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Student safety statement

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Western Australia’s five Vice Chancellors have committed to supporting institutional change in a collective response to findings by the 2021 National Student Safety Survey (NSSS), that one in six students have been sexually harassed since starting at university and one in twelve have been sexually harassed in the past 12 months. Read More...
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Cosmetic Chaos

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With some 300 people registering to take part in class action against disgraced cosmetic surgeon Dr Lanzer and four of his associates, AHPRA’s podcast Taking care offers doctors the chance to hear first-hand about the impact of rogue cosmetic surgery on patients. Read More...
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Canned fish back on the menu

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Despite Australia being known for its hot sun and sandy beaches, a new study by Curtin University found that 95 percent of Australians have low levels of the sunshine vitamin, vitamin D, with researchers recommending increasing our intake using food sources such as oily fish. Read More...
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