LIFE-threatening injuries ­resulting from e-scooter accidents have almost quadrupled in just a year, prompting trauma doctors to call for tougher regulations.

VICTORIANS are being warned to brace for a soggy spring with heavy rains forecast for eastern Australia.

A SILENT pandemic devastating lives is also having a serious impact on the economy, with more than 31,000 Australians off work every day suffering long Covid.

GENDER-BASED discounts could be slapped on university and tafe courses under a game-changing new proposal to “rebalance” heavily skewed industries.

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