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James DowlingScience and Health Reporter

James Dowling is a reporter in The Australian’s Sydney bureau. As an intern at The Age he was nominated for a Quill award for News Reporting in Writing for his coverage of the REDcycle recycling scheme. When covering health he writes on medical innovations and industry.

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Anti-SemitismNation

A second man has been arrested after an alleged attempt to set a religious building on fire in Newtown earlier this month.

Second alleged Newtown synagogue vandal arrested

A second suspect in the Newtown synagogue fire has been arrested, with his alleged accomplice soon to face court after his arrest on Tuesday.

James Dowling

WalkingHealth

Coastrek Margaret River Route. Picture: Instagram

Need help to get moving? Don’t set your goals too high

Australia’s wealth of walking events gives ample chance to aspire to better health, though exercise psychologists argue an open goal may give as much incentive.

James Dowling

ExclusiveHealth

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - November 6, 2024: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton joined representatives from The Salvation Army and Kmart for the launch of the 37th Annual Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal in the members hall at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

GPs want a political road map for health

In the coming election campaign, Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will have to promise longer GP consults, train more doctors and prioritise women’s health to get doctors on side.

James Dowling

NEWTOWN SYNAGOGUE ARRESTNation

Police close in on second synagogue vandalism arrest

Police are poised to make a second arrest after charging a Sydney man for attempting to torch a synagogue, while police remain coy on potential financial incentives for alleged crimes after debit cards seized.

Alexi Demetriadi and James Dowling

ExclusiveHealth

Dr Danielle McMullen GP practice Church Street Medical Practice in Newtown is taking part in the vaccine rollout later stages when doctors will be used to deliver the AstraZeneca jab. Picture: Jonathan Ng

AMA calls for urgent action to resolve medicine supply crisis

There are more than 400 medicine shortages, and the country’s leading medical group blames it on ‘ad hoc’ governmental solutions.

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HealthHealth

Melbourne, Victoria - January 17, 2025: Vicki Place and Stu's son Will, age 4, has a rare neurological disease and severe epilepsy called SLC6A1. So rare that there are only 13 children in Australia with this condition. And so rare that it doesn't have a proper name. Pictured: Vicki and WillPicture: The Australian / Nadir Kinani

Father rides ‘to the Moon and Back’ fighting son’s epilepsy

Will has one of the rarest forms of childhood epilepsy, caught with a mixture of luck and ‘parental instinct’. It will take a trip to the Moon and Back to help him.

James Dowling

Lung diseaseHealth

Numbers of smokers line the street causing a smoke hazard for locals and pedestrians.Pedestrians on Pitt St trying to get past the wave of constant smoke.Photo: Tim Pascoe

Researchers find clue to how smoke causes disease

Untreatable side-effects of smoking are on the agenda of Australian researchers who uncovered the body’s internal reaction to 30,000 chemicals the immune system combats in cigarettes.

James Dowling

ExclusiveLegal Affairs

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 13, 2021:The Aussie Cossack Simeon Boikov pictured outside Downing Centre Courts, Sydney CBD. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

‘Aussie Cossack’ swap hopes fading

Wanted for assault and fearing a national security crackdown, ‘Aussie Cossack’ Simeon Boikov fears his hope for freedom has gone up in smoke with the unconfirmed execution of Oscar Jenkins.

James Dowling

The Australian’s Australian of the YearStage

Theatre producer and renowned impresario Michael Cassel. Picture: Daniel Boud

Impresario Michael Cassel, backstage pioneer, recognised for globetrotting ambition

The producer behind Hamilton, Titanique and The Picture of Dorian Gray has emerged even more ambitious from a landmark year of Australian theatre.

James Dowling

crimeNation

AFP Special Operation Avalite has charged a Western Sydney man with allegedly making death threats to members of a Jewish organisation., , The Blacktown man, 44, was charged today (16 January, 2025) with one count of using a carriage service to make a threat to kill, contrary to section 474.15(1) of the Criminal Code (Cth) and one count of using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence, contrary to section 474.17(1) of the Criminal Code Picture - AFP

Alleged death threats prompt first AFP anti-Semitism arrest

Police will argue a Western Sydney man harassed and made death threats to members of a Jewish group online, marking the first arrest of a federal anti-Semitism crackdown.

James Dowling

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