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Seven-year-old trades sex for cigarettes, court told
A LAUNCESTON man taught his daughter, 7, how to smoke so he could trade cigarettes for sexual favours, ...
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The good wife who paid a high price
Hazel Hawke's life of courage came at a huge cost.
Army takes to the streets to battle poverty
More than 100,000 volunteers will spend this weekend knocking on doors to help the Salvation Army address Australia's rising rate ...
Doubling of indigenous in prisons alarms leaders
Aboriginal leaders have warned of a crisis in the justice system with an explosion in the black prison population, a ...
Gaming the politics of TV sports bet reform
An unmistakable message for government is now emerging: Stop this now.
Joyce seeks bail as wife pleads for accuser to set record straight
Condemned to a ''life sentence'', in the words of his wife, Matt Joyce will plead with Dubai authorities to extend ...
Artists flag fresh symbols of a nation's hope and ideals
Asking a country to change its flag is like asking a country to change its name - so bonded is ...
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HypnoBirthing isn't a hippie thing - just ask Kate
Word is that Kate Middleton is considering HypnoBirthing when she delivers the new heir to the throne.
Growing abuse of Xanax leads to restrictions
The growing abuse of the commonly prescribed anxiety and insomnia drug alprazolam has led the peak body for drug regulation ...
A surprising tactic to fight anorexia
Research suggests anorexia sufferers may fare better if doctors stop trying to get them to gain weight and ...
Lifestyle secrets of the world's healthiest countries
Australia is up there with the world's fattest countries. What are the thinner, healthier countries doing right?
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Looking the part
Noomi Rapace shows again in crime thriller Dead Man Down that she is the ultimate chameleon.
A tiger by the tail
Bill Westenhofer won an Oscar for best visual effects for his extraordinary work bringing the digital tiger Richard ...
Lifting the veil on carnal love
In James Salter's fiction, true carnal love is like an ''assassin'', both exalting and abasing the ''victims'' of its ''violent ...
Privilege, parties and Maharajahs
'Can a duck swim?'' is evidently a polite version of what bears do in the woods.
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Bouris fired up over low-fee super
Mark Bouris' Yellow Brick Road is hoping to capture a slice of the $1.5 trillion in superannuation savings ...
Daily horoscopes: Friday, May 24
Read Alison Moroney's daily stars for Friday May 24, 2013.
How to have a functional family
Having a connected family is beneficial to a child's sense of identity and the parents and the extended ...
Time to drop the body labels?
Opinion: Why we should stop calling models larger than sample size 'curvy', 'voluptuous' and worst of all... 'real ...
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Back when it was called a thunderbox
Writer Donna Kelly can't remember nightmen but she sure knows a lot about dunnies - even that they ...
Live life to the fullest
Funerals can be wonderful celebrations of life, writer Donna Kelly shares.
Labor sets a booby-trap as it heads for the door
Trap. Wedge. Trick. Ploy. All these words have been used to describe Wayne Swan's latest federal budget.
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Uni reform to hurt students
Four in five university students must work to support their studies, juggling an average of 16 hours of ...
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Flight test: Cathay Pacific business class
Flight crew member Fiona introduced herself with a smile before offering a welcoming glass of Deutz champagne.
Chopstick revolution
In the past decade, this Chinese hub has become one of the world's great culinary cities. Brian Johnston ...
No kidding on long-haul flights
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Island of the drammed
A sweet, malty storm is brewing amid the apples, served not in a teacup but neat in a ...