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Beauty secretsCommentsPremiumWhy skincare ingredients are so important

From acids to actives, these are what to include in your day and night routine if you want smooth, hydrated and glowy skin.

Raquel de Brito

Exclusive investigationPremiumWhy medicines cost $20 instead of $6 and how to get them cheaper

Five more charges are added to the price of prescription medicines that increase their cost. This is how it works and what you can do to get a cheaper script.

Sue Dunlevy

Exclusive investigationPremiumQueenslanders pay more for medicines because of their postcode

Queenslanders are paying nearly four times more for vital medicines just because of their home address. See the list of drugs and suburbs where patients are facing higher prices.

Sue Dunlevy

Exclusive investigationPremiumVictorians pay more for medicines because of their postcode

Victorians are paying nearly four times more for vital medicines just because of their home address. See the list of drugs and suburbs where patients are facing higher prices.

Sue Dunlevy

Exclusive investigationPremiumSouth Australians pay more for medicines because of their postcode

South Australians are paying nearly four times more for vital medicines just because of their home address. See the list of drugs and suburbs where patients are facing higher prices.

Sue Dunlevy

Exclusive investigationPremiumSydneysiders pay more for medicines because of their postcode

Some Sydneysiders and parts of greater NSW are paying nearly four times more for vital medicines because of their home address. See the list of drugs and suburbs facing higher prices.

Sue Dunlevy

COVID concernsPremium‘It’s illegal': Hunt hits out at Brisbane’s contact tracing liars

Health Minister Greg Hunt has pleaded for Australians to stop lying on coronavirus contact tracing forms, after it was revealed a worrying number of Queenslanders were putting their health at risk, as well as those around them, by providing incorrect details.

David Aidone

COVID concernsPremium‘It’s illegal': Hunt hits out at Sydney’s contact tracing liars

Health Minister Greg Hunt has pleaded for Australians to stop lying on coronavirus contact tracing forms, after it was revealed a worrying number of Sydneysiders were putting their health at risk, as well as those around them, by providing incorrect details.

David Aidone

COVID concernsPremium‘It’s illegal': Hunt hits out at Melbourne’s contact tracing liars

Health Minister Greg Hunt has pleaded for Australians to stop lying on coronavirus contact tracing forms, after it was revealed a worrying number of Melburnians were putting their own health at risk, as well as those around them, by providing incorrect details.

David Aidone

COVID concernsPremium’It’s illegal': Hunt hits out Adelaide’s contact tracing liars

Health Minister Greg Hunt has pleaded for Australians to stop lying on coronavirus contact tracing forms, after it was revealed a worrying number of Adelaidians were putting their own health at risk, as well as those around them, by providing incorrect details.

David Aidone

Friend or foePremiumCan you really “consciously uncouple”?

While the celebs may take holidays and stay great friends with their ex, is this really possible after a heartbreaking divorce?

Katie Hampson

EpidemicPremiumTop doc pushes for dietary guideline change

Australian of the Year, Dr James Muecke, has joined a growing number of medicos questioning the current dietary guidelines recommending a low fat, high carbohydrate diet, claiming it’s making us obese and leading to type 2 diabetes.

Jane Hansen

Have your sayPremiumNew plan to save Aussie doctors and how it affect you

Australia’s peak medical body has outlined a plan to save the GP sector as incomes decline. This is how the plan would affect your trip to a doctor.

Sue Dunlevy

Positive mindsetPremiumParalympian Madi de Rozario on finding mental strength

This elite Paralympian may have a demanding regime but says finishing first is no longer her main priority.

Jade Jurewicz

child developmentCommentsPremiumThe little-known disorder affecting one in 20 children

It is a condition that affects one child in every Australian classroom but the lifelong disorder is often mistaken as littlies being late-bloomers

Raquel de Brito

ExclusivePremiumNew way to get prescription drugs without leaving home

Patients will soon be able to have a script issued and filled without leaving their homes, with GPs and specialists able to consult over the phone and send a prescription via text.

Sue Dunlevy

No regretsPremiumLaser tattoo removal: Your questions answered

Inkings are forever — but what happens when they become a source of embarrassment? Enter laser removal, which is on the rise in Perth

Jessie Stoelwinder

corona kilosPremiumHow COVID-19 has changed our health habits

Australians may be eating less takeaway but that doesn’t mean our habits are any healthier.

Live updatesPremium‘Global acceleration’ as Vic records five deaths, 357 cases

Greg Hunt has said there is a “global acceleration” in the pandemic as five more coronavirus patients have died in Victoria, where cases jumped by 357.

Shoba Rao, James MacSmith, Katy Hall, Sarah Blake, Erin Lyons, Jack Paynter, Maria Bervanakis, Sue Dunlevy, Merryn Johns, David Aidone

Cancer Council WAPuttin’ on the Ritz for cancer fundraiser

The ladies who lunch are back out in force, and this time it’s for a good cause.

Krystal Sanders

Pet yogaPremiumTry doga — the fitness fad that combines pups and poses

Guide Dogs WA has issued a challenge for WA pet lovers for the month of August to get bendy.

Jessie Stoelwinder

Breakthrough treatmentPremiumAussie heart attack drug could help COVID-19 patients

A blockbuster drug that could prevent heart attacks and possibly treat the blood clots that kill COVID-19 patients has been discovered by Australian scientists.

Sue Dunlevy

Older mumsPremiumHaving a baby post 40: What you should expect

Later in life parenthood is much more common now but is it as straightforward as famous older parents make it seem?

Katie Hampson

In the cardsPremiumDid a Tarot reading predict my future?

A reporter shares her experience from an open Tarot reading.

Jessie Stoelwinder

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