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The cosmetic injectables industry has boomed.

‘Brotox’ and ‘slimming injections’: Thousands of illegal ads spruik cosmetic injectables

Advertising regulations prohibit the use of terms such as wrinkle-reducing injections or colloquial names such as “tox” or “Brotox”. Many industry players advertise regardless.

  • Clay Lucas and Henrietta Cook

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Hundreds of customers queued to get into Panda Mart, which is having its products scrutinised and seized by state and federal regulators over product safety.

Panda Mart could face penalties over ‘potentially deadly’ lamps

Customers who bought table lamps from the discount store have been urged to stop using them immediately due to exposed wires that could cause electrocution.

  • Jessica Yun
Three large utes pack into spaces in a city carpark on Thursday.

Mega-car in a mini space: How SUVs are reshaping Australian car parks

A proposal to lengthen parking bays to accommodate enormous vehicles has attracted more than 1200 submissions.

  • Madeleine Heffernan
Panda Mart has had thousands of potentially dangerous products stripped from its shelves.

Thousands of Panda Mart products seized over safety concerns

The popular discount store has had thousands of potentially hazardous products, including children’s toys, stripped from shelves.

  • Gemma Grant and Jessica Yun
Brett Ryan has a broken sternum from a mountain biking accident on the last day of his Tasmania trip.

When Brett scalped himself on a remote island, a Learjet flew him to hospital

Drinking too much overseas can void your travel insurance. Being forgetful about your luggage may also mean you won’t get covered. And if you like extreme sports, or a cruise, check the fine print.

  • Julie Power
Emma Le Sueur, from The Fit Way at Lennox Head, applying sunscreen lotion on her son, Jaxon, aged 8.

SPF loophole: Experts’ aerosol sunscreen warning for parents

Radiation and melanoma experts say updates to the TGA’s rules for sunscreen labelling fail to address issues with aerosol sunscreen safety.

  • Mary Ward
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Telecommunications industry ombudsman Cynthia Gebert said: “If we need to take a strong line with Optus to get the right outcome for their customers, that’s what we will do.”

Telcos’ customer complaints spike after Optus outage

Ombudsman Cynthia Gebert says the company’s offers of free data was cold comfort for many Optus customers, especially those who couldn’t call triple-zero.

  • David Swan
Wesley Turner (centre) says his life was turned upside down by an investment scheme run by Trent Bowden (left).

‘We had no idea’: Perth trader-turned-lotto winner lies low as his tall tales come undone

To most left high and dry by the $2.17 million collapse of Trent Bowden’s trading scheme, the savvy Perth businessman was a stranger. But the revelations unearthed by the probe into its affairs have shocked even those closest to him.

  • Jesinta Burton
Wesley Turner, centre, says his life was turned upside down by an investment scheme run by Trent Bowden, left.

A lotto win, a spending spree and a ‘trail of lies’: How a Perth man’s trading scheme unravelled

He made national headlines after being accused of duping his lotto syndicate out of their $1.5 million jackpot. But they weren’t the only ones chasing him for money.

  • Jesinta Burton
Telcos and the government could stop many more scam calls and messages from getting through.

Bombarded with scam calls and messages? There’s a way to stop them

The US and UK are using a technology called SHAKEN-STIRRED that would dramatically reduce scam calls. Why aren’t we using it? It doesn’t work on landline phones.

  • Hugh Bradlow

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