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31% of Australians are obese – is Ozempic a healthy solution? A GP considers Johann Hari’s inside take on a ‘mass experiment’

Obesity levels for adults have hit 26% in Britain and 42.5% in the United States, journalist Johann Hari writes in his new book, Magic Pill. In Australia, recent data shows we’re somewhere in the middle: 31%.

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Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this

Last week, at a conference in Geneva, the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organisation agreed on a new treaty aimed at preventing the for-profit piracy of traditional knowledge.

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Shark or man? I am less afraid to swim in the ocean than run in a forest alone

A man might be safe or dangerous, but it is the weighing up of risks that keeps women vigilant

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'Great guy' de Minaur deserves his success: Kokkinakis

Thanasi Kokkinakis believes Australian Davis Cup colleague Alex de Minaur can create a French Open shock by making the quarter-finals and beyond.

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Australia can afford to bulk bill all GP visits. So why don’t we?

Being able to afford health care is a pressing issue for many Australians. And encouraging GPs to bulk bill is one measure the government is taking to ease the strain.

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How should the skilled migration points test be reformed? It’s an $84 billion question

As the government consults on potential reforms to points-tested visas for skilled migrants, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

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Migration has been in the news a lot lately. What’s going on?

Anyone following recent news reporting may rightly think Australia’s migration system is in “crisis”. Much of this reporting is fixated on the perceived threat posed by non-citizens to the safety or prosperity of the Australian community.

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Why do so few people cycle for transport in Australia? 6 ideas on how to reap all the benefits of bikes

Less than 1% of the 12 million Australians who travelled to work on Census Day in 2021 rode a bicycle to get there.

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Champion refugee wrestler seeks to represent Australia

Afghan asylum-seeker and Australian wrestling champion Mustafa Nikqadam cannot compete at the Olympics because he has not been granted permanent protection.

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Was the long wait for last leg of bypass a punishment for city?

It has only taken 50 years to find an alternative route

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Murray Darling voices weigh-in on basin plan review

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has responded to stakeholders who debated the health of Australia's biggest river system at a recent summit.

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Australians love diversity but say migration 'too high'

Though most people believe multiculturalism makes Australia a better place, almost half say the number of migrants - who bring cultural diversity - is too high.

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Blaming lowest-paid workers for inflation 'disgusting'

Australia's lowest-paid workers, who will soon receive a 3.75 per cent pay bump, should not be blamed for continued inflation challenges, a minister says.

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Great Barrier Reef bleaching crisis 'like a bushfire underwater'

It’s too soon to tell if the heat-stressed corals of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will survive their fifth mass bleaching in eight years, but the marine scientists who monitor the reef’s health are already despairing.

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Are the climate wars really over, or has a new era of greenwashing just begun?

While Rome wasn’t built in a day, the Albanese government’s lack of action on climate change does not reflect the urgency of the crisis

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Shade cloth and poisonous dust: how the red-finned blue-eye was brought back from the brink

Numbers of the Australian native fish have grown from 1,000 to 5,000 in eight years, and Queensland has now declared its habitat a special wildlife reserve

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Priscilla, The Bear and Black Barbie: what’s new to streaming in Australia in June

Plus new House of the Dragon, Glen Powell as a fake hit man and a very entertaining new ABC comedy

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'There will be no place for Yashasvi Jaiswal in Team India's playing XI': Former India cricketer makes a bold prediction

NEW DELHI: As the T20 World Cup begins on Sunday, the focus of millions of cricket fans will be on Team India, who haven't won an ICC trophy since 2013. Rohit Sharma and his team came close in the ODI World Cup last year at home but lost to Australia…

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Fox wins canoe World Cup round in build-up to Olympics

Australian Olympic gold medal favourite Jessica Fox has opened her World Cup campaign with a canoe win in Germany, 54 days out from Paris.

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Wild weather impacting gold mining production

Operations at Australian gold mining companies have slumped in 2024 due to cyclones across swathes of the nation, according to a consultancy.

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Eileen aims to end weightlifting medal drought in Paris

Eileen Cikamatana is a big chance to end Australia's 28-year medal drought in weightlifting when she makes her Games debut in Paris.

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National accounts likely to reveal a subdued economy

The Australian economy will probably post a weak economic growth result for the first three months of 2024 to reflect ongoing interest-rate pain.

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Community safety to be elevated in visa cancellations

The safety of the community will take precedence over how long a criminal has spent in Australia when it comes to deciding on visa cancellations.

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Teenagers rescued after writing ‘HELP’ in sand; WA to seize firearms of domestic violence accused – as it happened

Premier Roger Cook said the update was part of a wider plan to toughen the state’s firearm laws

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With youth suicide rates rising in Queensland, parents who have lost children are speaking out

Suicide is now the leading cause of death for those aged 10–17 in the state, amid a ‘rising mental health crisis’ in Australia

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