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Week one of the vape ban: has anything changed?

2024/7/4
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Tried to buy a vape this week? Was it easy? It's not meant to be, because under the government's latest crackdown vapes are now meant to only be available at pharmacies with a prescription. So are the new rules failing? We put your questions to Australia's health minister, Mark Butler.

And the youngest person in Parliament, WA Senator Fatima Payman, has quit the Labor Party, saying the pressure to conform to the official line on the war in Gaza left her with no choice.

Also, the latest info on nitazines, which drug experts reckon is being added to cocaine, ketamine and mdma.

Plus, we go out with a group of traditional owners running a night patrol in Alice Springs.

Guests:

  • Mark Butler, health minister
  • Shalailah Medhora, triple j Hack political reporter
  • Cameron Francis, chief executive, The Loop