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Huge haul takes 300,000 illegal vapes off the market

Huge haul takes 300,000 illegal vapes off the market

A tip-off has led to the discovery of hundreds of thousands of illegal vapes worth $10 million and 10 tonnes of nitrous oxide in a Perth warehouse.

Tricky task ahead to close legal loopholes on vaping

Tricky task ahead to close legal loopholes on vaping

Tricky task ahead to close legal loopholes on vaping

Tricky task ahead to close legal loopholes on vaping

A national crackdown on vapes could be some time away due to the complexity of state and territory health laws.

Littleproud warns regions at risk from medicine changes

Littleproud warns regions at risk from medicine changes

Littleproud warns regions at risk from medicine changes

Littleproud warns regions at risk from medicine changes

Nationals leader David Littleproud has warned of poorer health outcomes for regional patients following prescription medicine changes.

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'Substandard' care at aged home before fall death

'Substandard' care at aged home before fall death

A coroner has criticised an aged care home in Hobart for substandard care provided to an 82-year-old resident who died in hospital after a bed fall.

Security and services boost for Indigenous lands

Security and services boost for Indigenous lands

The federal and South Australian governments are spending $14 million to improve security and services across the state's APY Indigenous lands.

Regions to benefit from prescription changes: doctors

Regions to benefit from prescription changes: doctors

Doctors from regional areas have come in support of prescription changes, despite fears rural pharmacies could be impacted by the move.

Cheaper medicine policy to start, veto threat remains

Cheaper medicine policy to start, veto threat remains

Cheaper medicines and 60-day dispensing will go ahead as planned but a second push to veto the policy will come up for a vote just days after it starts.

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'Milestone' reached on 24/7 nurses in aged care homes

'Milestone' reached on 24/7 nurses in aged care homes

'Milestone' reached on 24/7 nurses in aged care homes

'Milestone' reached on 24/7 nurses in aged care homes

Nurses were in residential aged care homes almost the entire time at facilities nationwide, with the federal government declaring the achievement a "milestone".

Malaysia hits pause on Australian live cattle exports

Malaysia hits pause on Australian live cattle exports

Malaysia hits pause on Australian live cattle exports

Malaysia hits pause on Australian live cattle exports

A second country has stopped taking live cattle from Australia over fears of lumpy skin disease, despite officials maintaining the nation is disease-free.

ASX-listed Ansell hit with shareholder class action

ASX-listed Ansell hit with shareholder class action

ASX-listed Ansell hit with shareholder class action

ASX-listed Ansell hit with shareholder class action

Medical gloves and surgical suits maker Ansell has been accused of misleading investors in a class action filed in the Victorian Supreme Court.

Pharmacists set to swallow bitter pill over dispensing

Pharmacists set to swallow bitter pill over dispensing

Pharmacists set to swallow bitter pill over dispensing

Pharmacists set to swallow bitter pill over dispensing

The opposition is pushing to stop a 60-day medicine policy coming in and ripping money from pharmacies but are unlikely to have the numbers in the Senate.

Independent review praises WA's COVID response

Independent review praises WA's COVID response

Independent review praises WA's COVID response

Independent review praises WA's COVID response

An independent expert review of the West Australian government's COVID-19 response found it acted swiftly, and with agility.

Dodgy doctor found to have lied to staff and patients

Dodgy doctor found to have lied to staff and patients

Dodgy doctor found to have lied to staff and patients

Dodgy doctor found to have lied to staff and patients

An investigation has found a doctor who worked in a South Australian hospital while unregistered lied to staff and patients.

Doctors sound health alarm over gas expansion plans

Doctors sound health alarm over gas expansion plans

Doctors sound health alarm over gas expansion plans

Doctors sound health alarm over gas expansion plans

Doctors have rallied at Parliament House against the expansion of Australia's gas industry, warning it will harm future generations.

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Nurses, midwives reluctantly accept pay increase

Nurses and midwives in NSW have narrowly voted to accept a four per cent pay increase, despite it falling short of union expectations.

Pharmacy lobby 'scare campaign' slammed as 'rubbish'

Warnings planned medication dispensing changes will hit aged care residents with extra costs has been declared a targeted attempt to scare the most vulnerable.

Rising child deaths spark hospital reports reform

A spike in preventable deaths and harm in Victorian hospitals will lead to the creation of an escalation system to allow parents to report their concerns.

Estia Health agrees to $959m takeover by Bain Capital

ASX300 aged-care operator Estia Health has agreed to be taken private by Bain Capital, the same Boston-based firm that owns Virgin Australia.

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Hospital shortages threaten local births for Vic women

Maternity services in Victoria's Geelong region are struggling to get enough staff, causing them to turn pregnant women away to other centres.

Firefighters' compo laws expanded to include 20 cancers

Western Australia's government has announced presumptive laws will be expanded to allow firefighters to be compensated if they develop eight additional cancers.

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.

Jump in ambulance and emergency department wait times

Wait times have increased for serious ambulance call outs in Victoria and the number of patients waiting in emergency departments for more than a day doubled.

Call for all states to make meningococcal vaccine free

Advocates want more states to make the meningococcal B vaccine free for children and teens after Queensland joined South Australia in adding it to its program.

Vic records 'mpox' cases for first time in nine months

Victoria has recorded two new cases of "mpox", previously known as monkeypox, prompting a health warning from authorities.

Firefighters join Greens to back cancer compo expansion

Victorian firefighters are backing a Greens pitch to expand the state's presumptive cancer scheme to bring it up to par with federal laws.

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