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It is 11am and my brother, Cornelius, walks straight to the fridge, grabs a microwave meal and eats it straight from the plastic container. On his way to bed, he unhooks his stethoscope from his neck and flings off his Adidas trainers. …

Envision a world where spare change saves lives. Where credit card purchases of, say, $19.20, could be rounded up by consumer choice and the difference donated to charity. This is the future of giving and one of many initiatives the Give Easy …

As the polls point to a Coalition win tomorrow interest is now focused on the Senate where a record 529 candidates nationally will be vying for a seat in the House of Review. In NSW voters will be choosing from up to …

A high percentage of young voters across Sydney do not like either Kevin Rudd or Tony Abbott as the next prime mister. In a poll of 150 voters between the ages of 18 and 25 in electorates across Sydney,  just under 50 …

Independent filmmaking is not a career for the faint of heart writes Rebekah Woodford It’s mid afternoon and the scent of freshly painted walls fills the air. Cylinders of brightly coloured fluid in all the colours of the rainbow are arranged along …

In Australia, where repeated governments have pursued ever-tougher ‘Laura Norder’ policies, the barriers are high to establishing a human rights conversation around the rights of prisoners. Such a proposal is frequently dismissed as politically inconvenient – perhaps because the criminal justice system …

Alexis Smith, 22, came to Australia to study. But what started as an academic adventure quickly escalated into a nightmare medical ordeal. She came to learn but left with a piece of Australia that saved her life, and changed it forever.   Alexis …

Following the birth of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s first born on Monday, British news blog the Huffington Post featured a breaking news story with the headline: “Woman Gives Birth to A Boy”. The article read: “A married woman of childbearing age …

High unemployment is pushing thousands of young Italians to seek jobs abroad. They are part of a tidal wave of young Europeans heading for Australia and many are using the 457 visa, Roanna Sanelli writes from Melbourne. Travelling through Italy it is not uncommon …

Convicted murderer of Cabramatta MP John Newman celebrated his 55th birthday in custody this week. The Vietnamese-born former Fairfield councillor Phuong Canh Ngo is serving a life sentence for the shooting murder of Austrian-born Cabramatta MP John Newman. Ngo has spent 15 …