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Three things Australia must do to end the tobacco wars

Last week, new data were released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) suggesting daily smoking prevalence has dropped to a record low of 5.6% in 2025 – down from 8.3% in 2022-23.

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Mental illness is up in young people, dementia is now the biggest killer: Australia’s health in 2026

Australians’ life expectancy has increased steadily over time but dropped during the COVID pandemic, according to a new report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

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'Warning flare' for high Indigenous kids' jail rates

Laws sold as a solution to community safety are being used to lock up First Nations youth while fuelling future crime, according to experts.

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Australia needs a canine brain bank to reduce the risk of dog attacks

Dog attacks are on the rise in Australia. The most recent data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show dog-related hospital admissions more than doubled in the eight years to 2021.

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Defence veteran suicide rate falls to 10-year low

Death rates among former and serving ADF members have dropped as the recommendations from a royal commission into veteran suicide come into effect.

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A new report links being homeless in Australia to dying 40 years early

Homelessness has now taken the lead as Australia’s largest and most damning disparity in life expectancy.

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‘Deaths of needless poverty and despair’: homelessness report reveals surge in fatalities in Australia

‘Staggering’ annual death toll of 1,500 revealed in 10-year analysis ‘a shocking indictment on our society’, expert says

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Dementia prescriptions jump 46% in a decade as Australia urged to prepare for ‘full impact’ of disease

Neuroscientist says rapidly ageing population puts country at forefront of a health crisis

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Why young women are Australia's loneliest generation

Young women are suffering loneliness more than men, feeling a lack of companionship, isolation or feeling left out, according to a survey.

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Research shows the most common injuries in ACT children admitted to hospital

A look at what could be causing an increase in rates of hospitalisation.

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Extreme weather is landing more Australians in hospital – and heat is the biggest culprit

Hospital admissions for injuries directly attributable to extreme weather events – such as heatwaves, bushfires and storms – have increased in Australia over the past decade.

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Extreme heat caused three in four weather-related hospitalisations in Australia over past decade, data shows

Government report finds 78% of weather-related hospitalisations and more than 43% of extreme weather-related deaths were due to extreme heat

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people must be at the centre, not the margins, of LGBTQIA+ plans and policies

During Sydney World Pride the federal government committed to a ten-year action plan for LGBTIQA+ health and wellbeing. This included A$26 million in health research.

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Fewer kids in detention but more support needed

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare youth justice report shows the number of kids in contact with the criminal justice system is falling.

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