Hepatitis C medications approved in March this year have already topped the list of Australia’s most expensive drugs, costing the taxpayer $1 billion.

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Toxic chemicals associated with the historic use of firefighting foams are found on or around all three sites tested by the Defence Department in the Northern Territory.

Source: ABC

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Defence will launch a detailed study into the effects of toxic chemical leaks at three NT military bases early next year after some test sites returned positive readings in preliminary tests.

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