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

Adam Charles Lusk: Perth father accused of drugging and raping 13 women, including three teenagers

A father from Perth is on trial accused of drugging and sexually abusing more than a dozen women, most of whom he met online. Adam Charles Lusk faces 100 charges, including 86 counts of sexual penetration without consent involving 13 women, most of whom he met through apps such as Snapchat, Tinder and Sugar Daddy … Read more

'Do not take': Warning after two teenagers hospitalised after eating medicated gummy bears

Two children had to be hospitalized because of gummy bears laced with medication; the police issue an urgent warning. A student at a secondary school in a western suburb of Perth was found to be in possession of gummy candies suspected of being laced with THC on Wednesday.