International governments, including Australia, have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on an influenza drug that did not have credible clinical trial results, according to a British doctor and science writer.
Luke Shambrook, the autistic 11-year-old boy who was lost in dense Victorian bushland for four days over the Easter weekend, has been released from hospital.
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett has questioned what Tony Abbott's ice taskforce will achieve and appealed for "courageous" leadership on the bigger problem of alcohol.