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Migrants call for better processes for international health workers amid dentist shortage

Shaily Sharma spent years struggling to make ends meet after moving to Queensland. A new interim report finds more can be done to fast-track international health workers gaining employment in Australia.

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Health minister accuses pharmacists’ lobby of ‘dishonest scare campaign’ on medicine shortages

Mark Butler says group is ‘deliberately misleading consumers’ and a phased rollout of the scheme will avert a surge in demand

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s new vaping import ban: what we do and don’t know so far

A range of new restrictions on vape products have been announced. Here is what’s being proposed – and what is yet to be decided

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Can vaping help people quit smoking? It's unlikely

Australian Health Minister Mark Butler has announced a major policy shift on vaping. Its two primary objectives are to make it harder for children and non-smokers to access vapes and to allow people trying to quit smoking to access nicotine vapes with a prescription.

The Conversation

How will the government's changes to vaping work?

The government is cracking down on illegal e-cigarettes which are creating the "next generation" of nicotine-addicted adults.

ABC News

The government has cracked down on vaping – now what? Aussies encouraged to make the most of free support

Thousands of consumers across the nation will be forced to quit smoking as the government bans single-use vapes. Here's where to find free support.

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Australia will crack down on illegal vape sales in a bid to reduce teen use

Australian Health Minister Mark Butler said vaping had been sold to the public as a product meant to help smokers quit but instead spawned a new generation of nicotine users, particularly teens.

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Big Tobacco’s ‘horror show’: Vaping ban to hit insidious industry

Health Minister Mark Butler vowed to close what he said was the biggest loophole in the history of Australian healthcare with the vaping ban.

The New Daily

Australia bans recreational vaping to avoid having ‘nicotine addicts’

E-cigarettes were not ‘sold as a recreational product – especially not one for our kids,’ says health minister

The Independent UK

Labour to consider BAN on disposable vapes amid fears kids becoming nicotine addicts

The Labour leader also urged ministers to ban colourful packaging and attractive flavours for kids such as unicorn crush or cotton candy amid 9% of 11 to 15 year old children having used e-cigarettes in 2021

Daily Mirror

New Medicare reforms won't fix everything but they start to tackle the system's biggest problems

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has long said Medicare is in the worst shape it’s been in decades. Premiers have come to successive national cabinet meetings saying primary care is failing – and demanding reform and investment.

The Conversation

Not a single vaping product containing nicotine has TGA approval

Currently, there is not a single vaping product containing nicotine approved by Australia's drug regulator, meaning that these medicines have not been tested for quality and safety.

ABC News

Australian government cracks down on smoking and vaping

Australia’s tobacco tax will be increased by billions of dollars over the next four years as the government cracks down on smoking and vaping

The Independent UK

E-cigarettes: Australia to ban recreational vaping in major public health move

Vapes will only be available in pharmacies as an aid to help quitting smokers

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What does vaping do to your body and why is it being banned in Australia?

Vapes with nicotine were first banned in 2021 but now the federal government is getting serious about border control laws allowing the import of devices.

The Guardian - AU

Albanese government to raise tobacco tax by 5% a year to make smoking ‘more unattractive’

Health minister announces new tax measures shortly after revealing sweeping reforms to crack down on vaping

The New Daily

Tobacco tax hiked to stamp out vaping and smoking

Revenue from a federal budget hike in tobacco taxes will go towards programs to reduce smoking rates and vaping.

The Conversation

Vaping and behaviour in schools: what does the research tell us?

In a major speech today, Federal Health Minister Mark Butler said vaping has become “the number one behavioural issue in high schools”.

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The Federal Govt Has Announced A Huge Crackdown On Vapes, So Here’s What You Need To Know

Say goodbye to your Watermelon Ice.

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Australia to ban recreational vaping in e-cigarette crackdown

Australia said on Tuesday it will ban recreational vaping and tighten other aspects of e-cigarette laws in the biggest crackdown on the tobacco industry in more than a decade to try to stop an alarming rise in teenage vaping.

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Vapes to be banned for recreational use, 'pharmaceutical' packaging to be required under crackdown

Health Minister Mark Butler is addressing the National Press Club, where he is detailing a ban on the sale of all disposable vapes, strict new controls on prescription products, and reforms to Medicare.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: majority back jobseeker rise, vapes to be banned, plea for help from NT town

Our Essential poll says people think the unemployed should get more generous payments, while Mark Butler says vaping is a ‘menace’ and most imports will be banned

The Guardian - AU

Central bank decision a ‘wake-up call’, opposition say – as it happened

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The New Daily

‘This must end’: Radical plan to stop children vaping

Australia will launch a radical crackdown on vaping which has emerged as the "number one" behavioural issue in high schools. The plan will include a major

ABC News

Non-prescription vapes to be banned, the search for a Texas gunman enters its third day, and historic TV props up for auction — as it happened

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