Consumer safety
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Surfing
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.
- by Julie Power
Latest
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.
- by Mary Ward
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.
- by David Swan
‘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.
- by Jesinta Burton
Exclusive
Perth
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.
- by Jesinta Burton
Opinion
Scams
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.
- by Hugh Bradlow
Opinion
Spending
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.
- by Abbir Dib
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.
- by Angus Dalton
$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.
- by Joseph Ax
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.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Opinion
Women's health
Male-made technology is ruining women’s lives – we need a Bumble revolution
Smart home devices, smart cars, unregulated social media sites: these technologies are making women’s lives worse, not better.
- by Dana McKay
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