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Victoria rolls out free pads and tampons at public vending machines across Melbourne
Libraries, Tafes and hospitals among first 30 locations to have period product dispensers installed in government initiativeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVending machines offering free pads and tampons will begin operating at the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne Museum and the Royal Exhibition Building, as well as hospitals, libraries and Tafes, as part of an Australian-first government initiative aimed at end
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Australia politics live: leading economists predict $33.5bn budget deficit for this financial year
Deloitte Access Economics said it would be the biggest contraction in the budget’s underlying cash balance on record. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTensions ran high outside a synagogue in Melbourne last night as pro-Israel supporters gathered to counter a pro-Palestine protest despite the rally being cancelled, Australian Associated Press reports.A number of pro-Israel demonstrators rallied outside a popular synagogue even after t
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Victorian doctor admits breaching medical code of conduct by asking patients to fund her teenage vape solutions clinic
Dr Carolyn Beaumont says she made ‘an error of judgment’ by asking for donations in an email to previous patientsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA doctor in Victoria has admitted she breached the medical board’s code of conduct by asking her patients for $150,000 so she could start a prescription vaping clinic for teenagers and write a book, among other things.On 14 October the GP, Dr Carolyn Beaumont, sent an email to patients stating: “You are
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Australia’s renters shouldn’t have to trade off safety and security for affordability | Ada Lester
Despite being on track to become a nation of majority renters, there is scarce policy to meaningfully protect usIn my mid-20s, and after six years of renting, I know that the holy trinity of housing is finding a place that is affordable, safe and secure – colloquially known as having a “nice” landlord. But these things should be basic rights in any system of housing and not dependent on the whims and moral compasses of individual homeowners.The federal government has found a wa
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Epilepsy medication affected Sophie’s pregnancies. Should Australia adopt tougher guidelines?
Exclusive: FoI documents show Advisory Committee on Medicines considered tightening prescribing requirements for sodium valproate – but chose not toFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 100 pregnant women have been exposed to medication for epilepsy and bipolar disorder which carries a high risk of birth defects, as the government’s independent medical and scientific committee opted against recommend
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Greens say leaked pokies reform report ‘a huge concern’ – as it happened
This blog is now closedHeatwave conditions are building over parts of Victoria and New South Wales today.According to the Bureau of Meteorology, much of Victoria will experience heatwave conditions, with maximum temperatures in the mid to high 30s. Continue reading...
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Six million Australians to lose cover at scores of Healthscope private hospitals amid health insurance funding row
Healthscope to rip up contracts with Bupa and Australian Health Services Alliance in fight over extra feeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHealthscope, Australia’s second-largest private hospital operator, will terminate its contracts with two private health insurers, leaving members facing potentially hundreds of dollars more in out-of-pocket costs.The change will affect 38 hospitals across the country.Sign up
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Learning CPR on manikins without breasts puts women’s lives at risk, study finds
Analysis of training models on global market found all had flat torsos with just one having a breast overlayMost CPR manikins don’t have breasts, which contributes towards women being less likely to receive life-saving first aid from bystanders, a study has found.The study led by Dr Rebecca Szabo, the lead of the Gandel Simulation Service at the Royal Women’s hospital in Melbourne, analysed all manikin models on the global market designed for adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
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Attempt to prevent NSW climate protest overturned – as it happened
This blog is now closedSydney train strike: chaotic shutdown averted after 11th-hour crisis talks with unionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales MPs condemned for ‘part-time’ parliamentary yearScores of NSW MPs will earn the equivalent of more than $10,000 per sitting week in 2025 after a bid to increase the year’s 16-week calendar was rejected, AAP reports.To do this, government MPs have to turn up to parliament and discuss matters. Voters
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There’s a buzz online about local honey being the ‘ultimate hay fever hack’ – but does it actually help? | Antiviral
Influencers are claiming raw honey can stop hay fever, but evidence for its effectiveness is weak – and relying on it instead of allergy medication has its risksAs pollen counts increase in parts of Australia throughout spring and summer, so too do the number of social media posts spruiking the benefits of locally sourced honey to alleviate hay fever symptoms.On TikTok, influencers claim raw honey is “super effective” at building resistance to hay fever or even stopping hay fev
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Dutton’s position on international student caps ‘utterly reckless’, Giles says – as it happened
This blog is now closedBullying increase at Rio Tinto linked to ‘retaliation’ against diversity programs as rape allegations also rise, report findsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOxfam reacts to Australia’s Cop29 pledgeOxfam Australia has welcomed the government’s Cop29 pledge of $50m towards a global loss and damage fund to help the world’s most vulnerable people to repair the damage from climate breakdown.If climate change losses and da
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Australian women to get home self tests for chlamydia and gonorrhoea – but experts urge caution
People with genital or pelvic symptoms may feel a sense of false reassurance with a negative result, sexual health expert warnsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWith rates of some sexually transmitted infections in Australia on the rise, women will soon be able to test themselves for chlamydia and gonorrhoea at home – but sexual health experts have urged caution.Australia’s drugs regulator, the Therapeutic
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Bandt says he fears election campaign ‘turning into a debate on Peter Dutton’s terms’ – as it happened
This blog is now closedGreens to ask Senate to vote on anti-abortion bill in bid to split Coalition on issueGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFirst investment announced as part of National Reconstruction FundThe science and industry minister, Ed Husic, was on ABC News Breakfast to discuss the government’s first investment via the National Reconstruction Fund – $40m to a Toowoomba mineral processing factory.The difference in terms of what the [NRF] does is it
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Ads for ‘weight-loss treatments’ are everywhere in Australia. Are they promoting prescription drugs?
The huge popularity of drugs such as Ozempic has led to a small industry of online operations offering weight-loss programsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEvie Gardiner tries hard to avoid advertisements for weight-loss injections, but they seem to crop up everywhere. The 28-year-old Sydney PhD student says treatments that include the drugs are “marketed quite aggressively”, even if the ads seem “k
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Queensland fails to crack down on ‘rebranded sunbed’ that claims to stimulate collagen but accelerates ageing
Collariums, which emit UVA radiation, are often advertised on private social media accounts, thwarting search warrant effortsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland Department of Health investigators are struggling to prosecute sunbed operators claiming the devices are “safe” because inspectors do not have the necessary UV detection equipment, and because services are being advertised on private socia
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Collingwood Children’s Farm was a safe haven for many with disability. Now a mother and daughter are fighting to save a ‘unique’ program
When funding put an end to a volunteer schemes for NDIS participants and specialist schools, two advocates found a way to raise their voices Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor decades, visitors have flocked to Collingwood Children’s Farm on the banks of Melbourne’s Yarra River.The not-for-profit community farm, founded in 1979, is renowned for providing a serene slice of country life in the city for children, school students, people with disabilities and f
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‘The fatigue is not only real, it is absolutely legitimate’: why are so many of us so tired right now?
There are reasons why in workplaces, homes, shops and schools there’s a sense that much of Australia is running on emptyGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailEvery year we run this race, and every year we get to the finish line – the last couple of months of the year – ready to collapse, only to face the prospect of preparing for festive events and family gatherings, entertaining children and preparing ourselves for whatever fresh disaster hell our superheated global clima
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Osher Günsberg: ‘The worst thing is being told the pain is all in your head. But holy moly, was it empowering!’
From hard-partying TV star to mindfulness-practising family guy, Günsberg says he got really lucky in life. But he also got osteoarthritis in his 30sGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailOsher Günsberg keeps stopping to smell the flowers. As we walk along Sydney’s eastern coastline, he cuts himself off mid-sentence to point out warrigal greens (“cook them like kale or spinach, they’re really good”) and ginger (someone will pinch it soon, he says, given &ldq
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Wind power: CSIRO asks Australians to chart their farts for research
Agency hopes tens of thousands of people will log details of their flatulence on an app to help researchers better understand gut healthFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHeather knew she farted a lot but didn’t know just how often until she began to track her daily output.“I always thought that I just came from a farty family,” she said. “I’ll eat croissants or pasta or normal bread and I
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Police make arrest and seize water pistol after incident outside NSW parliament – as it happened
This blog is now closedAustralia backs UN resolution recognising ‘permanent sovereignty’ of Palestinians in major departureGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCould Donald Trump really fire Kevin Rudd?The former prime minister’s criticism of Donald Trump has drawn the ire of those in the president elect’s inner circle, and prompted renewed debate about whether the incoming administration could seek retribution.I’d be very much opposed to that.
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Jessica has private health insurance – but she will have to drive 150km to the Gold Coast to have her baby delivered privately
Australian women increasingly facing limited choices as private hospitals close maternity wards, obstetricians and gynaecologists warnFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDespite paying for private health insurance for the last four years, Jessica* has no idea who will deliver her baby.The first-time mother felt assured by the policy’s promise of continuity of care and comforted that the doctor who saw her at the b
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Another senior TV executive leaves Nine – as it happened
This blog is now closedNurse at rest home where Clare Nowland was tasered had ‘never seen anything like that’, court hearsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe treasurer, Jim Chalmers will today announce funding of $900m for states and territories through a new national productivity fund to boost competition and productivity across the economy.Launching the plan in a speech to the Australian Business Economists in Sydney, Chalmers is hoping the plan will will
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‘Very clearly gendered’: furious NSW nurses and midwives reject pay rise deal amid 24-hour strike
Union at loggerheads with Minns government over 10.5% pay rise offer after NSW police win deal for wage increase of up to 40%Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastStriking nurses have rejected an offer to fund their requested pay rise in return for delaying the rollout of their “big ask” for more staff, the New South Wales health minister says.Nurses and midwives across NSW were “infuriated” before
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The high cost of Australia’s dental care divide - podcast
Dental care in Australia is largely privatised and nearly always expensive.According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, almost one in five adults delay or don’t see a dentist due to cost.For those who can access the public system, staff are often overstretched and the long wait times mean crucial appointments come far too late.Guardian Australia health reporter Natasha May speaks to Reged Ahmed about how the perfect smile is a privilege increasingly available only to the we
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Shonky awards: Choice names NIB and Meta among worst Australian products and services of the year
The 2024 Shonky awards also list a ‘green’ juice with food colouring and a stick vacuum that ‘sucks at sucking’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastConsumer advocacy group Choice has named Meta for failing to protect social media users from scams and health insurer NIB for charging single parents more than couples in the 19th annual Shonky awards, which list the worst Australian products and servi
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Man charged with murder after woman’s body found in Penrith hotel – as it happened
This blog is now closedBondi Junction killer’s mental health deteriorated after stopping medication, hearing toldGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMeteorologists are forecasting that thunderstorms will develop over large swathes of the country every day this week, and likely into next.Ben Domensino from Weatherzone has outlined the forecast as follows:Early in the week, showers and thunderstorms will target central, eastern, southern and southeastern Australia on M
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Private health insurance is a dud. That’s why a majority of Australians don’t have it | Grogonomics
The private insurers are reportedly seeking a 5-6% premium rise next year. That’s rich – especially when you consider 65% of policies don’t cover everythingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRight now final submissions are being made by private health insurers to the government for an increase in insurance premiums next year. In light of reports they are seeking increases above 5%, it is worth remembering that private health insurance is a terrible way t
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Work to regulate one of Australia’s biggest sources of carbon dioxide stalls, FoI documents reveal
Exclusive: Environmental group says it is ‘concerned’ to hear progress on cleaning up air pollution from diesel-burning may have hit a wallFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWork to regulate one of Australia’s biggest sources of carbon dioxide and other pollutants “has stalled”, despite the project beginning six years ago and comparable nations limiting emissions years earlier, New South W
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Offshore detention makes it 20 times more likely asylum seekers will suffer PTSD, Australian study finds
Exclusive: Researchers examine how regime impacts someone’s risk of experiencing long-term serious mental illness once living in the communityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAsylum seekers detained offshore face a 20-times greater risk of post-traumatic disorder than someone who is not detained or held onshore for less than six months, new research from the University of New South Wales has found.In a letter t
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How much does the gender health gap cost? For Alyse, it’s $400,000
Exclusive: Women twice as likely to delay seeing a GP compared with men, with the high cost of living delaying treatmentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlyse Bradley has done the maths. The cost of living with multiple chronic health conditions has left her at least $400,000 out of pocket over the past two decades.Each year the 37-year-old pays $600 for regular GP visits, $2,000 for specialist appointments, $1,000 f
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