
Ban on nicotine e-cigarettes to remain
Doctors warn more smokers will die and suffer preventable diseases after the medicines regulator decided to maintain a ban on nicotine e-cigarettes....

Thousands to lose free dental care under ‘harsh and heartless’ cuts
It’s feared hundreds of thousands of Australians will miss out on dental care after the Turnbull government slashed funding for dental services....

One Nation’s Culleton takes his political fight to court
One Nation’s Rod Culleton insists he was eligible to have been elected as a senator as he fights for his job before...

New procurement rules will get ABCC deal done
Malcolm Turnbull looks set to receive a building industry watchdog for Christmas but the Senate is determined to make him wait a...

Trump, Brexit conditions simmering in Australia
The unrest that’s driven the election of Donald Trump and the UK’s shock Brexit decision could be bubbling away in Australia. That’s...

Nationals cross the floor on shotgun import ban
Federal Nationals senators have refused to support their own government’s shotgun import ban, with several crossing the floor and cabinet ministers abstaining...

Doctors want prosecution for spreading HIV scrapped
Leading HIV experts want people who recklessly spread the disease to be counselled instead of prosecuted. They claim better treatment means HIV...

Father of gassed family didn’t contact euthanasia group: Nitschke
Euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke now believes the father of a Sydney family found dead in their home did not contact his organisation,...

Isolated Australians face much higher mental health rates
The more remote the area, the higher the rate of hospitalisations for mental illness. That’s the finding of a new government report...

Shorten’s $300 million chronic disease plan
Labor vows to pump $300 million into fighting debilitating ailments.