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Natalie* is 20 years old. She used to have blonde hair. Now it is fading to brown and thinning. She was 15 when she first contemplated suicide. The urge became so intense she was hospitalised. What she went through no-one should have to …

Medical experts are warning the Australian mainland is at risk of being invaded by a deadly strain of tuberculosis (TB) from Papua New Guinea (PNG), report Matt Garrick and Mark Roy in the Torres Strait. An outbreak in PNG’s Western Province of an …

Today, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month 2012, we pay tribute to ANZACs who died or suffered to serve our nation in wars, conflicts and peace keeping operations around the world.  ANZAC veteran William “Bully Hayes” Saylor, 82, served in …

Celebrating global achievements, the University of Sydney yesterday honoured actress Cate Blanchett, double platinum musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Astronomer Royal Lord Martin Rees, Nobel Prize-winning pathologist Robin Warren, and author Kate Grenville with honorary degrees for their outstanding contribution to society. They …

A large scale malaria prevention program, consisting of intermittent distributions of anti-malaria medicines, appears to be drastically reducing the number of new cases of the disease among young children during peak transmission season, according to preliminary results from projects run by the …

As President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney deal with the challenge of superstorm Sandy hitting the US East coast in the final stage of their election campaigns, the world is holding its breath. In an increasingly globalized world, it’s no …

US President Barack Obama voted today, making history with his very early vote. In less than two weeks, Americans will vote for the next US President either incumbent President Obama or former Governor Mitt Romney during an election season that reports are …

I was sitting on the couch with some real friends ready for our weekly dose of Friends on TV when the phone rang. I answered. After a long pause, a voice whispered: “Leave him alone, leave him alooone.” The voice was soft …

My driver’s licence was suspended last November 2011 and my property seized in September 2012, all because I refused to pay into the Victims Compensation Levy for the Australian crime of riding a bicycle without a helmet. Two weeks ago, after a …

Alan Jones has done it again. In his very own Mitt Romney moment, the vitriolic shock jock was caught on tape telling a private function that Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s father “died of shame”. Twitter is abuzz with outrage at a story …