When you think of homelessness what image springs to mind? Often it is not an older woman that you envisage. This year Queensland’s oldest charity – The Lady Mulgrave Trust – has chosen to highlight the plight of our most vulnerable […]
NEWSDESK FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Missing businesswoman Melissa Caddick is dead, police have confirmed, after her foot washed up on a beach more than 400km from where she was last seen in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. The 49-year-old did not take her mobile phone, […]
A recent petition circulated by Sydney school girl Chanel Contos called for schools to provide better education on consent, and to do so much earlier. In the petition, which since Thursday has been signed by more than 5,000 people, Contos writes […]
I am someone who jumps into the deep end to find if I sink or swim, and that was my attitude when offered Fraxel treatment from Brisbane Skin based in Newstead. Turning 50 this year has given me time to dissect my […]
FRIDAY NOV 27 US President Donald Trump says he will leave the White House if, as expected, the electoral college confirms Joe Biden has won the 2020 election. It is the nearest Mr Trump has come to a concession. Mr Trump has […]
Critically acclaimed feature documentary Zach’s Ceremony will be screening at SAE Creative Media Institute’s Brisbane campus for students and available digitally to the general public for free on November 12th, as part of NAIDOC activities across Australia. Described by Adam […]
Dr Justine Shaw is a Research Fellow, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science at the University of Queensland. A research leader in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic conservation, interested in understanding the way in which species interact with each other and how this shapes ecosystems, Dr Shaw was […]
Wondering where to give birth in Australia? Aussie mums-to-be are typically choosing from the following 5 options: 1. Public Hospital Most Australian babies are born in public hospitals. As of 2016, 72 percent of Australian births occurred in public hospitals, according […]
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 Dozens of Sydney suburbs have been put on high alert as fragments of COVID-19 was detected during surveillance of Sydney’s sewage, news.com reports. Fragments of the virus were found during routine analysis of the wastewater, and it suggests there […]
Appeals to change a 110-year-old legal defence which has allowed two thirds of accused rapists in Queensland to beat charges have been rejected by the government. Sexual assault support groups say long awaited changes to rape laws fail to remove the […]
#SheSociety’s Nanny Babe (Ruth Greening) talks with acclaimed novelist Sue Woolfe, and they discuss Neuroscience and creativity. Ruth GreeningRuth Greening holds a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Psychology & Philosophy. Before retirement, she worked for over 40 years in the corporate […]
A tragic story of the life-changing impact of child sexual abuse has been related in a Western Australia Court where a woman has been jailed for killing her newborn baby 25 years ago when she was 14. The woman gave birth […]
Last week’s horrific murder of a Rockhampton mother has seen sections of the media again highlight how much still has to be done to cut domestic violence in Australia, unaware or unwilling to face the fact they could be contributing to the […]
When it comes to immortalising women trailblazers, Brisbane is a virtual statue-free zone. Plenty of men, but hardly any women other than a few queens of England. Thanks to an eight-year-old Auchenflower schoolgirl, however, that could be about to change. After […]
FRIDAY MAY 22 There will be no COVID-19 limits placed on the number of people allowed on south-east Queensland public buses, trains and ferries when all school students return to the classroom next week. In New South Wales, the State Government announced […]
THE CONVERSATION By Kate Burridge, Professor of Linguistics, Monash University and Howard Manns, Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University People love creating words — in times of crisis it’s a “sick” (in the good sense) way of pulling through. From childhood, our […]
For the first time since it began in this country almost 100 years ago, Mother’s Day celebrations for millions of Australians are set to undergo a dramatic change this Sunday because of the coronavirus pandemic. Lockdown provisions vary between the states and […]
Coronavirus cases in NSW flatline, but no plans to ease social-distancing lockdown NSW’s social-distancing shutdown will remain unchanged for the foreseeable future, despite just two new coronavirus infections being recorded yesterday and some other states relaxing their laws. Yesterday, authorities in Queensland […]
THE CONVERSATION By Philip Roberts, Associate professor (Curriculum Inquiry / Rural Education), University of Canberra Schools have been progressively moving classes online due to the COVID-19 pandemic and there is uncertainty over what the next months may bring. This has […]
Was it a warning? If it was, and in hindsight many friends of fitness guru and father of three small children Rowan Baxter, may now be reflecting that something strange was afoot when they saw a video he posted on his Facebook […]
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