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Many historians agree that Marie Antoinette never actually said “let them eat cake” in the face of economic crisis in France during the 18th century — the misquote was part of a smear campaign by the aristocracy’s opponents perpetuated by the media …

Every year as May 31 approaches, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls on countries to focus on the World No Tobacco Day Campaign. This year’s theme is “Stop illicit trade of tobacco products”, a major global concern that ranges across health, legal …

  It’s been almost a century since the Anzacs landed on Turkish soil and with the Anzac Centenary forecast to set Australian taxpayers back $140 million, Anzac Day has become increasingly commercialised. From large cruise ships anchoring on the shores of Anzac …

On April 16 Copenhagen and all of Denmark celebrated Queen Margrethe’s 75th birthday and the media circus went crazy in its enthusiasm testing the limits of public tolerance. Meanwhile the question more and more emerges on social media: why should Denmark still have …

43 Reflections for Ayotzinapa:  A Showcase of Hope, a photography exhibition that vividly illustrates the civilian response to state violence in Mexico, will open in Sydney this week. The photographs, by Mexican photographers Antonio Díaz and Joel Martínez, document the ongoing demonstrations …

An ill female health worker has been admitted to Canberra Hospital this week and is being treated in isolation under the hospital’s Ebola protocol after returning from West Africa. The results of the Ebola test are not yet known for the woman who …

Chef and campaigner Jamie Oliver has launched his biggest campaign ever – a global petition to get food education back on the school curriculum. On March 29, Jamie launched the petition following his LIVE Food Revolution show as part of the Sydney Opera …

NSW Police will be out in force this Easter long weekend hoping that harsher penalties for high-range and repeat drink driving offenders will prevent the escalating road toll. From February 1 this year, people convicted of high range, repeat and serious drink driving …

  Waitakere Council in west Auckland, New Zealand, in partnership with the Weedfree Trust, has declared a war on weeds. Its annual campaign, designed to save native bush, ran all through March. Phil Rasmussen, pharmacist and practicing New Zealand phytotherapist, said many …

  We cannot do another term of Nationals – we just cannot. They have been here forever, the last one for 27 years … somebody … anybody Save Our Souls! Here in the electorate of the Upper Hunter we are drowning in a …