
Ballots, wait lists and no dancing – this is what Year 12 formals will look like in the age of COVID-19
School formals have become a rite of passage for many year 12 students, but the class of 2020 is being confronted with...

#VapeTricks has almost 300 million views on TikTok. Here’s why that’s not cool
Vaping tricks are a social media phenomenon racking up hundreds of millions of views as a new survey finds parents are stressed...

Pharmacists, grieving mum call for medication law reform after boy’s death
Andrew Sheldrick was just eight years old when he took his nightly medication, hopped in bed, and never woke up. It was...

Record early voting might delay election result
Millions of Australians seem to want this election over already, with a record number casting pre-poll votes this year. Yet in a...

House prices ‘falling by over $1000 a week’
The boom time is over and we’re now officially experiencing the “house price fall we had to have”, according to Deloitte Access...

Third of known planets may be water worlds, scientists say
More than 20 years ago, Kevin Costner dared to dream of a planet completely covered in water, but his big-budget film, Waterworld,...

‘World-first’ call for exercise to be prescribed to all Australian cancer patients
When Nicole Cooper was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer last year, she started to hit the gym hard. In between bouts...

Back pain being ‘mismanaged’ with harmful treatments, experts warn
A team of international health experts has accused the medical fraternity of “mismanaging” back pain and providing “ineffective and harmful” treatments. In...

Father makes ‘bully’ son run to school after bus ban
A father has made his 10-year-old son run 1.6 kilometres to school after the boy was banned from the school bus for three...

Didn’t get that broadband speed you were promised? That could soon be illegal
Were you promised huge internet speeds by your provider, only to have your browser grind to a halt at night? Have you...