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'Secure' My Health app brings records to mobile devices

March 01, 2023 05:34 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

The Australian Digital Health Agency says its new My Health app makes records such as pathology results and vaccinations available securely on mobile...

More than 104,000 wait to see health specialist in Qld

March 01, 2023 05:12 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Queensland hospitals are struggling to meet demand with more than 104,000 outpatients waiting longer than the clinically recommended time to see a spe...

Former NSW minister 'took advantage' of boys, jury told

March 01, 2023 04:58 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Former NSW minister Milton Orkopoulos has pleaded not guilty to 28 charges, denying he gave young boys in his electorate drugs and made them perform s...

Dark path from computer game prizes to problem gambling

March 01, 2023 04:57 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Video games featuring 'loot boxes' are exposing kids to gambling at a young age, with links already found between them and gambling addiction.

Bucks beat Nets, make it 15 straight wins in NBA

March 01, 2023 04:45 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

The NBA-leading Milwaukee Bucks have made it 15 wins on the bounce with a 118-104 victory over the Nets in Brooklyn.

Emergency flood evacuation for remote NT communities

March 01, 2023 04:42 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

A number of remote communities in the Northern Territory will be evacuated as flood levels rise beyond expectations and isolate residents.

ASX closes down slightly as market digests data

March 01, 2023 04:31 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

The local share market has finished down 0.1 per cent after being in and out of positive territory on a day marked by the release of GDP and inflation...

National security chiefs focus on TikTok risks

March 01, 2023 04:13 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Chinese-owned social media app TikTok is facing bans across a number of foreign governments, as Australia seeks advice on security risks.

Twin city community still divided on hospital upgrade

March 01, 2023 04:00 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

A hospital upgrade in a NSW-Victoria border region is causing conflict as the local health service calls on the community to accept what's on offer.

Inland Rail $14.5b project 'way over budget', schedule

March 01, 2023 03:55 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

One of Australia's biggest transport projects is over budget, behind schedule and has been treated like a "vanity project", the federal minister has w...

Fears of unrest after Kumanjayi's death questioned

March 01, 2023 03:48 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Police were not informed that an Indigenous teenager who left an alcohol rehabilitation unit wanted to return, an inquest into his shooting death has...

Super changes could hurt agriculture: farm lobby

March 01, 2023 03:43 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Australia's peak farming body has urged the government to consult on superannuation tax changes for the nation's wealthiest people, warning of consequ...

Daughters of stolen generation survivor tell her story

March 01, 2023 03:34 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Children of a stolen generation survivor removed from her parents at the age of nine have told Victoria's truth-telling inquiry about their mother's p...

Cluey (ASX:CLU) undertakes equity raising of AU$10.6 million

March 01, 2023 03:06 PM AEDT | By Ankit Sethi

Highlights,Australia’s ASX-listed edtech company Cluey is raising equity via institutional placement and entitlement offer,The company says that the i...

Dutton backs under-pressure Liberal MP Bridget Archer

March 01, 2023 03:00 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has described Tasmanian MP Bridget Archer as 'important', amid reports Liberals are aiming to oust her.

Thorpe challenges athletes to wear rainbow colours

March 01, 2023 02:54 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Australian swimming icon Ian Thorpe is appealing to high-profile athletes to don rainbow shirts to show support for young, gay people facing discrimin...

Large, fast fire threatens properties in western Qld

March 01, 2023 02:54 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Firefighters say a large, fast-moving bushfire burning in Queensland's Western Downs is threatening a number of rural properties near Weir River.

Fraud-accused Sydney lawyer bailed on $2.6m surety

March 01, 2023 02:52 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

Lawyer Ashlyn Nassif cannot contact her father, controversial property developer Jean Nassif, and 24 other people as part of her bail granted by a mag...

Hookah divers warned of carbon monoxide poisoning death

March 01, 2023 02:23 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

A South Australian diver suffered carbon monoxide poisoning and drowned while using a "hookah" breathing device, the state coroner has found.

Fewer think government should play role in daily life

March 01, 2023 02:10 PM AEDT | By AAPNEWS

A new study has found support for the government playing a role in the daily lives of Australians has fallen since the pandemic.

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