'No more crisis of temporary hardship': dire warning as Australians report going without food for days due to cost of living

Australians are facing entire days without food as a famine charity has issued a dire warning. According to the 2024 Foodbank Hunger Report, nearly 50 percent of households earning less than $30,000 experience food insecurity.

National Asthma Council Australia issues warning after inhalers placed on 60-day dispensing list

The country's leading asthma organization has issued a warning after asthma medications were placed on the 60-day prescription list. Since 1 September, over 70 asthma inhalers have been available to asthma sufferers and can be obtained as a 60-day prescription following enrolment in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

“Shocked to the core”: Warning about her son’s “oxycodone” death caused by darknets

The parents of a teenage Melbourne tradesman are raising the alarm about online drug purchases after their son died of a synthetic opioid overdose. Jetson Gordon, 18, died in April 2022 from an overdose he thought was oxycodone, but was actually laced with a dangerous, powerful synthetic opioid called nitazene.

'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.