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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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19/2/25: Rowena Newman, 51, had a sudden heart attack despite passing a range of general health checks and cancer screenings. She was suffering coronary artery disease despite her good health, and when her identical twin went for screening she found she had the same condition. John Feder/The Australian.

Vital heart test’s funding in doubt

For six years the Medicare Heart Health Check has been the only diagnostic test for heart disease risk; by June it will run out of funding without government intervention.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 3, 2024: Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, during a press conference on Tuesday. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Genetic discrimination ban stranded by Labor

What should have been a celebratory final sitting week for Stephen Jones saw him grilled by crossbenchers for leaving a long promised genetic discrimination ban to the next government.

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Caravan terror suspect charged over vandalism attack

NSW Police have laid new charges against alleged anti-Semitic vandal Scott Marshall, also releasing CCTV footage of separate suspects in the statewide spate of hate crimes with potential links to organised crime.

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Free online mental health care a lifesaver

More Australians will soon have services tailored to support them through mental crisis, ranging from self-care tools to treatments for severe and chronic disease.

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Property sector cheers boost to sentiment

A return to rising home values may not materialise from the rate cut, but homeowners who languished under almost five years of unforgiving interest rates are expected to drive buyer confidence.

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Pandemic measures drove mental health disparity

‘Unintended consequences’ of pandemic health policy left inequality in psychiatry access at their highest since 2015, research shows, with declining care hitting low-income households hardest.

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MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 2, 2023: Generic photo of Pacific Epping shopping centre at High St in Epping Picture: NewsWire / Luis Enrique Ascui

Muslim women allegedly attacked at Melbourne mall

Two Muslim women, one of whom is pregnant, have allegedly been assaulted at a Melbourne shopping centre.

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30/1/25: Former NSW Liberal Premier Nick Greiner in his Sydney office in front of portraits of his parents. He became a flagship donor to Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia after researching his own family history and his mother's internment in a German working camp during the Holocaust. Australia's first ever state premier born overseas, Mr Greiner has become a vocal advocate for supporting those who have newly settled in Australia. John Feder/The Australian.

Sponsorship of refugees a path to ‘facing future’

Former NSW premier Nick Greiner is a key backer for Community Refugee Sponsorship Australia, a charity body that helps newly arrived refugees settle into their new homes.

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Close up side shot of microplastics lay on people hand.Concept of water pollution and global warming. Climate change idea.

AI breakthrough in mapping sea pollution

An Australian study has provided the technology to rapidly accelerate widespread surveying of ocean microplastic contamination, using artificial intelligence to find a breakthrough.

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Higher Education

Monash University biologist Dr Laura Phillips studied Springtail bugs in Antarctica as part of an Australian Research Council grant. Photo Richard Jones/Monash University.

Biologist’s ‘alien’ adventure to Antarctica

For biologist Laura Phillips, the Morozumi Range in Antarctica’s east was an ‘alien’, beautiful region to study.

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