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A staggering 2.4 million people are being trafficked around the globe at this very second, 80 per cent of them forced into sex slavery, according to the United Nations Crime-Fighting Office. Disturbingly, the heinous crime has infiltrated Australia, prompting a draft amendment …

It was Saturday night. Having just arrived in Australia for the first time, walking down George Street at 2am was a fast and hard lesson in the female social standards of native nightlife writes Jessica Beder. Navigating a forest of staggering stilettos …

Steven Berveling is very tall and thin. The white shirt and dark pants make him look professional. “It’s very nice to meet you,” he greets me in a gentle voice, standing at attention and stretching his hand to shake mine. He has …

As Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrives in Australia for talks with Prime Minister Julia Gillard,  there is speculation that the increased US presence in Australia’s north, announced during President Barack Obama’s visit in November, may be another item up for discussion during the two-day leaders’ …

The personally controlled electronic health record system will go live tomorrow, but medical and security experts are voicing their unease. Brittany Cooper examines the privacy issues at stake for health consumers. There was an elderly customer in the pharmacy where I used to work …

They say a picture paints a thousand words. But as I fixed my gaze upon Kamalesh’s harrowing oil painting, I began to wonder whether the age-old idiom did this work enough justice, writes Anusha Menon. We’d talked about his time at Villawood …

The Sydney music community does exist. It may be quiet but there is a steady push of alternative music back into the mainstream, writes Elizabeth New. If we believe recent portrayals in the media, Sydney’s music scene is in irretrievable ruins. The focus …