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Pumpkin tortillas: Using leftover food wisely

Keeping an informed eye on food is essential in preventing waste and early expiration — it also ...  
It is time to question Australia's COVID-19 response

It seems that we have forgotten the pandemic or the lessons of the pandemic.  
Medicare reform requires radical thinking

With reports of GPs struggling to keep up with the costs of running their practices and increased ...  
Budget Labor-ing under the weight of expectation

The 2023 Budget offers cost-of-living relief and goes some way towards tackling entrenched poverty ...  
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'Capitalistic': It's time to re-design Medicare

Rather than enable capitalist business structures for GPs, Medicare should provide real governm ...  
Housing woes to worsen with upsurge in migration

With housing rents rising and construction times on new homes blown out to over a year in many ...  
Mental health commissions are a mess and we're suffering

Inconsistencies among our mental health commissions are hurting the well-being of Australians and ...  
Mental health reforms dying at the altar of politics

An announcement by the Victorian Government of a new mental health commission is worthless when ...  
The radioactive legacy of U.S.-led war in Iraq

An increasing number of birth defects have been reported in Iraq following the U.S. detonation of ...  
Lockdown fee scam yet another Liberal lurk

This is Part two of a story by Dr Evan Jones, which lays bare Liberal lurks, like the lockdown ...  
Liberal Party's shady operating dogs NSW Election

Ahead of the upcoming NSW Election, voters would do well to remember past Liberal manoeuvrings ...  
AFL's careless concussion calls could cost big bucks

Injury lawyers are preparing to file a class action suit against the AFL, which they say must ...  
Men, it's okay to show vulnerability

In a society that deems vulnerability as something that men shouldn't display, Brendan Foster ...  
The Qld end to the beginning for the failed War on Drugs?

IA applauds the Palaszcuk Queensland Labor Government's new stance on drug law enforcement ...  
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EDITORIAL: The beginning of the end to the War on the Drugs? Labor takes first few steps

Independent Australia applauds the new approach of the Palaszczuk Queensland Labor Government to ...  
Progressive support for COVID lockdowns was a disaster

While a necessary life-saving measure, the COVID lockdowns caused massive damage to the economy ...  
Media silent on funding to improve mental health supports through lived experience

A recent announcement of the Albanese Government's funding for mental health lived experience has ...  
Drug policy change to MDMA welcome

Welcomed by many in the medical community, the Federal Government recently announced the resche ...  

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