13+ hour, 34+ min ago   (349+ words) Older Australians on the pension, set to fork out more for private health insurance due to government budget measures, will face ''unfair'' cost pressures, according to an independent MP. Labor announced the scrapping of the private health insurance rebate for…...

20+ hour, 47+ min ago   (499+ words) Nearly 150 middle managers have taken a redundancy package from Social Services this year, prompting a department insider to warn of a sharp drop in morale. The department's handling of the redundancy program, as well as the widening gap between how…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (274+ words) A fire in the Democratic Republic of ‌Congo's rebel-controlled city of Bukavu has killed at least 24 children as it destroyed two schools and burned down about 300 wooden houses, an official from the rebel administration says. The dead included 19 girls and…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (491+ words) Three years ago, a centre against sexual assault received a referral for a 65-year-old woman in a care home. "She'd been sexually assaulted and the narrative around it was 'she has dementia, therefore she won't remember'," South East Centre Against…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (381+ words) A new drug said to be 100 times more potent than heroin has been linked to a woman's death in an ACT first. The woman, who The Canberra Times has chosen not to name, was 42 years old when she died in…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (312+ words) A study on the death rate among welfare recipients has highlighted "profound" inequality in health between average people and those on the lowest incomes. The report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare compared mortality rates and causes of…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (685+ words) I wish I grew up in a world without the algorithm. I hate the algorithm. There, I said it. I might be one of the only 18-year-olds to say it, but I resent those who grew up outside of the…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (632+ words) Cheap cigarettes could soon be used as proof to prosecute business owners selling illegal tobacco. An overhaul of customs rules introduced to federal parliament on Thursday will make it easier for law enforcement agencies to seize illegal tobacco. Under previous…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (358+ words) A study of the teeth of ancient hunter gatherers shows they sucked on betel nuts, evidence that humans used mind-altering drugs much earlier than previously thought, scientists say. The Griffith University study, led by Professor Adam Brumm, examined teeth from…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (61+ words) The Canberra Times Each party's plan to crush the illegal tobacco market Login or signup to continue reading Epilepsy 'pushed under' with years-long treatment wait Grieving family calls for public inquest into ACT prison officer's death lmLonger hospital wait times…...