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Cannabis 'policy muddle' requires clarity: report

Cannabis 'policy muddle' requires clarity: report

Community attitudes toward cannabis are changing and criminal gangs benefit from the status quo, according to a report calling to reconsider decriminalisation.

Thousands wiped off student debt in pre-Christmas gift

Thousands wiped off student debt in pre-Christmas gift

Thousands wiped off student debt in pre-Christmas gift

Thousands wiped off student debt in pre-Christmas gift

A year after students were slugged with a huge increase to their debts, the government has passed thousands of dollars in relief and teased of further help.

Online medical care helps coughers avoid waiting rooms

Online medical care helps coughers avoid waiting rooms

Online medical care helps coughers avoid waiting rooms

Online medical care helps coughers avoid waiting rooms

A free telehealth service is designed to divert more than 85,000 people from GP and hospital waiting rooms.

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PM promises to leave 'nothing on the field' at election

PM promises to leave 'nothing on the field' at election

As federal parliament draws to a close for the year, Anthony Albanese remains optimistic Labor will be back in a majority government after the next election.

Chronic conditions on the rise among Indigenous people

Chronic conditions on the rise among Indigenous people

The number of Indigenous people smoking daily has dropped, while mental health conditions have risen, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows.

Baby dies amid unprecedented whooping cough outbreak

Baby dies amid unprecedented whooping cough outbreak

A newborn baby is dead and infections are surging as health authorities scramble to contain a worsening national whooping cough epidemic.

Drive with care: Uber launches service for extra help

Drive with care: Uber launches service for extra help

A rideshare service trialled in the United States will be launched in Australia, letting caregivers book rides for the people they help.

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Aged care revamp to shake up Australians' golden years

Aged care revamp to shake up Australians' golden years

Aged care revamp to shake up Australians' golden years

Aged care revamp to shake up Australians' golden years

Older Australians will be able to live at home for longer and receive better protections in aged care after a sector overhaul passed parliament.

Beyond The Valley to host pill testing in state first

Beyond The Valley to host pill testing in state first

Beyond The Valley to host pill testing in state first

Beyond The Valley to host pill testing in state first

Beyond The Valley will be the first Victorian music festival to trial pill testing in an effort to curb overdoses and save lives.

Swimming changing lives for those with cerebral palsy

Swimming changing lives for those with cerebral palsy

Swimming changing lives for those with cerebral palsy

Swimming changing lives for those with cerebral palsy

A groundbreaking competitive swimming program designed for young people with severe cerebral palsy is reversing the motor decline associated with the condition.

'You've saved our lives': 100 years of caring for kids

'You've saved our lives': 100 years of caring for kids

'You've saved our lives': 100 years of caring for kids

'You've saved our lives': 100 years of caring for kids

Nancy Bird Walton, Queen Elizabeth and a desperate rural mum are some of the people touched by the work of a charity that's cared for rural children since 1924.

'Fix this': torn-up contracts not in patients' interest

'Fix this': torn-up contracts not in patients' interest

'Fix this': torn-up contracts not in patients' interest

'Fix this': torn-up contracts not in patients' interest

A major private hospital operator and multiple insurers have been urged to negotiate as contracts are torn up, likely to result in patients paying more.

'Nightmare': PM's tribute after teen's methanol death

'Nightmare': PM's tribute after teen's methanol death

'Nightmare': PM's tribute after teen's methanol death

'Nightmare': PM's tribute after teen's methanol death

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has paid tribute to Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones following her death from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos.

Plea to end the nation's kidney dialysis dependence

Plea to end the nation's kidney dialysis dependence

Plea to end the nation's kidney dialysis dependence

Plea to end the nation's kidney dialysis dependence

Kidney disease advocates are calling for earlier treatment, increased research and more organ transplants to end Australia’s dependence on outdated dialysis.

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Opposition fails to stub out lighter tobacco fines

Moves to lighten penalties for first offences by small operators ignited a row that could have delayed a government crack down on illegal tobacco.

Record number of GPs in training but 'job not done'

Australia is facing a severe shortage of GPs. Though more medical students are opting to become local doctors, peak medical bodies say more must be done.

New parents urged to 'make the call' on mental health

New parents are struggling with their mental health, a perinatal anxiety and depression helpline says as it records a surge in calls from Indigenous families.

Eight killed in second mass attack in China in a week

Police say a former student who killed eight people in a stabbing spree at a vocational college in China was angry he did not get his graduation certificate.

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Mind check: should schools track kids' mental health?

Australian schools will have access to a government-funded digital tool to support students' mental health but some question whether it will be effective.

Cholera blamed for beseiged Sudan town's mystery deaths

Cholera is thought to be the cause of hundreds of deaths in a besieged town in Sudan's El Gezira state.

Loneliness epidemic among older and younger Australians

An epidemic of loneliness has spawned a host of poor health outcomes for Australians with urgent preventative measures needed, an inquiry has been told.

Dog walkers, picnickers have roles in biosecurity bout

A major gathering of global biosecurity experts has been told about the fight against Disease X and efforts to contain bird flu and other zoonotic diseases.

Thousands rally as nurses reject one-or-the-other deal

Angry nurses will not accept delaying their demand for improved staffing ratios as a condition of securing a major pay rise.

Dutton supports abortion access, hits out at 'games'

Peter Dutton backs a woman's right to access abortion services, and has hit out at attempts to "play games" with a state-based issue.

Big police pay rise sparks ructions in other wage deals

Police and nurses point to a big pay increase for officers in one jurisdiction while threatening strike action as their wage negotiations deteriorate.

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