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No more pretty packaging and flavours, new vape laws

No more pretty packaging and flavours, new vape laws

Under world-first laws, vapes will only be able to be sold at pharmacies over the counter as part of a national crackdown on the serious public health menace.

Albanese links new energy plan to cost-of-living crisis

Albanese links new energy plan to cost-of-living crisis

Albanese links new energy plan to cost-of-living crisis

Albanese links new energy plan to cost-of-living crisis

Cost-of-living support in the form of tax cuts and higher pay for minimum-wage workers are among changes to come into effect in the new financial year.

Child Protection failed baby boy, coroner finds

Child Protection failed baby boy, coroner finds

Child Protection failed baby boy, coroner finds

Child Protection failed baby boy, coroner finds

More children will die if Child Protection keeps failing to take action, the SA coroner has warned in findings on the death of a baby boy in a squalid home.

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Non-urgent trips draining regional ambulance paramedics

Non-urgent trips draining regional ambulance paramedics

Rural paramedics have long taken issue with ambulances being used to transport non-critical patients, and now an audit has revealed the scale of the problem.

Change allows hundreds to end life on their own terms

Change allows hundreds to end life on their own terms

NSW was the last state to legalise voluntary assisted dying and hundreds of people have asked for approval in the first months of the euthanasia scheme.

Laws could deliver life-saving fruit and vegies boon

Laws could deliver life-saving fruit and vegies boon

Food companies might find it more profitable to donate than to dump if a Senate bill targeting food insecurity passes.

Pregnant pause as glitch causes baby due date errors

Pregnant pause as glitch causes baby due date errors

A technical fault has been blamed for errors in due dates recorded for 1700 pregnant women in a glitch that prompted an independent review.

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Hospital staffer certified deaths 'outside the law'

Hospital staffer certified deaths 'outside the law'

Hospital staffer certified deaths 'outside the law'

Hospital staffer certified deaths 'outside the law'

An independent review has found a senior staff member at a Tasmanian hospital signed off on death certificates outside the scope of the law.

Isolation as rural folk endure long waits for NDIS help

Isolation as rural folk endure long waits for NDIS help

Isolation as rural folk endure long waits for NDIS help

Isolation as rural folk endure long waits for NDIS help

People in rural areas are waiting months and sometimes years to get access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, a federal inquiry has been told.

NDIS reform delays to 'burn $1 billion' taxpayer funds

NDIS reform delays to 'burn $1 billion' taxpayer funds

NDIS reform delays to 'burn $1 billion' taxpayer funds

NDIS reform delays to 'burn $1 billion' taxpayer funds

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has warned delays to passing reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme will cost $1 billion to taxpayers.

Sights set on cataract surgery for Indigenous people

Sights set on cataract surgery for Indigenous people

Sights set on cataract surgery for Indigenous people

Sights set on cataract surgery for Indigenous people

First Nations people are more likely to suffer blindness at a younger age but an Indigenous health program is restoring sight for dozens of patients at a time.

World-first laws curtailing vape sales pass parliament

World-first laws curtailing vape sales pass parliament

World-first laws curtailing vape sales pass parliament

World-first laws curtailing vape sales pass parliament

Vapes will only be able to be sold over the counter at pharmacies under world-leading reforms passed by federal parliament.

Skin condition medications added to pharmacy trial

Skin condition medications added to pharmacy trial

Skin condition medications added to pharmacy trial

Skin condition medications added to pharmacy trial

People experiencing skin conditions including eczema will be able to get treatment via a pharmacist and save a trip to the doctor under a NSW trial.

Nurses, midwives to pocket more in major pay win

Nurses, midwives to pocket more in major pay win

Nurses, midwives to pocket more in major pay win

Nurses, midwives to pocket more in major pay win

Thousands of Victorian nurses and midwives will take home at least $365 more a week after accepting a significant pay offer from the state government.

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Long wait for aged-care bed, NDIS places clog hospitals

A chronic shortage in NDIS and aged-care placements is crippling the NSW hospital system, the state's health minister says.

Health professionals welcome vape ban as smoke settles

New laws that will put vapes behind the counter at chemists but not require a doctor's script to buy has been welcomed by doctors but criticised by pharmacists.

Drug reform pressure mounts as states act on deaths

Calls for NSW drug-policy changes and a long-promised summit with a focus on harm-minimisation have been prompted by changes in other states.

Ecstasy and agony as pill testing gets another backer

Victoria has become the third Australian jurisdiction to legalise pill testing following a spate of drug overdoses and deaths at music festivals.

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Vape ban contested as smokescreen rises over costs

Access to vapes will be made harder under new laws but the banning of e-cigarettes is being criticised as counterintuitive for promoting a black market.

Bird flu detected at eighth Victorian farm

Another Victorian farm has been confirmed to have bird flu, the eighth in the state, with the chickens at the property doomed to be euthanised.

Fresh bid to aid Aussies with neurological conditions

A national summit being held in Canberra aims to assist millions of Australians suffering from incurable and often degenerative neurological conditions.

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.

Nurses say 15 pct pay rise will not hit patient pockets

Nurses have demanded a 15 per cent pay rise and a new report argues the NSW government could achieve it without costing taxpayers a cent.

Bird flu misinformation spreading faster than virus

Experts have hosed down fears about bird flu outbreaks in Australia and overseas being stoked on social media.

Nurse, midwife pay deal could 'rebuild health system'

As Victorian hospitals stare down the barrel of budget cuts and potential amalgamations, a new pay deal for nurses could help to retain and recruit staff.

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