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How would you feel if you or a member of your family was involuntarily detained, forced to take medication with long term side effects, exposed to physical danger and given few means of redress, all at the hands of the State? This …

As we climb to the top of the leader board of the fattest nations in the developed world, should we tax junk food or do we need to transform the food philosophies of the populace toward the 21st century foodies? A weekly food …

  When protestors took over ABC’s Q&A program in early May, chanting the rhythmic slogan “no cuts, no fees, no corporate universities”, Education Minister Christopher Pyne couldn’t stop himself from bursting into laughter. It was as though Pyne thought the concerns of …

In August 2013, the official Board of Studies home schooling registration package was updated to reflect changes to the NSW curriculum, potentially restricting how and what home schoolers are able to teach. The case will be reviewed in parliament in August, in …

  5:00am – Turn heater on 5:15am – Water plants 5:25am – Turn on coffee machine 5:29am – Turn on table lamp, open blinds 5:30am – Wake up Sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? Half an hour extra sleep? Waking up to an already …

  It’s one of those perfect autumn mornings in Bondi. The air is crisp and clean; the sun is still low in the sky without a cloud for company. A fresh breeze blows in off the ocean. Surfers dot the wave break …

Thousands of local nursing graduates are desperately unemployed despite large numbers of international nurses being recruited under the 457 Visa Programme. An independent review panel has been appointed by the Federal Government to assess current regulations regarding employers recruiting offshore skilled labour …

The great thing about modern life is you can do so much, and the curse of modern life is you can do so much. Do you have a cellphone obsessive compulsive disorder, like an itch you have to scratch, like Pavlov’s dog, …

Rosina Ellis was just 20 years old when a bout of Glandular Fever triggered symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Two years of tests and another ten months of psychological therapy later, she now lives a happy life while managing her symptoms. But …

  It is 5.48 pm on a Thursday evening in a busy Newtown café and instead of listening to Ady Seastres’s answer to what she’d like to drink, I am too busy admiring her impeccably tailored jacket. The jacket itself is beautiful, …