New research reveals worrying results about how many Australian teenagers start smoking after vaping

Australian teenagers who have smoked e-cigarettes are five times more likely to start smoking than teenagers who have not, a landmark study has found. In a unique study, research from the Daffodil Centre found that the risk increases the younger the person who starts vaping: a 12-year-old who has already used an e-cigarette is 29 … Read more

Premier Roger Cook: NAPLAN results show importance of $1.6 billion Commonwealth funding agreement

Poor NAPLAN results showing a third of Western Australian students no longer meet basic proficiency standards underscore the importance of the state's agreement to a multi-billion dollar funding deal with the Commonwealth, the Premier says. Following the release of NAPLAN results showing that 30 per cent of WA students were at the bottom of the … Read more