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Mental health organisations have questioned calls for an outright ban on social media as flagged by opposition leader Peter Dutton, coming up with a range of alternative policies they are presenting to the government on Thursday. April Willis joined social media aged 12 and says that, while the harmful elements of social media should be reined in, a ban is not the answer, at Federation Point, in Manly, Wednesday 17th of April 2024. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos / The Sydney Morning Herald
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Peter Dutton wants a social media ban. April thinks it is a bad idea

Advocates want social media users to have more control over their algorithms, but have stopped short of supporting an outright ban for people under 16.

  • by Angus Thomson
A Nubian spitting cobra unleashes its necrotising venom.
Science

The end of venom? Sydney scientists find new cure for flesh-eating snake bites

A bold new technique for finding antidotes for box jellyfish stings, vipers’ venom, and death cap mushrooms has emerged from a Sydney lab.

  • by Angus Dalton
Professor Ben Mol from Monash University in Melbourne is a world-leading figure in busting dodgy research findings.
Research

‘People don’t want to talk’: The taboo ‘zombie’ problem in medical science

  • by Angus Dalton
Tristan Calder, a Fortescue worker based in Perth.
Workplace

‘Best thing I’ve ever done’: How a chance diagnosis transformed this WA mining worker’s life

  • by Peter Milne
Victorian doctors.
Healthcare

Doctors look interstate for work as Victorian budget squeeze hits hard

  • by Henrietta Cook
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