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• Lifeline for emergency departments from new health hub 16-09-2026

  The push to ease pressure on slammed emergency departments has prompted a state government to unveil plans for a new integrated health hub. Giving patients alternatives to visiting a NSW hospital and somewhere they can receive holistic and prevent

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• Fears for seals grow after second flu detection 16-09-2026

  A second long-nosed fur seal has tested positive to bird flu near an endangered sea lion breeding site as a vaccination program ramps up. The South Australia government on Tuesday confirmed the seal had died of the virus at Pages Conservation Park

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• Call for tobacco tax to be cut as crims control market 16-09-2026

  Australia's tax on tobacco should be slashed by up to 80 per cent to dismantle organised crime networks controlling the market, the federal opposition has urged. The excise, which adds about $1.50 to the price of every cigarette in a pack, is

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• Assisted dying clause gagging doctors defended 15-09-2026

  A proposed gag on doctors raising voluntary assisted dying with patients is a safeguard against terminally ill people being coerced into ending their lives, a territory's chief legal officer says. Northern Territory Attorney-General Marie-Clar

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• Bird flu could wipe out endangered sea lion population 15-09-2026

  An endangered Australian seal population could be wiped out if a deadly bird flu strain infects its colonies, as authorities test a second marine mammal suspected to have contracted the virus. The first positive case of H5 bird flu in a mammal was

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• Panettiere was struggling with 'pain' before her death 15-09-2026

  Hayden Panettiere was struggling with "pain" before her death, according to her mother Lesley Vogel. The Heroes star - who died on August 16 aged just 36 - was estranged from Lesley but they are said to have spent some time together in L

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• Short-stay units unveiled to alleviate emergency crisis 14-09-2026

  Several bursting hospitals will receive 22 short-stay units under a state plan to relieve pressure on emergency department. The NSW government on Monday announced it would direct $130.7 million to building the units this financial year.[subscribe]

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• 'She deserved dignity': family's anger over NDIS death 14-09-2026

  The legacy of a woman with cerebral palsy who died in squalid conditions must be stronger protection for vulnerable people, her brother says. Adelaide woman Ann-Marie Smith died in hospital in April 2020 from septic shock, multiple organ failure,

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• The mounting toll of Australia's H5 bird flu outbreak 14-09-2026

  HOW MANY H5 BIRD FLU EVENTS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED IN AUSTRALIA? * 298 events, which can involve one or more cases, in wild birds across the nation as of 4pm AEST on August 22[subscribe] * 10 in Western Australia, 183 in South Australia, 11 in NSW

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• Race to vaccinate after deadly bird flu milestone 13-09-2026

  A world-leading push to vaccinate penguins on Phillip Island against an outbreak of bird flu is under way after Australia recorded its first case of the disease in a mammal. A long-nosed fur seal at Beachport in South Australia tested positive for

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