It has been over a month since Federal Health Minister Mark Butler announced Australia will overhaul its vaping laws and regulations, but the effect of the new crackdown is yet to be seen with a Wollongong vape user claiming nicotine e-cigarettes have never been...
An icon of many a childhood is being used to improve health and well-being at the University of Wollongong. UOW Pulse Wellness and the Happy Body Collective have run free hula hooping classes for students every Wednesday of this semester. Collective leaders Lauren...
Today is World No Tobacco Day, declared in the 1980s by the World Health Organisation to discourage people from taking up smoking and engaging current smokers to quit. However, in the wake of new government regulations on vapes and e-cigarettes, the battleground has...
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has announced a rise in the unemployment rate and an increase in working hours. According to the ABS, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 3.7 per cent last month from February, a 0.1 per cent increase. Despite...
Recent data has shown an increase of Australians going without the medical help they need due to unaffordability, with many finding trips to the GP too expensive, as well as their prescribed medications. The Australian Government Productivity Commission’s 2023...
