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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 …

Phoenix, Arizona— A month after the US Supreme Court approved the Obama administration’s signature health care reform on June 28, many Americans are still debating the possible consequences in their personal lives and for the country’s economic future. In stark contrast to …

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 …

News has just broken that police tonight arrested an 18-year-old man in Belmore for the death of Thomas Kelly, 18, killed in an unprovoked attack at 10 pm in Kings Cross on July 7. Kelly’s death triggered an emotional community response and …

There is a passage in Leviticus that states: “You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord.” While this passage varies from text to text, the message is clear: …

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 …

On the pre-dawn tarmac of Melbourne Airport, Black Caviar stretched her legs before her black travel suit was removed and she was led into quarantine. The champion returned to Australia having clocked up 22 unbeaten wins at Royal Ascot in a nose-bitingly …

At the recent meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Panama South Korea announced that it will begin scientific whaling research subject to the approval of the IWC scientific committee. The scientific committee will meet next year in Seoul to discuss their …

There will be ‘no truce with the criminals’ pledges Mexico’s newly-elected President Enrique Peña Nieto. He has slick shiny black hair which he combs into a small mountain at the front of his head, a nugget of gold for political cartoonists. But …

Once thought to be the stuff of nightmares, organ trafficking is a threat that just became more real by (officially) landing on our doorstep. Miranda Farrell finds out if we’re prepared. On 28 July 2011, news broke that an elderly Sydney woman …