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China ‘testing us’ in Pacific, Biden tells Quad leaders – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Cocaine users die of heroin overdoses after consuming tainted drugs at Sydney house party

Two others hospitalised, prompting health department to warn ‘heroin and other opioids can be found in cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA’

The Guardian - AU

'Considerable failure' in policy leads to newborn death

A baby's preventable death during Melbourne's lockdown should prompt changes to Medicare eligibility for children of migrants, a coroner has found.

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'Gaslighting': federal government's bulk-billing narrative exposed

Whitebridge doctor says feds are 'trying to sell a narrative'.

Newcastle Herald

Kids offered hope as cancer medicines made cheaper

New cancer medications and treatments for illnesses that also affect children have been made cheaper after being listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

AAP

'Patients should know': GPs forced to hike fees over state payroll tax

GPs accuse NSW government of unfairly adding to patient costs.

Newcastle Herald

New urgent care clinic set to open and it will bulk-bill

The free clinic is getting ready to open.

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Mother of Bondi stabbing victim pleads for more support

A disjointed mental health sector means people are falling through the cracks, with the level of care dependent on where you live, a grieving mother says.

AAP

Australians now need a prescription to buy a vape under new ‘world-leading’ law

The law restricts vape sales to pharmacies and will temporarily require a doctor’s prescription for the buyer.

Fortune

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.

AAP

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.

AAP

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.

AAP

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.

AAP

Australia’s new vaping laws explained: where will vapes be sold and when do the changes come into force?

Labor’s Mark Butler announced a deal with the Greens that represented a watering down of the proposed new rules

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Pharmacists say they were not consulted on ‘rushed’ Labor-Greens vape deal

Federal health minister counters that Pharmacy Guild did not make submission to regulation inquiry and selling vapes still a decision for individual stores

The Independent UK

Australia plans to restrict vape sales to pharmacies from next week

Australia plans to outlaw the sale of vapes outside pharmacies from next week under some of the world’s toughest restrictions on electronic cigarettes

Pedestrian.tv

Vapes To Be Sold At Aussie Pharmacies From October In ‘Watered-Down’ Ban: What You Need To Know

Vapes will soon be available from chemists without a prescription, the health minister announced today, revealing the details of a watered-down version of Australia’s vaping ban.

The Canberra Times

'It was awful': 100-year-old suffered shingles amid free vaccine shortage

One pharmacy has almost 200 people on their wait list.

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Newcastle Herald

'Grow, train, retain': Jenny May appointed to top rural health role

'Rural Australians have worse health and lower life expectancy.'

Reason

The Deadly Tobacco Drug War Down Under

Australia’s Prohibition-style attempts to abolish nicotine use have predictably led to a new drug war being fought over a legal substance.

AAP

'Scary': move to crack the backs of babies sparks alarm

A controversial decision by Australia's chiropractic board to allow practitioners to resume spinal manipulation on children has been met with fierce backlash.

Newcastle Herald

Government announces bulk-billing clinic to take heat off John Hunter

The free walk-in clinic will be open every day.

AAP

Social media key to stamping out vape and smoking rates

A generation of Australians are being set up for a health "catastrophe" unless action is taken against rising addictions to vaping and smoking, top doctors say.

The Canberra Times

Govt's paid push into TikTok seeks to reach key vaping audience

The US wants to ban it, Australia wants to leverage it.

AAP

'We will catch you': Shorten pledges NDIS fraud action

Criminals and charlatans attempting to defraud the National Disability Insurance Scheme have been warned they will be caught.

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