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• Climate change risks billions in roads, hospitals bills 01-06-2026

  Tens of billions of dollars worth of roads, rail, hospitals and energy assets in one state alone are at risk of damage or destruction from climate change-fuelled extreme weather. In what has been billed as an Australian first, Victoria's indep

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• 'Numbers increasing': border changes flagged for Ebola 01-06-2026

  Travellers from West Africa could soon face additional screening for the deadly Ebola virus. The country's chief health officers met on Monday to consider the next steps in combating a strain of Ebola sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo

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• NT:'This is serious': respiratory disease outbreak spreads 01-06-2026

  One of Australia's worst diphtheria outbreaks has spread across three states amid fears the respiratory disease has claimed a life in an outback community. The National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System reports 133 notifications of the di

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• Two dead in outback town from mosquito-borne virus 01-06-2026

  Two deaths from a mosquito-borne virus in an outback town have prompted a warning for people to cover up and use insect repellent. Northern Territory health authorities on Tuesday confirmed two people had died from Murray Valley encephalitis, a ra

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• Elderly man's fatal overdose after pharmacy error 01-06-2026

  An elderly vision-impaired man who was given medication from an incorrectly labelled pill organiser subsequently died from a drug overdose, an inquest has heard. South Australian coroner Emma Roper is inquiring into the death of Pelayo Del Carmen

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• Deadly disease outbreak linked to waning vaccinations 01-06-2026

  A dip in vaccination rates has been blamed for one of Australia's worst diphtheria outbreaks as the rare respiratory disease continues to spread. Hundreds of cases spanning three states and a territory have been reported amid fears the highly

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• A 10-hour trip for a blood test amid rural health gaps 01-06-2026

  A rural mother has to travel six hours interstate every fortnight as she expands her family, an emotional quest that has likely cost her more than $100,000. Sophie Fletcher, a farmer and mother-of-two from Walcha, in northern NSW, has also taken s

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• Fatality confirmed, disease rate dropping amid outbreak 01-06-2026

  One of Australia's worst diphtheria outbreaks has officially claimed its first fatality after tests confirmed the disease was the probable cause. However, authorities say the rate of cases has dramatically dropped in the Northern Territory at

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• Reported diphtheria death denied by health authority 01-06-2026

  Reports a second person with diphtheria has died in an outback town have been rejected by a territory's public heath authority. The Northern Territory is at the centre of Australia's worst diphtheria outbreak in decades, with cases of the

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• QLD:Show and tell turns toxic in outback mercury scare 01-06-2026

  Show and tell has gone horribly wrong in a tiny outback town after children brought vials of liquid mercury to school, triggering a hazardous materials scare that shut down large parts of Cunnamulla. Believing they'd found something special at

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