Fix the planning system – now that’s a good plan

Fix the planning system – now that’s a good plan

Successive governments over many decades have wound back spending on public housing,sending people into the private rental market. We need more modest,cheaper-to-build homes.

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‘Big vape’:How Chinese multinationals and organised crime fuelled a public health crisis
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Smoking&vaping

‘Big vape’:How Chinese multinationals and organised crime fuelled a public health crisis

The Albanese government has introduced some of the world’s toughest vaping laws,but the black market is thriving. Now pharmacists are in open rebellion.

  • byEryk Bagshaw andLaura Sparkes
Free RSV vaccines for mothers and babies as cases spike by 37,000

Free RSV vaccines for mothers and babies as cases spike by 37,000

The respiratory virus is the leading cause of hospitalisation for infants,with 12,000 babies admitted each year. Before next winter,protection for mums and bubs will be free.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
About 1 million Australians use vapes. Chemists dispensed them just 3500 times last month

About 1 million Australians use vapes. Chemists dispensed them just 3500 times last month

Data supplied to Senate estimates reveals a slow uptake in pharmacy vape sales during October,the first time e-cigarettes could be bought after a consultation with a chemist.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
See the free flights our most senior MPs take

See the free flights our most senior MPs take

Who flew where,how and who paid are fast becoming the defining questions in politics.

  • byMillie Muroi
We tax big tobacco due to its health impact. Why not social media companies?

We tax big tobacco due to its health impact. Why not social media companies?

Mental health advocates say the government is failing young people by pushing social media bans instead of improving access to unaffordable psychology services.

  • byMary Ward
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Vape-flation:prices have surged,but retailers are still flouting the ban

Vape-flation:prices have surged,but retailers are still flouting the ban

Two months after a ban on selling vapes outside pharmacies,this masthead visited a dozen tobacco and convenience stores across Sydney. All had vapes available on request.

  • byMillie Muroi
‘Too-hard basket’:The workplace stigma against one in five Australians
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Mental health

‘Too-hard basket’:The workplace stigma against one in five Australians

One in four bosses would not hire someone with depression or bipolar disorder,according to a report that has revealed the depth of mental health discrimination in the workplace.

  • byBroede Carmody
‘A potential wildlife massacre’:Eyes on the sky as virus wings its way towards Australia

‘A potential wildlife massacre’:Eyes on the sky as virus wings its way towards Australia

A virulent strain of bird flu is morphing as it spreads around the world and Australia looks to be its end destination.

  • byMike Foley
Vapes to be sold behind the counter under watered-down ban

Vapes to be sold behind the counter under watered-down ban

The last-minute changes have provoked the fury of pharmacists,who said they were healthcare professionals and not tobacconists.

  • byPaul Sakkal andNatassia Chrysanthos
Health minister intervenes in chiropractors’ decision to allow spinal manipulation of babies
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Healthcare

Health minister intervenes in chiropractors’ decision to allow spinal manipulation of babies

Mark Butler is seeking an urgent explanation from the Chiropractic Board of Australia after its controversial decision to allow practitioners to recommence spinal manipulations on babies.

  • byHenrietta Cook