why is menopause still holding Australian women back from their full potential?

  • Nationals leader David Littleproud

    Doctors accuse Nationals of serving interests of tobacco lobby by opposing vaping prohibition

22 June 2024

  • Megan Maurice

    After surviving cancer I wanted a moment of triumph – but I’ve come to terms with a less dramatic process

    Megan Maurice
    No longer the person I was before cancer ripped my former life away, I felt ghostlike, unsure whether people could see me as I tried to figure out how I fit into the world

21 June 2024

  • A Guzman y Gomez store in Sydney, Australia

    Guzman y Gomez storms the ASX, but can the good times really last?

  • The electric caterpillar, Comana monomorpha

    Bugs, drugs and electric venom: is this the most deadly library in the world?

20 June 2024

  • Pediatrician makes vaccination to small boy

    Why are whooping cough infections surging in Australia and should you get a booster jab?

    Health experts say the rise is no surprise given the last pertussis epidemic was eight years ago, and urge people to ensure vaccinations are up to date

18 June 2024

  • A low angle view of a person using a phone

    What’s it like to use an online counselling app like BetterHelp and could it lead to codependency?

  • Ranjana Srivastava

    Groundless complaints can drive doctors away. Here’s why patients need to be held accountable

    Ranjana Srivastava
  • NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey, NSW Deputy Premier Prue Car, NSW Minister for Finance Courtney Houssos, and NSW Premier Chris Minns pose for a photograph ahead of the 2024-2025 NSW State Budget, at NSW Parliament in Sydney.

    NSW state budget 2024: 30,000 new homes pledged amid ‘unprecedented intervention in housing market’

  • Woman using laptop

    ‘Alarm bells should be going off’ as mental health counselling app expands into Australia, critics say

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