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757EconomyKeeping it in the family
Image here: http://www.futurity.org/society-culture/how-grandparents-pitch-in-to-care-for-kids/ Maria and Con are retired, but they’ve never been busier. Both are approaching seventy, but in recent years the...
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Health
Schizophrenia is not so black or white
Schizophrenia is an accursed debilitating illness that continues to defy a “cure”. The term schizophrenia was coined by Eugen Bleuler a Swiss...
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840Health
Over beyondblue
It’s baffling that the colossus beyondblue: the national depression initiative has become, isn’t being scaled back or reformed. After all, it’s essentially...
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896Health
They call it couch surfing
When Andrew celebrated his 30th birthday recently he didn’t get any presents. At the boarding house where he couch surfs, he and...
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911Opinion
Who’s watching our children?
Thirteen year-old Siriyakorn ‘Bung’ Siriboon’s disappearance as she walked to school on a suburban Melbourne streetin June 2011 is a stark reminder...
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820International
Buddha and the Tamils
News that Sri Lankan authorities have just fined three ignorant French tourists and imposed suspended jail terms on them for posing with...
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906Health
When personal best isn’t enough
London 2012 brought a raft of exemplary displays of human endeavours to our TV screens. Elite athletes did their stuff with stunning...
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880Coroner & Legal
Irregular maritime arrivals, anyone?
The ruins of Port Arthur’s penal colony still offer more than a hint of the harsh environment that prevailed there for half...
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888Opinion
No-show after school
Imagine, just for a moment, your child fails to show up after school. You wait and watch and hope against hope but...
