Alcohol
AI executive fined $3000 for breaking musician’s nose, punching another
Tim Bentley was a vice-president at Abnormal AI when he assaulted two musicians at a Sydney bar in February.
- Kishor Napier-Raman
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The Chapel Street sanctuary providing so much to those with so little
In a warm cafe on Chapel Street, Elene has found sanctuary away from the drugs and chaos. The trouble is, she has to go home.
- Cassandra Morgan
- Opinion
- Road safety
As a trauma surgeon, I know cannabis kills. Don’t green-light ‘medicinal’ drivers
Cannabis is now the No.1 substance found in the blood of seriously or fatally injured road victims – and the premier wants to go light on “medicinal” cannabis users who drive.
- John Crozier
There’s a reason you crave salty foods when you drink. And it’s driving weight gain
It’s called the aperitif effect – why we tend to crave something salty when we have a drink or two.
- Sarah Berry
The no-nonsense nun who got things done for the homeless and mentally ill
Sister Myree Harris was an advocate for the less fortunate: she was “Christ-like, washing their feet, devoted to the end and a possible candidate for sainthood”.
- Malcolm Brown
Health minister confirms there will be no cuts to mental health levy
A $1.2 billion mental health levy will not be scrapped, the state government has confirmed, despite a damning report that questioned the management of the levy.
- Cloe Read
No system to check how $1.2b levy is spent: auditor-general
The 50-page report found the mental health levy was raising millions more than expected, but had no system to manage how funds were spent, or whether they were achieving intended outcomes.
- Courtney Kruk
- Opinion
- Drugs
Wastewater testing makes headlines, but they ignore the one drug we really need to worry about
In WA, alcohol-caused cancers account for around three deaths a week and more than 1000 hospitalisations a year; and each week there are eight alcohol-related deaths, 402 hospitalisations and 180 family violence incidents.
- Emma Jarvis
- Editorial
- Organised crime
Urgent and clear strategy needed to break the wave of criminal attacks in city
These crimes are now so much a part of daily life in Victoria that they seem almost normalised. We can’t afford for that to become the case.
- The Age's View
- Analysis
- Naked City
$500 to firebomb: How crime gangs are outsourcing Melbourne’s Bar Wars
Offshore, interstate or sitting on a couch a crime boss is crime-tasking – using an encrypted app to set up a job “that is paying well”.
- John Silvester