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Anthony Albanese and the health minister, Mark Butler, will today announce a new arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions research mission, as part of the government’s Medical Research Future Fund.
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The plan is designed to bring together key researchers, health professionals, industry and patients to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the debilitating condition.
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The prime minister says:
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For millions of Australians, living with arthritis isn’t just an ache or pain, it affects their ability to work, to stay active and to enjoy everyday life,
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My government is investing in medical research because it is an investment that changes lives and strengthens our nation’s health.
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The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has announced a crackdown on illegal peptides, labelling the unregulated drugs a “priority focus area“ due to a surge in imports and online advertising.
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The medicines regulator said on Wednesday that peptides, frequently marketed for performance enhancement or anti-ageing, are increasingly being unlawfully advertised and supplied to Australians, threatening consumer safety.
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Other current priority focus areas for the watchdog include melatonin, medicinal cannabis and weight loss medications.
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TGA chief, Prof Anthony Lawler, said:
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As the availability of unapproved peptide products has increased, so too has evidence of potential risk to consumers.
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The TGA’s increased response to the import, supply or manufacture of unlawful peptides will include product seizures, infringement notices, import interventions and legal penalties.
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The announcement follows a joint operation in April between the TGA, Australian Border Force and Victoria police, which seized $2 million worth of illegal steroids and peptides.
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Despite peptides not being approved for human use, influencers are telling their audiences that injectable peptides are a new “glow up potion” for everything from back pain to chronic UTIs.
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You can read more from Natasha May here:
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Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser with the main action.
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A non-profit organisation that runs a helpline for young people says there is little sign of a dip in cyberbullying or image-based abuse in the six months since teenagers under 16 have been banned from social media. More coming up.
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The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has announced a crackdown on illegal peptides, labelling the unregulated drugs a “priority focus area” due to a surge in imports and online advertising. More details in a moment.
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And the federal government has come up with $100m for more medical research into arthritis, to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
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Key events
Jury still out on early impacts of child social media ban
A non-profit organisation that runs a helpline for young people says there is little sign of a dip in cyberbullying or image-based abuse in the six months since teenagers under 16 have been banned from social media, Australian Associated Press reports.
But, even without a clear fall in reports of online harm, the early results are not necessarily discouraging, experts say, as the nation remains at the front of efforts to restrict under-16 access to social media.
Call patterns remained largely unchanged since the ban was introduced, a helplines operator said.
Yourtown, a non-profit, operates Kids Helpline and virtual services manager Tony FitzGerald told AAP it was too early to gauge any real difference.
From speaking to young people, particularly in that 13-16 age group the experience for them has been very inconsistent.
Some of them have had social media cut-off, whereas (some) have not had any impact in terms of their access to those platforms. It’s been a bit messy for that group.
Despite this, young people are moving to other platforms such as WhatsApp, which aren’t subject to the social media ban, to interact.
“We’ve seen young people come to us who would say they’re being cyberbullied on messaging apps,” FitzGerald said.
There’s a whole range of other platforms that are out there that are not subject to the social media minimum age restrictions that young people still are interacting on and they’re still experiencing harm.
Good morning, it’s Nick Visser back on deck. Let’s get into it.
New federal government funding for medical research
Tom McIlroy
The federal government will spend an extra $100m over 10 years for high-level arthritis research, a condition which affects some 7 million Australians.
Anthony Albanese and the health minister, Mark Butler, will today announce a new arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions research mission, as part of the government’s Medical Research Future Fund.
The plan is designed to bring together key researchers, health professionals, industry and patients to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the debilitating condition.
The prime minister says:
For millions of Australians, living with arthritis isn’t just an ache or pain, it affects their ability to work, to stay active and to enjoy everyday life,
My government is investing in medical research because it is an investment that changes lives and strengthens our nation’s health.
New TGA crackdown targets illegal peptides
Ima Caldwell
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has announced a crackdown on illegal peptides, labelling the unregulated drugs a “priority focus area“ due to a surge in imports and online advertising.
The medicines regulator said on Wednesday that peptides, frequently marketed for performance enhancement or anti-ageing, are increasingly being unlawfully advertised and supplied to Australians, threatening consumer safety.
Other current priority focus areas for the watchdog include melatonin, medicinal cannabis and weight loss medications.
TGA chief, Prof Anthony Lawler, said:
As the availability of unapproved peptide products has increased, so too has evidence of potential risk to consumers.
The TGA’s increased response to the import, supply or manufacture of unlawful peptides will include product seizures, infringement notices, import interventions and legal penalties.
The announcement follows a joint operation in April between the TGA, Australian Border Force and Victoria police, which seized $2 million worth of illegal steroids and peptides.
Despite peptides not being approved for human use, influencers are telling their audiences that injectable peptides are a new “glow up potion” for everything from back pain to chronic UTIs.
You can read more from Natasha May here:
Welcome
Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser with the main action.
A non-profit organisation that runs a helpline for young people says there is little sign of a dip in cyberbullying or image-based abuse in the six months since teenagers under 16 have been banned from social media. More coming up.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has announced a crackdown on illegal peptides, labelling the unregulated drugs a “priority focus area” due to a surge in imports and online advertising. More details in a moment.
And the federal government has come up with $100m for more medical research into arthritis, to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
