The Treasurer’s comments follow plunging rates of revenue driven by the tobacco excise as smokers turn to the black market for cheaper cigarettes.
Jessica Wang
Popular grocery items have been recalled from stores in two states over contamination concerns, with consumers urged not to eat the products.
Clareese Packer
Drunk passengers, medical emergencies and blow-ups over ham-and-cheese toasties. It’s all in a day’s work for Qantas and Virgin flight attendants.
Duncan Evans
A surgeon has been reprimanded and fined after sharing a photo of a comatose patient’s penis, which was tattooed with a swastika.
Nathan Schmidt
Concerns those most vulnerable will continue to fall through “growing cracks” in one sector have grown amid a suite of demands.
Optical illusion billboards are popping up across one major city after shocking data revealed 97 per cent of Aussies reported this concern.
There are new calls to overhaul a driving law in one state, with claims Aussies shouldn’t be forced to choose between their medicine and their freedom.
Residents have been issued with an urgent health warning after a gross find in a reservoir.
Anthony Albanese has made a major election promise that would bolster one aspect of Australian life he calls “the envy of the world”.
Blair Jackson
Anthony Albanese will amp up Labor’s election bid with a huge cost-of-living promise that will bring down the cost of four out of five medications.
A prominent Liberal Party figure and former defence minister has undergone a serious medical operation.
An Australian man with a terminal illness got his last wish just weeks before his death after his friend launched a fundraiser to make his dream come true.
A health alert has been issued after a traveller returned to a major city and visited several locations while they were infected with measles.
Emma Kirk
Two Aussie best friends have created a booming business venture after realising they had a deeply personal connection to a terrifying disease.
Holly Truelove
An Australian man has shared how a split-second ‘silly’ decision on a day out with friends completely changed his life.
Alexandra Feiam
A second person has died this year in one Australian state from a deadly mosquito-borne virus - prompting an urgent health warning.
A major announcement has been made after a two-year-old boy died after receiving care at hospital and being wrongly triaged.
Broome’s fitness scene is set to expand with the launch of a new movement experience designed to help participants build strength, mindfulness and connection in the town’s most scenic outdoor settings.
Katya Minns
A “respected” wellness guru has avoided a criminal conviction after admitting she supplied magic mushrooms to an event where a woman died.
Liam Beatty
A hepatitis B health alert has been issued to hundreds of mums and children who were admitted to the Nepean Hospital Birth Unit between 2013 and 2024.
High-profile neurosurgeon Charlie Teo has settled a civil case with a WA family after he allegedly gave their sick mother “unrealistic advice”.
Rhiannon Lewin
It’s been five years since Covid up-ended the world and threw millions of Aussies into lockdown, and experts warn we’re not ready for the next one.
A leading Australian doctor reveals he has just months to live, as there are hopes the experimental treatment he underwent will save lives in the future.
Medical experts have warned residents of a deadly disease lurking in floodwaters and the air that has already claimed almost 20 lives.
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