Council votes, outages, policy reviews and the science. Sourced, dated, and plainly written.
Since 2012, council after council has voted to stop. Gympie, Cooktown, Banana and Central Highlands are the latest. Both major parties have left it to local government.
Tweed went nine months without it. Bowral has had none since July 2025, Mudgee since 2020, Nyngan since 2015. Broken Hill is dosed on paper but barely registers. No council voted for any of this. Here's the list.
Brisbane's main treatment plant measured as low as 0.07 mg/L in September. Broken Hill averaged 0.16. Here's what utility data shows about supplies running well below target.
While Queensland councils opt out, Western Australia has been quietly expanding. Here's every new fluoridated supply we've found.
One study found fluoride builds up in the ageing pineal gland. Here's what it showed, what it didn't, and why the debate continues.
The National Health and Medical Research Council is reviewing the evidence behind its fluoridation guidance for the first time in nearly a decade, including the advice given to pregnant women.
In 2009, a shut-down plant kept dosing fluoride, an alarm was dismissed as false, and safety switches had been disabled. What went wrong, and could it happen again?
The dental lobby says a new study proves fluoridation works and wants the state to take back control. We read what the study actually measured.
In a state where only the Health Secretary can approve stopping fluoridation, Dubbo's supply went close to eight years without it. The fix is now months behind schedule.
Two US states have banned fluoridation and the US health secretary calls it a neurotoxin. Australian health authorities have not moved. Should they?
Lismore and Ballina were directed to fluoridate in 2015. Byron Shire and Nimbin were not. A look at the Northern Rivers' long fight over the tap.
While Queensland councils opt out and US states ban it, New Zealand took the decision away from councils. Its Court of Appeal backed that in June 2026.