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How wellness clinics bend the rules to supply unapproved peptides and anti-ageing injections

Across Australia, “longevity” and “wellness” clinics, most of them online, sell injections that promise to slow ageing, build muscle, heal injuries and help you sleep.

The Conversation · Jul 21

Fears doctors criticising Israel may be silenced as health watchdog adopts contested antisemitism definition

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency to use International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition for ‘regulatory work’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 20

Health workers' sexual misconduct findings made public

More than 100 current and former health employees will have sexual misconduct decisions permanently added to their public record in landmark changes.

AAP · Apr 10

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This medicinal cannabis website bends the rules. Take our quiz to see why

When the Queensland Dolphins ran onto the field in mid-April 2024, the rugby league team’s jerseys bore the logo of Alternaleaf – a “plant medicine” clinic.

The Conversation · Mar 25

The online wellness clinics letting customers ‘add to cart’ experimental peptides without a doctor consult

The growing market for injectable peptides includes many schedule 4 drugs that are not yet approved for use in Australia but can be prescribed by a doctor

The Guardian - AU · Dec 11, 2025

Australians took more than $1.4bn from their super last year for everything from weight loss to dental work

Watchdog warns some business and practitioners are taking advantage of the compassionate release of superannuation process

The Guardian - AU · Oct 16, 2025

Super payout warning over cosmetic medical treatments

Business models promoting early super draw-downs for expensive or unnecessary medical treatments need to be stamped out, the tax office says.

AAP · Oct 16, 2025

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Doctor who called Erin Patterson ‘crazy bitch’ after treating her penalised for speaking about case

Health regulator places conditions on Dr Christopher Webster’s registration over comments made after mushroom lunch murder trial

The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2025

Australian doctors subjected to vexatious complaints over social media posts on Gaza, GP peak body says

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners letter to health regulator cites ‘growing number’ of complaints

The Guardian - AU · Aug 22, 2025

Confusing for doctors, inequitable for patients: why Australia’s medicinal cannabis system needs urgent reform

In 2024 alone, Australia’s medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), authorised at least 979,000 prescription applications for medicinal cannabis through its specialised access pathways.

The Conversation · Jul 14, 2025

What Gen Z Needs To Know About Crackdowns On Medical Cannabis Prescriptions

Australia's health-practitioner watchdog has released guidance for doctors prescribing medicinal cannabis, noting current data has raised "red flags".

Pedestrian.tv · Jul 9, 2025

Medicinal cannabis is big business. But the latest clampdown won’t curb unsafe prescribing

Australia’s key regulator of health professionals has announced it’s clamping down on unsafe prescribing of medicinal cannabis in the wake of surging patient demand.

The Conversation · Jul 9, 2025

Rogue dentist a 'serious risk' to patients: regulator

A suspended dentist who poses a serious risk to patients' health still claims to be a registered health professional, the nation's health worker regulator says.

AAP · Jun 16, 2025

Will new rules for cosmetic injectables actually make the industry safer?

ANALYSIS: Christopher Rudge explains the new rules around injectables, and whether they will actually help consumers

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2025

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The Conversation · Jun 6, 2025

New rules for cosmetic injectables aim to make the industry safer. Will they work?

New guidelines to regulate Australia’s booming cosmetic procedures industry have been called “tough” and “a crackdown” in media reports this week.

Pedestrian.tv · Jun 3, 2025

There’s A New Crackdown On The Cosmetic Injectables Industry — Here’s What That Means

Australia’s health regulator is bringing in some major changes, in an effort to make things safer for patients and more raise training standards.

The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2025

Botched Botox jabs can be dangerous. Some Australians don’t even realise what they’re receiving

The healthcare complaints watchdog says at least two unnamed Sydney practitioners, allegedly posing as accredited medical professionals, are under investigation

The Guardian - AU · Dec 31, 2024

Fears Australia may face GP shortage as figures reveal almost 10% now aged over 70

GPs’ peak body is concerned a proposed new medical test for older doctors could force them from the system

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RideApart · Dec 16, 2024

Fake Paramedic, Who Worked Motocross Events In Australia, Gets Convicted

This is a weird story. By now, if you've been on this earth for more than a few years, you probably know that most places consider it illegal to impersonate, say, a police officer.

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2024

NSW man sentenced for falsely claiming to be paramedic and treating child involved in collision

Lachlan Gardner impersonated a paramedic at motocross events in NSW in 2023 despite lacking qualification

AAP · Dec 11, 2024

Fake paramedic convicted as warning to others

A man who falsely passed himself off as a paramedic at several motocross events, including two where children were injured, has been convicted but not jailed.

AAP · Oct 15, 2024

'Wonderful move': foreign GPs fast-tracked to plug gap

Qualified doctors from Ireland, New Zealand and the UK will be able to see Australian patients sooner after the regulator eased registration hurdles.

The Guardian - AU · Sep 18, 2024

Melbourne psychologist began sexual relationship with client and shared details on other patients, tribunal hears

Exclusive: Jonathon Walker moved the woman into a unit on his mother’s property, Vcat told

The Canberra Times · Aug 19, 2024

Former Canberra psychiatrist suspended from practising

The doctor cannot practice in Australia.

The Guardian - AU · Jun 30, 2024

Melbourne jaw surgeon may face legal action from second patient alleging negligence

Exclusive: Dr George Dimitroulis has not yet been required to respond to claims, but previously denied negligence in relation to first case reported by Guardian Australia

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