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• Mass strike hangs over $1.5b hospital's grand opening 18-02-2026

  A statewide health workers strike is threatening to overshadow the grand opening of a $1.5 billion public hospital. The new Footscray Hospital in Melbourne's inner-west will open on Wednesday morning after it was announced in 2018 and original

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• Measles curb at risk amid vaccine fear, cost and travel 18-02-2026

  Australia's stellar reputation for eliminating measles more than a decade ago is far from being compromised but with stagnating rates of vaccination, experts warn vigilance is key. Victoria and NSW have most recently issued notices about an on

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• Healthcare pay offer lauded as $1.5b hospital launched 18-02-2026

  Healthcare workers have received a double-digit pay offer that's been welcomed by a union official, as industrial action threatened to upstage the launch of a $1.5 billion public hospital. The offer of a 12 per cent increase over two and a hal

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• Cheaper diabetes drug halted by AstraZeneca court win 17-02-2026

  Consumer hopes for a version of AstraZeneca's blockbuster diabetes drug Forxiga that doesn't hit hip pockets as hard have been dented by a court win to the pharma giant. AstraZeneca sells a bottle of 28 tablets of Forxiga for $US25 ($A35)

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• Child safety system no place for kids: abuse survivor 17-02-2026

  A former child victim raped by her father and beaten by her mother says the agony of her youth was preferable to the abuse she endured in government care. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, gave harrowing testimony to Queensland'

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• Illegal ciggies tipped to soon stub out retail sales 17-02-2026

  A major Australian retailer forecasts 90 per cent of cigarettes will be illegally sourced within a few years unless the government reduces the tobacco excise. Ritchies IGA, which operates 156 supermarkets across Victoria, NSW, and Queensland, sugg

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• Big measles outbreak affecting London children under 10 16-02-2026

  A "big measles outbreak" in parts of London is affecting unvaccinated children under the age of 10, the UK Health Security Agency has confirmed. It said the outbreak in schools and nurseries in north-east London had left some children re

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• More people taking adult gap years and mini-sabbaticals 16-02-2026

  Mini-sabbaticals. Adult gap years. Micro-retirement. Extended career breaks go by many names and take many forms, from using the time between jobs to explore or taking an employer-approved leave to becoming a digital nomad or saving up for a month

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• Data doesn't match hype on intermittent fasting: study 16-02-2026

  The evidence behind intermittent fasting doesn't justify the enthusiasm about the dieting technique, experts say. The diet has grown in popularity with a number of celebrities and politicians adopting it to stay trim, but a new study suggests

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• 'Time to deliver': blame shifted on hospital bed block 15-02-2026

  Political tensions over aged care funding appear set to continue while thousands of older Australians remain stranded in public hospital beds. There are 3137 patients in Australia's public hospitals waiting for aged care places, according to d

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