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• Research debunks mental health link to daylight saving 18-10-2026

  Daylight saving is not causing major mental health issues, researchers say, as Australians get set to lose an hour of sleep. An international study involving researchers from Swinburne University found daylight savings had no clear or consistent e

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• Psychologists want in on early intervention program 18-10-2026

  Children with developmental delays could be at risk of falling through the cracks of the new Thriving Kids program if psychologists aren't included. The warning from the peak bodies representing psychologists comes just days before the Thrivin

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• Contact tracing underway after measles cluster spreads 18-10-2026

  A woman has become the latest in a cluster of measles cases after she spent up to 24 hours in an emergency department while infectious. It brings South Australia's total number of cases to nine, the highest it's been in 10 years.[subscribe

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• Children's trauma centre to open after Bondi massacre 16-10-2026

  A new treatment centre will aim to help kids recover from traumatic incidents including the Bondi Beach massacre. The NSW Institute for Pediatric Trauma will bring together specialists, researchers and clinicians to do research and deliver trainin

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• Over 100,000 people in Japan are aged 100 or older 16-10-2026

  The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan has surpassed a record 100,000, government figures show, underscoring the country's rapidly aging and declining population. The health ministry statistics released on Tuesday show Japan now has 1

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• Payout for dead-named transgender health employee 16-10-2026

  Forcing transgender people to reveal past names and "out" themselves when applying for jobs amounts to discrimination, a tribunal has found. The conclusion was drawn as a health worker won a substantial payout for indirect discrimination

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• Health hazard: doctors say it's time to run out of gas 15-10-2026

  Doctors are calling on the Australian government to rule out new gas projects and phase out gas appliances, warning the fossil fuel poses a major public health risk. Children and hospitality workers are among the most exposed to health risks from

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• 'Complete failure' to protect babies from killer nurse 15-10-2026

  An English judge has issued a scathing report blaming dysfunctional management and a "complete failure at all levels" to protect babies at the hospital where neonatal nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering seven newborns. The inquir

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• Perez Hilton takes 'important next step' in recovery 15-10-2026

  Perez Hilton's mother has been granted temporary custody of his three children as he enters a residential treatment program for the sake of his mental health. The troubled blogger - whose real name is Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr - is recoverin

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• Dusty achieves million-dollar dream for bush pediatrics 14-10-2026

  After walking more than 500km through the bush communities he's looking to serve, 12-year-old Dusty heard the very news he'd been hoping for. Dusty Langby from Warren, in central western NSW, walked to Canberra to raise money for children&

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