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Vapes on display at a store in Melbourne in 2023.
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Smoking & vaping

Vape crackdown in chaos with regulators unprepared, fearing organised crime

Four days into a nationwide ban on the sale of vapes, federal and state authorities are playing the blame game about who should be enforcing the rules.

  • by Chris Vedelago
Balmoral Bush Nursing Centre president Tom Silcock.
Health

‘Scorched earth’: What the state’s health funding squeeze means for rural health

Health outcomes for people in regional areas are already poorer than the city. Here’s why they may get much worse.

  • by Benjamin Preiss
Chris Blake, CEO of St Vincent’s Hospital, Australia said the not-for-profit has been left with no choice but to terminate its agreement with NIB.
Health insurance

Thousands of patients face massive cost hikes as hospitals pull plug on NIB

  • by Kate Aubusson
Brett Ryan has a broken sternum from a mountain biking accident on the last day of his Tasmania trip.
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Surfing

When Brett scalped himself on a remote island, a Learjet flew him to hospital

  • by Julie Power
Paul Kent arrives at court on Wednesday to argue one charge of affray should be dealt with under mental health laws.
Courts

Paul Kent guilty of street brawl as court rejects mental health claim

  • by Perry Duffin
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