Addiction
Meta and Google found liable in landmark social media addiction trial
A jury finds the tech giants were negligent in the design of their apps and failed to warn about their dangers.
- Dawn Chmielewski, Courtney Rozen, Kaitlyn Huamani and Barbara Ortutay
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- Alcohol
Dry January’s taught me something about myself. It’s sobering
I have something in common with Bradley Cooper, Kim Kardashian, Anne Hathaway, Naomi Campbell and Brad Pitt. For now.
- Annemarie Fleming
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Shocking footage of six-year-old WA girl under influence of meth aired in court
A 35-year-old woman has dodged a jail term despite the court hearing how her daughter ended up high on meth.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
‘I didn’t care if I lived or died’: Charlie Collins on the addiction that nearly destroyed her
In the midst of recovery, the local singer-songwriter has emerged with the best album of her career.
- Nick Buckley
Gareth’s podcast experiment helped change lives, but his success will be short-lived
Gambling counselling services, a trade-off for increased machines at a suburban pub, tapped into a vast unmet need. But their funding is about to expire, while the poker machines remain.
- Harriet Alexander
‘Grave fears’: Overdose deaths reach 10-year high in Victoria
Hundreds of Victorians died by overdosing last year, according to a new report, which support services say should be a watershed for the state’s drug policy.
- Marta Pascual Juanola
Police don’t know how many shops are selling illegal tobacco
Illegal tobacco and nicotine products now represent nearly 40 per cent of the market. There is no agreement on how to tackle the proliferating problem.
- Max Maddison and Penry Buckley
The Lemonheads’ lead singer thought he’d be dead by now. One person changed all that
Not long ago, Evan Dando’s appetite for drugs had taken over his life. Now he’s married, living in Brazil and on a creative streak. So what went right?
- Barry Divola
‘How many more people need to be killed?’ Simmering tensions on the streets of Footscray
Two police officers shot a rough sleeper dead on the eve of Easter on a busy Footscray street. Was the tragedy unavoidable?
- Melissa Cunningham
‘They’re guinea pigs’: The new nicotine fad targeting teens
Encouraged by social media influencers, more young Australians are taking up an illegal, unregulated nicotine product being marketed as a “healthier option” to vapes.
- Lauren Ironmonger