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PrEP pill: 'party drug' or life saver?


With HIV infections in Australia at a 20-year high, there’s a push to subsidise a daily pill that can stop transmission, but health professionals and the gay community are split over the drug, which some say will encourage risky sexual behaviour and could place a huge burden on the public health purse. Hagar Cohen investigates...
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Fact Check: Health Minister Peter Dutton misleading on Red Cross Ebola funding


Health Minister Peter Dutton claims the Federal Government provided $18 million to non-government organisations such as the Red Cross to fight Ebola in Africa.
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Fact Check: Does a farmer die by suicide every four days in Australia as Bob Katter says?


Federal MPmBob Katter claims a farmer commits suicide every four days in Australia.
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For us and our children after us: Indigenous economic survival


In 1998, a Maori tribe’s claim for land, resources and compensation, in New Zealand’s south island, was finally recognised. It was a dispute that began in 1849 and lasted for seven generations but now the Ngai Tahu are richer than they’ve ever been. From an initial 170 million dollars they’ve built their settlement money into...
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Fact Check: Journalists face 10 years' jail for exposing security agency bungles


Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese claims the Government's new terror laws mean members of the media face potential penalties of five to 10 years' jail for exposing what might be an error made by security agencies.