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NSW takes major step to decriminalise abortion
Abortion is on the way to being decriminalised in NSW after the lower house’s bill on key amendments successfully passed […]
HEALTH
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Organ donation: Celebrating my gift of life
For Hatch’s Lachlan Keller and his family, organ donation is more than just a casual conversation.
HEALTH
Anti-abortion supporters picket parliament
Anti-abortion activists and supporters gathered outside Parliament House in Sydney today to publicly protest the decriminalisation of abortion in New […]
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Aboriginal yarning circles helping kids’ wellbeing
Traditional Aboriginal yarning circles, where problems are discussed in a supportive group, are being increasingly adopted in the broader community […]
HEALTH
Smoked out: the changing perspectives on tobacco
The world and the way people live has changed a lot since 1950.
HEALTH
Give us this day our daily… coal? – The mysteries of Pica
We have been exposed to pica as a form of entertainment from time to time on popular television shows like […]
HEALTH
OCD: more than just a punchline
We are all familiar with the over analytical, neat, colour-coding control freak that is the butt of the joke
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Baby boomers: the unlikely drug and alcohol abusers
For 59-year-old Anthony Johns, nearly every social gathering he attends includes his mates smoking weed and drinking heavily. “Not the […]
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Bad medicine: gaping holes in mental health care
Suicides make up one-third of deaths among 15- to 24-year-olds. Penny Burfitt reports on how Australia’s mental health system is […]
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Every girl deserves to be treated with dignity. Period.
Safe water, clean tampons and sanitary pads. These should be basic human rights. So too our education about menstruation. But […]