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Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Wednesday, July 2.
Making headlines today is a revelation from the budget estimates hearings currently being held in WA parliament.
Health Minister Meredith Hammat declared WA’s vape and nang crackdown a success in Tuesday’s hearing, revealing the state had seized more than 190,000 vapes and had doled out $59,000 worth of fines for selling nangs.
The government has come under increasing scrutiny for its lack of enforcement of new rules governing the sale of nitrous oxide canisters and vapes that came into force over the past year and the proliferation of the products, which can cause serious injury to users.
No vape fines have been issues in WA.Credit: AAP
On vapes, Hammat said since January 2024, the Department of Health had conducted 1600 inspections, resulting in 190,000 vapes worth about $5.8 million seized.
Meanwhile, Australian houses have been priced 30 per cent above fair value, data shows, and the gap won’t close without a decade-long plateau in growth.
Of the capital cities, Perth was the most reasonable priced at 10 per cent above fair value.
The only markets in Australia deemed undervalued are Melbourne and Perth units, by 11 per cent and 10 per cent respectively.
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