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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

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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

The Guardian - AU

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

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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

The Independent UK

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.

Pedestrian.tv

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

One pharmacy has almost 200 people on their wait list.

The Canberra Times

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

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

Newcastle Herald

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.

Reason

'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.

AAP

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

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

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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.

AAP

Bulk-billing rates rising after decade of 'neglect'

More doctors are choosing general practice, a development described as the "green shoots of recovery", as bulk-billing rates across the country begin to rise.

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The Guardian - AU

Feeling like an ‘oddity’, forced to come out: how Australian healthcare still fails to meet queer needs

Despite progress, LGBTQ+ communities say finding empathetic healthcare can still be a major challenge

The Guardian - AU

No one wants kids vaping. But is Labor criminalising adults who flout the crackdown?

With the proposed vape ban dividing MPs, the AMA chief has come to Canberra with a blunt message to ‘do the right thing’

AAP

Dangerous replicas of weight-loss drug Ozempic banned

Medicine that mimics the effects of weight-loss drug Ozempic will be banned following revelations it was being illegally manufactured in Australia and exported.

The Guardian - AU

Replicas of weight loss drugs like Ozempic to be banned in Australian crackdown

Mark Butler says pharmacies selling medication similar to brand-name weight loss drugs increases risk of safety problems

Newcastle Herald

Out-of-pocket GP fees highest on record: Newcastle doctors charging up to $104 for appointments

Bulk-billing rate stable in the Hunter, despite incentives.

AAP

Care network to take the collective fight to cancer

The Australian Comprehensive Cancer Network, a pioneering initiative that aims to address significant disparities in cancer outcomes, will be launched today.

Newcastle Herald

'Don't hesitate to reach out': Free mental health services in Hunter

'It's understandable that many people are feeling stressed.'

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