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Poppers can now be sold in pharmacies, but getting them might not be so easy

  • Written by: Stefanie Vaccher, Statistician/Epidemiologist, UNSW
Poppers can now be sold in pharmacies, but getting them might not be so easySokol Nina/Shutterstock

New regulations come into place this month that allow the sale of amyl nitrite, known as poppers, in Australian pharmacies.

Amyl nitrite and the broader class of drugs it belongs to, alkyl nitrites, were previously illegal in Australia. But poppers were easy to obtain, sold as “room deodoriser” or “leather...

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High Court rules Indigenous people cannot be deported as aliens, but the fight for legal recognition remains

  • Written by: Kate Galloway, Associate Professor of Law, Griffith University
High Court rules Indigenous people cannot be deported as aliens, but the fight for legal recognition remainsMick Tsikas/AAP

The High Court made an important decision today about whether it is possible for Aboriginal Australians to be deported from the country if they are not citizens.

By a majority of 4:3, the court decided that

Aboriginal Australians … are not within the reach of the ‘aliens’ power conferred by s 51(xix) of the...

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Feel like you're a mozzie magnet? It's true – mosquitoes prefer to bite some people over others

  • Written by: Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
Feel like you're a mozzie magnet? It's true – mosquitoes prefer to bite some people over othersPhoto by Eric Nopanen on Unsplash, CC BY

It’s always you, isn’t it? The person busy swatting away buzzing backyard mosquitoes or nursing an arm full of itchy red lumps after a weekend camping trip.

You’re not imagining it – mosquitoes really are attracted to some people more than others.

Why do mosquitoes need blood?

Only...

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