| | | | The fiery frontman of the British dance-electronic band and one of the best-known faces of 90s British electronic music is found dead at his home near London. | | | | The star of 1990s television series Beverly Hills, 90210 and popular teen drama Riverdale dies after suffering a massive stroke at his home in Los Angeles last week. | | | | A winery owner who lost everything in the weekend bushfires in the Bunyip State Park says he's convinced the ferocity of the fire was fuelled by "trash in the bush". | | | | Monica McGhie was born with no limbs and uses a very sophisticated wheelchair to get around, but on a trip to Canberra to campaign for a royal commission into the treatment of people with disabilities, Qantas could not accommodate her wheelchair. | | | | Carl Shoupe and his son Scott experienced firsthand the quick and devastating collapse of the mining industry in Kentucky, where during the downturn eight mines closed in one day. Now they're warning the industry in the NSW Hunter region to have a "Plan B". | | | | On February 11, Amanda McPhee picked up her children from school and took them to a friend's house. She has not been seen since. | | | | A string of appointments of former Coalition MPs to top diplomatic jobs has many wondering, do politicians make good ambassadors? Or is this cronyism at play? | | | | Jordan Flake and her son were born with ichthyosis, a genetic condition which is associated with dry, thickened skin. She says she was humiliated when they were removed from a flight because of their condition. | | | | These days, the best silicon solar cells are creeping towards 27 per cent efficiency. That seems pretty low, but don't diss the efforts of chemists and physicists — these tiny gains are a big deal. | | | | A bold democratic experiment where women have equal rights rises out of the ashes of former Islamic State territory in north-east Syria — but it could be crushed at any time. | | | | Hobart City Council has voted 8-4 in favour of a by-law that could see the city become the nation's first to ban single-use plastics by 2020. | | | | Offering players in the AFLW league professional contracts, rather than their current semi-professional status, could be part of the solution to ending spiralling rates of knee injury, writes Kate O'Halloran | | | | Energy Minister Angus Taylor and Insiders host Barrie Cassidy were at odds on Sunday over whether emissions had fallen or not. So how can they both be right? Anna Scarbek and Anna Malos explain. | | | | The Morrison Government is set to develop Australia's first national strategy for domestic violence prevention, including a $70 million pledge to develop strategies to target negative community attitudes and beliefs that lead to violence. | | | | For most of us, a diverse diet of protein-packed plants and the occasional serve of healthy meat or fish is probably all the protein your body needs to maintain health — and even bulk up, Dr Sandro Demaio writes. | | | | The Coalition needs to introduce quotas to lift women in its ranks, says the chairman of 30% Club Australia, the lobby group pushing for 30 per cent female representation on the boards of the nation's top companies. | | | | The Cold War-era pact between Russia and the US prevents the two superpowers from possessing, producing or test-flying ground-launched nuclear cruise missiles with a range of 500 to 5,500 kilometres. | | | | The National commodity forecaster, ABARES, finds three quarters of dairy farmers and half of all broadacre farmers will receive a lower income than they did last year because of the drought. | | | | What started as a sore throat became septic shock, organ failure and the amputation of his hands and feet. But Buddy Miller is grateful just to be alive. | | | | The captain of Australia's women's rugby team, Liz Patu, is issued with a six-week playing suspension after pleading guilty to biting in a Super W clash on Saturday. | |  |
By Anna Scarbek and Anna Malos | |  |
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By Dr Kate O'Halloran | |  |
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