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Penny Timms
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Senior Health Reporter, The Australian.
Former journalist with ABC News & BBC.
Interested in health, science, & nature.
Brisbane Lions fan. Loves pop culture, cat videos, and summer.
Health story tip or idea? Get in touch:
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State, territory leaders call urgent meeting over federal health funding www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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A ‘broken’ system: the $1.2bn waste in our hospitals www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Australia to review new US plan for menopause drug safety www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Toxic RACP medical college dispute has an outcome www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Toxic medical dispute leaves RACP medical college in ‘bullying’ limbo www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
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October 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Telehealth company puts hard sell on ‘gifting’ erectile dysfunction treatments www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
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October 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Nurse prescribing powers start now, with one glaring hurdle www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
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September 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Minister calls out ‘rogue operators’ in cosmetic injectables, urges national reform www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
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September 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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In a high-pressure world, what makes kids happy?
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September 6, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Doctors, nurses face tougher safety rules for cosmetic industry under new guidelines coming into effect today www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
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September 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Bev’s big secret at 104? Don’t be boring … and keep moving
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August 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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World-first realistic skin replica developed in Australia www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
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August 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Psychedelic therapy ‘takes the edge off’ end-of-life distress for some www.theaustralian.com.au/health/menta...
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August 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Needlessly complicated and detrimental: GPs demand national ADHD reform www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
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August 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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How a brain in starvation can trick and deprive you www.theaustralian.com.au/health/menta...
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August 14, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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WTF? I was quoted in this story but I have never spoken to the reporter nor would I have said those things. Is everything just generated by LLMs these days?

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To whom it may concern, and it should concern the editor: I was quoted in your publication: https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans/can-we-engineer-our-way-out-of-ocean-acidification/ Still, others aren't convinced that good intentions are enough. Dr. David Ho, Professor of Oceanography at University of Hawaii at Manoa, a cofounder and the Chief Science Officer of |C|Worthy, a non-profit that works on verifying ocean-based carbon dioxide removal, believes carbon removal efforts like ocean alkalinity enhancement shouldn't be left solely in the hands of private companies. "They have no way to prove that what they're doing is effective - that's a big problem," Dr Ho said. The crux of the dilemma, he explains, is that we are fighting a planetary-scale problem, but are doing it with tools that are still being built and tested. Geoengineering is not inherently good or bad, but it is inherently powerful. And power, especially when exercised in ecosystems as complex and fragile as the ocean, must be handled with caution. However, I have never spoken to your reporter, nor would I have said those things. I would like you to remove my quote from your story, and issue a public correction and apology. Furthermore, you should look into whether the other parts of the article are also factually correct. Thanks. d.
July 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Regulator cracks down on medical cannabis prescribing, releasing Australia’s forest guidelines for prescribing the drug. It comes amid a surge in single-product Telehealth companies selling cannabis
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July 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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The bizarre reason this nurse – who served in Iraq – is facing a career block www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
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June 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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What you really need to know about new cosmetic guidelines www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
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June 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Magda Szubanski’s cancer diagnosis explained www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
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May 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Patients reassured as hospitals firm collapses, but nursing union said it should serve as a warning
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May 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Life-changing move, with GPs to diagnose and treat ADHD www.theaustralian.com.au/health/gps-w...
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May 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Compliance or defiance? Cosmetic injectables industry in turmoil www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medic...
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May 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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‘Hit feds up for health care boost’: report (prompted in part by allegations of toxic workplaces) warns health spending has been lacking and far more is needed www.theaustralian.com.au/health/unsat...
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May 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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What’s legal and what’s not: everything you need to know about cosmetic injection laws.
We put the industry’s questions to Queensland Health authorities
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May 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM