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Gambling reform advocates up pressure in marginal seats

Gambling reform advocates up pressure in marginal seats

Gambling harm advocates will focus on marginal seats in the final days of the election campaign, urging politicians across the spectrum to find their voice.

More Aussies seeking help for sex and porn addiction

More Aussies seeking help for sex and porn addiction

More Aussies seeking help for sex and porn addiction

More Aussies seeking help for sex and porn addiction

The growing popularity of platforms such as OnlyFans has been linked to an increase in the number of Australians seeking help for pornography addiction.

Pokies panel pushes to keep cash for gamblers

Pokies panel pushes to keep cash for gamblers

Pokies panel pushes to keep cash for gamblers

Pokies panel pushes to keep cash for gamblers

Half of Australia's poker machines would require a named account under recommended reforms, but industry has attacked the "embarrassing" evidence base.

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Major funds boost for mental health, addiction services

Major funds boost for mental health, addiction services

Mental health and addiction services including those catering to the most complex cases will share in almost a quarter of a billion dollars in health funding.

Flood catastrophe leaves river towns mired in drug use

Flood catastrophe leaves river towns mired in drug use

Drug and alcohol use are among a range of issues brought on by the catastrophic floods of 2022 and trauma that lingers, say a local MP and charities.

Huff and puff: warnings over drug laws lack substance

Huff and puff: warnings over drug laws lack substance

Drug safety advocates say treating casual users as criminals is causing them harm, with no signs decriminalising drugs in the ACT has made the problem worse.

NSW's lauded cashless gaming trial has just 32 users

NSW's lauded cashless gaming trial has just 32 users

A 'really good picture' is being painted by a small trial charting the path forward for one of the world's largest pokies jurisdictions, a minister insists.

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If all bet ads are off, give us a break: Free TV

If all bet ads are off, give us a break: Free TV

If all bet ads are off, give us a break: Free TV

If all bet ads are off, give us a break: Free TV

Commercial television networks struggling with revenue will face further financial pain if all gambling advertising is banned, free-to-air channels say.

Mood-altering drug use a 'human right': top prosecutor

Mood-altering drug use a 'human right': top prosecutor

Mood-altering drug use a 'human right': top prosecutor

Mood-altering drug use a 'human right': top prosecutor

Australia's longest-serving public prosecutor is pushing for a Portuguese-style cannabis model that decriminalises drugs and brings users before experts.

Pharmacy lobby blasts plan for chemists to sell vapes

Pharmacy lobby blasts plan for chemists to sell vapes

Pharmacy lobby blasts plan for chemists to sell vapes

Pharmacy lobby blasts plan for chemists to sell vapes

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has slammed a new plan that would allow smokers to buy vapes at pharmacies without the need for a doctor's prescription.

Alarm as steep rise in youth vaping overtakes smoking

Alarm as steep rise in youth vaping overtakes smoking

Alarm as steep rise in youth vaping overtakes smoking

Alarm as steep rise in youth vaping overtakes smoking

Vaping has increased twofold among young people aged 15 to 29 in the past year despite national reforms to crack down on usage.

Paramedic caught high on drugs while working on shift

Paramedic caught high on drugs while working on shift

Paramedic caught high on drugs while working on shift

Paramedic caught high on drugs while working on shift

A Victorian paramedic who tested positive to a cocktail of drugs while working and admitted to a long history of drug abuse has been suspended for 12 months.

Cocaine-fuelled adviser 'disgraceful' in duping clients

Cocaine-fuelled adviser 'disgraceful' in duping clients

Cocaine-fuelled adviser 'disgraceful' in duping clients

Cocaine-fuelled adviser 'disgraceful' in duping clients

A financial adviser who ripped off almost $500,000 from clients was a drug user who spent about $3000 a week on cocaine, a court has heard.

Holding the smoke, students find new way to hide vaping

Holding the smoke, students find new way to hide vaping

Holding the smoke, students find new way to hide vaping

Holding the smoke, students find new way to hide vaping

An inquiry into vaping has heard students are coming up with "way worse" methods to avoid detection as a senior police officer warns against criminalisation.

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Illicit drug use jumps, booze dips in wastewater tests

The consumption of methylamphetamine and cocaine has risen sharply over 12 months and another drug has become an emerging concern.

Rise in street demand and trafficking of harmful drug

Increased border seizures and rising street demand for an illicit drug is concerning authorities, who warn the potent sedative causes serious harm and can kill.

Tougher penalties ahead after $1m illegal vaping blitz

A major vaping blitz uncovered more than 30,000 contraband items hidden in shops across Sydney as the NSW health minister calls for tougher penalties.

Fentanyl lies in wait as 'the wolf at Australia's door'

Australia's lack of a fentanyl market is keeping illicit use down, federal police say as health experts warn the drug poses a major threat.

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Cashless pokie trial flush with club and pub volunteers

Ten times the planned number of poker machines have been nominated for a cashless gaming trial in NSW, but critics say an expansion will lead to more delays.

Medical groups push for promised CBD injecting room

The Victorian government has been called on to honour a longstanding promise to establish a supervised injecting room in Melbourne's CBD.

Victorians top list for taking deadly 'super drug'

Authorities warn fentanyl has the potential to devastate Victoria, though there are no plans for police to carry life-saving medication for overdose treatment.

Site for Victoria's first sobering-up centre revealed

Victoria's government has revealed key details of its health-based approach to public drunkenness, with a facility to provide a safe place for sobering up.

Crown switches focus to problem gambling prevention

Crown says it is shifting its focus away from targeting problem gamblers and broadening its agenda to preventing gambling harm.

Cashless gaming trial up and running within months

Hundreds of poker machines will go cashless in a one-year trial as part of the NSW Labor government's gambling reform package.

New study creates guidelines to safely kick opioid use

New guidelines to help people take control of their opioid usage recommends creating tailored plans to quit the drug as soon as it is prescribed.

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