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9 News
13 hours ago
- Health
- 9 News
Government denies shock smoking claim after vape ban
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here The federal government has rejected research that claims smoking increased among young people after vape sales were banned last year. The report noted that the legislation, passed in phases in July 2024, has demonstrably "failed to reduce overall rates of smoking and vaping". The federal government has rejected research that claims smoking increased among young people after vape sales were banned last year. (Nine) It also reported overall rates of smoking and vaping in Australia are higher now than during the second half of last year. Federal Health Minister Mark Butler today refuted the report's findings and said government-led research showed that "fewer young people are vaping and fewer young people are smoking". "I, along with everyone else, was concerned about the risk that if we shut down access to vapes, that there might be a squeezed balloon effect that resulted in young people taking up smoking cigarettes in greater numbers," Butler said. "The research I've seen from Gen Vape and from the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute indicates that's not the case." Butler said he had a "couple issues" with the Roy Morgan research released on July 1, including the fact that some of the period of research pre-dated the vape reforms. He also said it canvassed a different age cohort than the federal government's Generation Vape project, which was released alongside the Cancer Council. The Saturday Paper reported last week that an earlier version of the Roy Morgan research was "scrubbed" from the internet and a report without explicit references to government "failure" was published. Roy Morgan later restored the original version of the research. "Like much research, this press release on smoking and vaping has raised more questions than it answered," a disclaimer noted. Health Minister Mark Butler during a press conference on vaping at Parliament House in Canberra. (Dominic Lorrimer) "Roy Morgan has subsequently undertaken further analysis, which provides the historical context and more detailed data on the use of different and combined products, including illicit tobacco. "In light of this, and in the interest of transparency, below is the initial release, which includes data from 12 months to January 2024 through to 12 months to May 2025. "We have updated the charts in this release with the illicit tobacco data and removed the highlight of dates on the data figures. We have also updated the labelling of figures to reflect the full-time frame for each data point." Butler said the government did not intervene with the Roy Morgan research. The federal government today spruiked the results of its school-based OurFutures Vaping Prevention Education Program, which Butler said demonstrated "real-world outcomes in preventing youth vaping". It involved more than 5000 students at 40 schools. "Research here in Australia was showing that high school students who vaped were about five times as likely to take up smoking," Butler said. "Terrifyingly, 12-year-olds who vaped, and there was a fair number of them, were 29 times more likely to take up cigarette smoking than 12-year-olds who did not vape." Year nine student Nick told media today that the program helped him understand "the impact of vapes on our bodies and our emotional state". "I've seen a lot more about how it impacts those around you, not just yourself," Nick said. The program's findings were published in medical journal The Lancet and reported students who took part were 65 per cent less likely to have used vapes after 12 months compared to those who didn't do the course. Another 80 per cent of students said the course will help them handle vaping situations in the future. The OurFutures program will be rolled out across Australian schools until 2028. More solid findings are expected to be released next year. federal politics Vaping smoking Australia national Politics health CONTACT US Auto news: Why Australians are still driving around without insurance.
SBS Australia
5 days ago
- Politics
- SBS Australia
Roy Morgan Research: Trust in Indonesian Government on the Rise Since Prabowo Took Power
LISTEN TO SBS Indonesian 25/07/2025 10:57 Indonesian In research conducted from April 2024 to March 2025, covering 6 months of President Prabowo's presidency, there was a significant increase in confidence levels. In addition, the respondents also said that the current government is doing a pretty good job for the country, and respondents also believe that democracy is doing well in Indonesia. 'Roy Morgan's latest research shows increased public confidence in the government of President Prabowo Subianto. Confidence in his leadership has risen to 69 percent by early 2025, up 8 percentage points from 61 percent before his inauguration in October 2024,' said Michele Levine, CEO of Roy Morgan. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, center, walks with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto while inspecting a honor guard before their meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, May 15, 2025. Source: AP / Dita Alangkara/AP/AAP Image In addition, Levine also said that during the same period, the approval rate of the government's performance rose sharply to 79 percent, a 7 percent increase. Although trust in democratic institutions remains stable, with 75 percent of Indonesians agreeing that 'democracy is doing well,' concerns about corruption remain high. In conducting his research, Roy Morgan asked 10,939 respondents representing Indonesia during the period April 2024 — March 2025, covering the first six months of President Prabowo's term (October 2024 — March 2025) and the last six months of the previous President's term (April 2024 — September 2024). Roy Morgan also noted that Prabowo, who campaigned on anticorruption reform and is widely considered firm on the issue, has maintained a public focus on eradicating corruption. Last week, Roy Morgan published a list of key issues facing Indonesia, and 'eradicating corruption' is considered the second most important issue for the new President -- mentioned by 41 percent of Indonesians. Responding to this research, Doktor Faisal Riza, a lecturer and political observer from the Islamic State University of North Sumatra in Medan, said one of the reasons was the absence of opposition in the government. Lecturer of Islamic Political Thought, UIN Sumatera Utara Credit: Faisal Riza However, Riza also sees a hidden transcript in understanding government policy. Riza agrees that Prabowo's government has so far been dominant in creating discourse. Therefore, regardless of the conditions, Indonesians tend to be able to accept. He refers to the term governmentality to describe opposing conditions at the same time. In this situation, explains Riza, the government manages democracy, but it also manages authoritarianism. It was in this context that Riza acknowledged that public policy narratives from the government were indeed more dominant. If those narratives get to the community, they tend to believe it just so. This is what keeps the level of trust to the government high. Referring to bad phenomena in society, such as rising prices and the difficulty of finding a job, does not seem to be in line with the results of this research, according to Riza this is what is called the Prabowo paradox. President Prabowo Discusses Indonesia-France Cooperation and the Two-State Solution in the Middle East, July 15. 2025. Credit: Badan Penjaminan Mutu Internal Sekretaris Presiden (BPMI Setpres)/Cahyo In addition, Prabowo also implemented various programs that were immediately perceived by the public and quite popular, such as Free Nutritious Meals and the Village Movement Bachelor program. Such programs become jobs for thousands of people and make society judge, they can get involved in them. The challenge in the second term of government for Prabowo is to streamline these programs so that the benefits are felt. The results of this study also confirm Riza's observation, regarding the lack of presence of critical groups in Indonesia. Government policy is not an important discussion in society, nor are civil society organizations that tend to be silent in these months. The middle classes also tend to wait, as if to question themselves, whether it's time to launch criticism or still have to shut up. Listen to SBS Indonesian every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 3pm. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram , and don't miss our podcasts .
7NEWS
5 days ago
- Business
- 7NEWS
House prices break records as rent unaffordably high
After years of rent rises and blocks of land priced out of reach, aspiring home owner Matthew David looked to the sky. The 31-year-old sales worker from Melbourne had dreams of buying a house, but adjusted his expectations to focus on buying an apartment instead. 'It would have been great to have a house, but look, as a single it was just completely unattainable,' he said. 'Apartment living was realistically all that was going to be within aspiration for me.' It's an increasingly common story across Australian cities, with June-quarter data from real estate portal Domain showing all eight capitals had simultaneous house price growth for the first time in four years. Sydney's median house price soared to a record high $1.7 million, while Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne medians are above $1 million, according to Domain, and Perth's median house price grew above $950,000. Unit prices experienced their strongest quarterly growth in two years, jumping to a national median price of $689,588 and record highs in four capital cities in the Domain data for the June quarter. Unaffordably high rent was the catalyst for David knuckling down to save for his apartment, with his previous one-bedroom rental jumping to almost $500 a week. 'What I was paying in rent plus what I was saving was actually less than what the mortgage repayments were going to be,' he said. Limited housing supply is driving prices higher, Domain research and economics chief Nicola Powell says, with the market continuing to outperform expectations despite cost-of-living pressures and economic uncertainty. 'We're still not building fast enough to meet population growth,' she said. 'Without a substantial boost in new housing, price pressures will remain, regardless of further rate cuts.' Rental supply is a major concern, with property analyst Cotality observing the number of listings is about one-quarter less than the five-year average. Rents rose 1.3 per cent nationally over the June quarter and remain unaffordable for many tenants, according to the company's economist Kaytlin Ezzy. 'While the moderation in the pace of rental growth is welcome news to many tenants, rents are still increasing,' she said. Rents have jumped more than 40 per cent in the past five years to reach a national average of $665 per week according to Cotality. That equates to almost $200 more per week and more than $10,000 a year and is well below the 15 per cent rise in average wages during the same five-year period. Many home buyers are also under the pump, according to Roy Morgan research showing mortgage stress affecting more than 28 per cent of households in the June quarter. This figure is higher than when the Reserve Bank started cutting rates in February, which Roy Morgan attributes to increased borrowing by purchasers and larger amounts owing on homes overall.
The Advertiser
6 days ago
- Business
- The Advertiser
House prices break records as rent unaffordably high
After years of rent rises and blocks of land priced out of reach, aspiring home owner Matthew David looked to the sky. The 31-year-old sales worker from Melbourne had dreams of buying a house, but adjusted his expectations to focus on buying an apartment instead. "It would have been great to have a house, but look, as a single it was just completely unattainable," he told AAP. "Apartment living was realistically all that was going to be within aspiration for me." It's an increasingly common story across Australian cities, with June-quarter data from real estate portal Domain showing all eight capitals had simultaneous house price growth for the first time in four years. Sydney's median house price soared to a record high $1.7 million, while Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne medians are above $1 million, according to Domain, and Perth's median house price grew above $950,000. Unit prices experienced their strongest quarterly growth in two years, jumping to a national median price of $689,588 and record highs in four capital cities in the Domain data for the June quarter. Unaffordably high rent was the catalyst for Mr David knuckling down to save for his apartment, with his previous one-bedroom rental jumping to almost $500 a week. "What I was paying in rent plus what I was saving was actually less than what the mortgage repayments were going to be," he said. Limited housing supply is driving prices higher, Domain research and economics chief Nicola Powell says, with the market continuing to outperform expectations despite cost-of-living pressures and economic uncertainty. "We're still not building fast enough to meet population growth," she said. "Without a substantial boost in new housing, price pressures will remain, regardless of further rate cuts." Rental supply is a major concern, with property analyst Cotality observing the number of listings is about one-quarter less than the five-year average. Rents rose 1.3 per cent nationally over the June quarter and remain unaffordable for many tenants, according to the company's economist Kaytlin Ezzy. "While the moderation in the pace of rental growth is welcome news to many tenants, rents are still increasing," she said. Rents have jumped more than 40 per cent in the past five years to reach a national average of $665 per week according to Cotality. That equates to almost $200 more per week and more than $10,000 a year, and is well below the 15 per cent rise in average wages during the same five-year period. Many home buyers are also under the pump, according to Roy Morgan research showing mortgage stress affecting more than 28 per cent of households in the June quarter. This figure is higher than when the Reserve Bank started cutting rates in February, which Roy Morgan attributes to increased borrowing by purchasers and larger amounts owing on homes overall. After years of rent rises and blocks of land priced out of reach, aspiring home owner Matthew David looked to the sky. The 31-year-old sales worker from Melbourne had dreams of buying a house, but adjusted his expectations to focus on buying an apartment instead. "It would have been great to have a house, but look, as a single it was just completely unattainable," he told AAP. "Apartment living was realistically all that was going to be within aspiration for me." It's an increasingly common story across Australian cities, with June-quarter data from real estate portal Domain showing all eight capitals had simultaneous house price growth for the first time in four years. Sydney's median house price soared to a record high $1.7 million, while Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne medians are above $1 million, according to Domain, and Perth's median house price grew above $950,000. Unit prices experienced their strongest quarterly growth in two years, jumping to a national median price of $689,588 and record highs in four capital cities in the Domain data for the June quarter. Unaffordably high rent was the catalyst for Mr David knuckling down to save for his apartment, with his previous one-bedroom rental jumping to almost $500 a week. "What I was paying in rent plus what I was saving was actually less than what the mortgage repayments were going to be," he said. Limited housing supply is driving prices higher, Domain research and economics chief Nicola Powell says, with the market continuing to outperform expectations despite cost-of-living pressures and economic uncertainty. "We're still not building fast enough to meet population growth," she said. "Without a substantial boost in new housing, price pressures will remain, regardless of further rate cuts." Rental supply is a major concern, with property analyst Cotality observing the number of listings is about one-quarter less than the five-year average. Rents rose 1.3 per cent nationally over the June quarter and remain unaffordable for many tenants, according to the company's economist Kaytlin Ezzy. "While the moderation in the pace of rental growth is welcome news to many tenants, rents are still increasing," she said. Rents have jumped more than 40 per cent in the past five years to reach a national average of $665 per week according to Cotality. That equates to almost $200 more per week and more than $10,000 a year, and is well below the 15 per cent rise in average wages during the same five-year period. Many home buyers are also under the pump, according to Roy Morgan research showing mortgage stress affecting more than 28 per cent of households in the June quarter. This figure is higher than when the Reserve Bank started cutting rates in February, which Roy Morgan attributes to increased borrowing by purchasers and larger amounts owing on homes overall. After years of rent rises and blocks of land priced out of reach, aspiring home owner Matthew David looked to the sky. The 31-year-old sales worker from Melbourne had dreams of buying a house, but adjusted his expectations to focus on buying an apartment instead. "It would have been great to have a house, but look, as a single it was just completely unattainable," he told AAP. "Apartment living was realistically all that was going to be within aspiration for me." It's an increasingly common story across Australian cities, with June-quarter data from real estate portal Domain showing all eight capitals had simultaneous house price growth for the first time in four years. Sydney's median house price soared to a record high $1.7 million, while Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne medians are above $1 million, according to Domain, and Perth's median house price grew above $950,000. Unit prices experienced their strongest quarterly growth in two years, jumping to a national median price of $689,588 and record highs in four capital cities in the Domain data for the June quarter. Unaffordably high rent was the catalyst for Mr David knuckling down to save for his apartment, with his previous one-bedroom rental jumping to almost $500 a week. "What I was paying in rent plus what I was saving was actually less than what the mortgage repayments were going to be," he said. Limited housing supply is driving prices higher, Domain research and economics chief Nicola Powell says, with the market continuing to outperform expectations despite cost-of-living pressures and economic uncertainty. "We're still not building fast enough to meet population growth," she said. "Without a substantial boost in new housing, price pressures will remain, regardless of further rate cuts." Rental supply is a major concern, with property analyst Cotality observing the number of listings is about one-quarter less than the five-year average. Rents rose 1.3 per cent nationally over the June quarter and remain unaffordable for many tenants, according to the company's economist Kaytlin Ezzy. "While the moderation in the pace of rental growth is welcome news to many tenants, rents are still increasing," she said. Rents have jumped more than 40 per cent in the past five years to reach a national average of $665 per week according to Cotality. That equates to almost $200 more per week and more than $10,000 a year, and is well below the 15 per cent rise in average wages during the same five-year period. Many home buyers are also under the pump, according to Roy Morgan research showing mortgage stress affecting more than 28 per cent of households in the June quarter. This figure is higher than when the Reserve Bank started cutting rates in February, which Roy Morgan attributes to increased borrowing by purchasers and larger amounts owing on homes overall. After years of rent rises and blocks of land priced out of reach, aspiring home owner Matthew David looked to the sky. The 31-year-old sales worker from Melbourne had dreams of buying a house, but adjusted his expectations to focus on buying an apartment instead. "It would have been great to have a house, but look, as a single it was just completely unattainable," he told AAP. "Apartment living was realistically all that was going to be within aspiration for me." It's an increasingly common story across Australian cities, with June-quarter data from real estate portal Domain showing all eight capitals had simultaneous house price growth for the first time in four years. Sydney's median house price soared to a record high $1.7 million, while Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne medians are above $1 million, according to Domain, and Perth's median house price grew above $950,000. Unit prices experienced their strongest quarterly growth in two years, jumping to a national median price of $689,588 and record highs in four capital cities in the Domain data for the June quarter. Unaffordably high rent was the catalyst for Mr David knuckling down to save for his apartment, with his previous one-bedroom rental jumping to almost $500 a week. "What I was paying in rent plus what I was saving was actually less than what the mortgage repayments were going to be," he said. Limited housing supply is driving prices higher, Domain research and economics chief Nicola Powell says, with the market continuing to outperform expectations despite cost-of-living pressures and economic uncertainty. "We're still not building fast enough to meet population growth," she said. "Without a substantial boost in new housing, price pressures will remain, regardless of further rate cuts." Rental supply is a major concern, with property analyst Cotality observing the number of listings is about one-quarter less than the five-year average. Rents rose 1.3 per cent nationally over the June quarter and remain unaffordable for many tenants, according to the company's economist Kaytlin Ezzy. "While the moderation in the pace of rental growth is welcome news to many tenants, rents are still increasing," she said. Rents have jumped more than 40 per cent in the past five years to reach a national average of $665 per week according to Cotality. That equates to almost $200 more per week and more than $10,000 a year, and is well below the 15 per cent rise in average wages during the same five-year period. Many home buyers are also under the pump, according to Roy Morgan research showing mortgage stress affecting more than 28 per cent of households in the June quarter. This figure is higher than when the Reserve Bank started cutting rates in February, which Roy Morgan attributes to increased borrowing by purchasers and larger amounts owing on homes overall.
Perth Now
6 days ago
- Business
- Perth Now
House prices break records as rent unaffordably high
After years of rent rises and blocks of land priced out of reach, aspiring home owner Matthew David looked to the sky. The 31-year-old sales worker from Melbourne had dreams of buying a house, but adjusted his expectations to focus on buying an apartment instead. "It would have been great to have a house, but look, as a single it was just completely unattainable," he told AAP. "Apartment living was realistically all that was going to be within aspiration for me." It's an increasingly common story across Australian cities, with June-quarter data from real estate portal Domain showing all eight capitals had simultaneous house price growth for the first time in four years. Sydney's median house price soared to a record high $1.7 million, while Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne medians are above $1 million, according to Domain, and Perth's median house price grew above $950,000. Unit prices experienced their strongest quarterly growth in two years, jumping to a national median price of $689,588 and record highs in four capital cities in the Domain data for the June quarter. Unaffordably high rent was the catalyst for Mr David knuckling down to save for his apartment, with his previous one-bedroom rental jumping to almost $500 a week. "What I was paying in rent plus what I was saving was actually less than what the mortgage repayments were going to be," he said. Limited housing supply is driving prices higher, Domain research and economics chief Nicola Powell says, with the market continuing to outperform expectations despite cost-of-living pressures and economic uncertainty. "We're still not building fast enough to meet population growth," she said. "Without a substantial boost in new housing, price pressures will remain, regardless of further rate cuts." Rental supply is a major concern, with property analyst Cotality observing the number of listings is about one-quarter less than the five-year average. Rents rose 1.3 per cent nationally over the June quarter and remain unaffordable for many tenants, according to the company's economist Kaytlin Ezzy. "While the moderation in the pace of rental growth is welcome news to many tenants, rents are still increasing," she said. Rents have jumped more than 40 per cent in the past five years to reach a national average of $665 per week according to Cotality. That equates to almost $200 more per week and more than $10,000 a year, and is well below the 15 per cent rise in average wages during the same five-year period. Many home buyers are also under the pump, according to Roy Morgan research showing mortgage stress affecting more than 28 per cent of households in the June quarter. This figure is higher than when the Reserve Bank started cutting rates in February, which Roy Morgan attributes to increased borrowing by purchasers and larger amounts owing on homes overall.
