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There are more than 300,000 medicinal cannabis users across NSW.
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Farid Farid

A major driving rule change is coming for cannabis users

A state government is paving the way for drivers to operate vehicles while under the influence of prescribed medical cannabis.

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Chloe Houghton has been diagnosed with stage four cancer after initially being dismissed by doctors.

Symptoms doctors dismissed before mum’s terminal diagnosis

World
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The fertility sector is calling for a national sperm donation register and uniform donor limits. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Accidental sibling sex fears prompt calls for change

Australia
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Research has shed new light on how cannabis can affect the human brain.
investigation

How much cannabis is too much for a brain? It’s complicated

Health
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Security incidents have complicated matters for Ebola medics in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Armed attackers remove Ebola patients from DRC clinic

World
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Education

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Pauline Hanson’s plan for international students could make it harder for Australians to get an Uber or book a restaurant, a higher education expert says.

Hanson’s student visa plan could wipe out Uber, cafe staff

Australia
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The Albanese Government will provide $18.2 million over four years to prevent technology failures from marring NAPLAN tests

Albo splashes $18m to stop NAPLAN tech fails

Politics
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Major data breach rocks Aussie schools, unis

Education
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The real reason parents send their kids to private schools.

Why parents really send their kids to private schools

Education
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Climate Change

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Liberal backbencher Philip Ruddock reacts during House of Representatives Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. Veteran Liberal MP Philip Ruddock will not seek re-endorsement for preselection in the seat of Berowra at the next federal election.

Ruddock warns Liberals to heed lessons on migration, climate

Politics
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Pacific Island leaders including Australias Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (front row, 2nd from right) pose for the family photo in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

PM says he’ll ‘act in Australia’s interest’ on gas project

Politics
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The Minister for Climate Change and Energy faces an uphill battle with businesses over his emission targets.

Chris Bowen preps to unveil 2035 emission target

Politics
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The Albanese Government is blocking out the 'noise' of climate change denialists.

‘Doesn’t influence policy’: Labor’s blunt renewables message

Politics
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Science

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Cats could help scientists better understand human cancer.

Cats could help scientists better understand human cancer

Wellbeing
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An expansive area of well below-average ocean temperatures lingering in the North Atlantic has sparked fears in Greenland and Iceland of a chilling climate crisis for Arctic nations.
analysis

‘Urgent attention’: Blob sparks fear of deep freeze doomsday

World
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14 per cent of those studied said they would not see a physician, opting to use a chatbot instead.

Using an AI chatbot for medical advice? Read this first

Wellbeing
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FILE — A pigeon, likely expecting food, pokes its head inside the home of Tina Piña Trachtenberg, known as Mother Pigeon, in Brooklyn, April 22, 2025. A new study leads scientists to wonder whether people set out to domesticate pigeons or the process occurred naturally as pigeons “colonized” human environments. (Angelina Katsanis/The New York Times)

Pigeons and humans have a longer history than you think

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Technology

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Chief executive Tim Cook said Apple price hikes were ‘unavoidable’.

Apple says price hike ‘unavoidable’ because of AI boom

Technology
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Australians face having their bank and retirement savings stolen as hackers in rogue nations like North Korea are able to use AI to inflict more cyber attacks, security experts have warned following a warning from the banking regulator.

Why foreign hackers are stealing Aussie’s retirement savings

Technology
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A 15-year-old girl is fighting for life after reportedly taking part in a viral online challenge, prompting urgent warnings from doctors and her devastated family. WARNING: Distressing content.

Teen left brain dead after viral social media challenge

Health
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Australians warned as scammers use artificial intelligence to crack passwords faster than ever

Aussies warned of scammers’ new threat: ‘Changed the game’

Victoria
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