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E-cigarettes sold in the playground, as Queensland inquiry looks at how kids get vapes. This is what the law says about vaping

Kids are selling e-cigarettes to their peers for profit, according to a Gold Coast principal, and some schools now lock their bathrooms to stop vaping in class time. This is what the law says about e-cigarettes.

ABC News · Mar 13, 2023

ClubsNSW whistleblower Troy Stolz recorded video on gambling industry secrets

In a secret video recorded in his hospital room, terminally ill gambling industry whistleblower Troy Stolz speaks out against his former employer, ClubsNSW, and the harm caused by poker machines.

ABC News · Mar 13, 2023

Minister Victor Dominello was targeted by ClubsNSW over poker machine reform. Now he's speaking out

A senior Liberal minister has spoken for the first time about how a powerful Australian gambling lobby group forced him out of the portfolio and has called for an investigation into its influence over government.

ABC News · Mar 12, 2023

Edmund Rice Education Australia issues apology to parents at Victorian school for failing to meet obligations under child safe standards

A multi-billion-dollar body overseeing seven Catholic schools in Victoria has written to apologise to parents after receiving a notice that it has failed to carry out its obligations under child safe standards.

ABC News · Mar 1, 2023

Carbon credit schemes in Papua New Guinea raise fears of unfulfilled promises and ineffective projects

Australian businesses are trying to offset their greenhouse gas emissions through carbon credit projects that promise to save rainforests. The reality on the ground is nothing like the glossy marketing.

ABC News · Feb 13, 2023

Australian medical watchdog announces major overhaul to protect patients from sexual misconduct by doctors

The Australian health watchdog concedes it needs to "raise the bar" to protect patients from sexual misconduct, announcing major changes to how it regulates health professionals in the wake of a Four Corners investigation.

ABC News · Feb 13, 2023

How can the health regulator better protect patients from sexual misconduct?

This week’s ABC Four Corners investigation revealed the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra), or tribunals determining such complaints, allowed a number of doctors sanctioned for sexual misconduct to resume practising.

The Conversation · Feb 8, 2023

Doctors still allowed to practise despite being disciplined over sexual misconduct with patients

Almost 500 health practitioners have been sanctioned for sexual misconduct involving patients. Nearly a third are still allowed to work.

ABC News · Feb 5, 2023

Call for urgent review into system that allows doctors sanctioned for sexual misconduct to keep practising

The federal health minister pushes for a "rapid review" after Four Corners shares details of investigation into sexual misconduct by registered health professionals.

ABC News · Feb 2, 2023

Federal government writes to regulators investigating Opus Dei-affiliated schools that former students say caused 'pain and suffering'

Former students allege they were discouraged from getting the HPV vaccine, were given redacted textbooks, and there were persistent attempts to recruit pupils to Opus Dei.

ABC News · Jan 31, 2023