Vape Backflip 25/06/24

Vapes will be made available at pharmacies without a prescription after the Albanese government struck a deal with the Greens that will soften a proposed retail ban on e-cigarettes. 

 

The boss of Australia’s anti-doping agency has warned that the AFL – and Australian sport more widely – is at a “crossroad” as a damning report identified “key issues” around players buying cocaine, ice and ecstasy from criminals. 

 

The notorious Bicycle Bandit who plundered 11 banks in a terrifying crime spree   has received one of the longest sentences in SA history – but a judge acknowledged the “air of artificiality” about his penalty, given that he’s about to die. 

New data has revealed Queensland patients waited up to 14 hours in the state’s emergency departments as choked hospitals struggled to cope with soaring demand.  

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
This is the latest from your news feed. Is Tuesday,
the twenty fifth of June, vapes will be made available
at pharmacies without a prescription after the Albanezy government struck
a deal with the Greens that will soften a proposed
retail ban on e cigarettes. Health Minister Mark Butler secured
support from the minor party for Labour's contentious plan that

(00:27):
originally would have limited vape access to prescription only pharmacy sales.
While the ban will be in place from July first
as originally intended, from October, individuals will be able to
purchase vapes from behind the counter following a conversation with
a pharmacist about the health harms associated with vaping. The

(00:47):
boss of Australia's anti doping agency is warned that the
AFL and Australian sport more widely is at a crossroad
as a damning report identified key issues around players buying coke, caine,
ice and ecstasy from criminals. Sport Integrity Australia on Monday
recommended an immediate overhaul of the AFL's contentious illicit drug policy,

(01:11):
which includes a so called medical model where players can
avoid drug strikes and undergo off the books testing we'll
be back after this. The notorious bicycle bandit, who plundered
eleven banks in a terrifying crime spree, has received one
of the longest sentences in South Australian history, but a

(01:33):
judge acknowledged the air of artificiality about the penalty given
he's about to die. On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled
Kim Alan Parsons crimes warranted no less than eighty five
years jail, reduced two sixty three years and nine months
for his decades late guilty Please. Just as Sandy McDonald noted,

(01:53):
state law did not allow for the imposition of crushing penalties,
so she reduced Parsons sentence to thirty five years. And
new data has revealed Queensland patients waited up to fourteen
hours in the state's emergency departments as choked hospitals struggled
to cope with soaring demand. One patient at Brisbane's Princess

(02:15):
Alexandra Hospital waited more than fourteen hours to be seen
in February, while in the same month to others waited
more than ten and a half hours. The figures across
four months from December to March reveal While some hospitals
shown improvements, Queenslanders are still experiencing lengthy delays. We'll have

(02:38):
an update to your newsfeed tomorrow