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• ‘It’s the only disease where you’re not supported to fight for your life’: why Kate Swaffer is demanding dementia rights

  14-09-2024 22:00
  When Swaffer was diagnosed with younger onset dementia at 49, she was told to prepare for the end. Instead she embarked on a missionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKate Swaffer had severe headaches from a young age. She was told she was neurotic, or a hypochondriac. She started researching what sort of psychological condition she might have that gave her neurological symptoms. But it turned out to be Arnold-Chiari m
  
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• Calls grow for total ban on gambling ads as Australia’s annual losses surge to $32bn

  14-09-2024 22:00
  Exclusive: On a per capita basis, ACT residents posted the heaviest gambling losses and Western Australia the least, according to new dataFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s gambling losses have surged from $25.6bn annually pre-Covid to $32bn in 2022-23, according to new data from the Queensland government.The data, released on Tuesday, revealed Australians are now losing $1,555 per capita, up from $1,
  
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