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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

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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
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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Uber Mobile App feature UberPool.

Randoms and creeps: Is using UberPool worth the $3 saving?

Sharing a ride with a stranger is like rolling the dice on human behaviour. It can be awkward, aggressive, fun and mischievous; but rarely normal.

  • Abbir Dib
One of the dolphin meat samples acquired by Action for Dolphins and tested for mercury.

Tokyo rolls out vending machines for whale products amid online sales of unsafe dolphin meat

Investigators from an Australian organisation purchased and tested dolphin meat sold on Yahoo! Japan. The results shocked them.

  • Angus Dalton
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$230,000 to fight rats: Lifelong rodent hater appointed NYC’s rat tsar

Kathleen Corradi has a huge job on her hands. No one has been able to curb New York’s rat population since possibly the 1700s.

  • Joseph Ax
In an online video, AMA president Steve Robson says Australians are being failed by their governments.

Pharmacy scare campaign warns changes will ‘threaten your safety’

A campaign by the peak doctors’ lobby group warns Australians their governments are failing them under changes that give pharmacists more prescribing powers.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/consumer-safety-1mvq