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After decades of women’s pain being dismissed, endometriosis operations in Australia have nearly doubled. But some experts warn the system may have swung too far towards dangerous overtreatment.

Victorian drivers are increasingly using cocaine and highly potent synthetic drugs, a world-first study has found, prompting warnings that Australia has become a “honey pot” for drug trafficking.

Readers respond to the RBA’s rate increase, and the ripple effects it will create.

Residents across regional Victoria are furious about regular phone network failures. The situation, they say, is putting them in grave danger.

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