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First Indigenous Australian to serve as federal minister says ‘to politicise it just adds to the division’

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Comedian said he was ‘fighting off’ infection from hospital bed in Australia

The stand-up star, currently touring in Australia, shared the update with his Instagram followers alongside a photo from his hospital bed

An antidepressant containing a form of the drug ketamine has been added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), making it much cheaper for the estimated 30,000 Australians with treatment-resistant depression. This is when a patient has tried multiple forms of treatment for major depression – usually at least two antidepressant…

Number comes from the Smart Energy Council (SEC), a renewable energy industry group, almost six months before Coalition modelling

Jim Chalmers labelled Peter Dutton the ‘biggest risk’ to Australia’s AAA credit rating and household budgets

In front of a crowd of party faithful last weekend, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton referred to the ABC, Guardian Australia and other news platforms as “hate media”. The language was extreme, the inference being these outlets were not simply doing their jobs, but attacking him and his side of politics…

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