16+ hour, 37+ min ago   (785+ words) Australia’s first woman High Court judge, first woman to be the NSW Solicitor General, and first woman to be Queen’s Counsel, Mary Gaudron, has died at the age of 83. The High Court of Australia shared the news of her passing…...

16+ hour, 50+ min ago   (828+ words) When Jim Rogers was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer’s at 55, it was far from the first time his family had been forced to face the unimaginable. Years earlier, Jim had been left to raise his three young children alone following the…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (656+ words) The first thing you notice when you meet the oldest woman in Australia, Lorna Henstridge, is her handshake. Firm, strong like a tradie, not something you expect from a 110-year-old. But not having met a 110-year-old before, I suppose I…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1275+ words) Lily Schubert didn’t leave her bed for six years. She lay alone in a dark, silent room. Even the faintest light, the smallest sound or someone’s touch was unbearable. Speaking took too much energy. The most she could manage was…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1718+ words) Instead, he was there to witness his dad’s second coming, one which saw Don swap a traditional television audience for younger viewers who were obsessed with American sport. “His joke was that when he first came to Australia in the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (805+ words) Tea is what Dr Mary Cole prescribes for safeguarding the future of Australia’s farmers. Compost tea, that is, and soil aeration, molasses, and planting multi-species crops. For more than 45 years, Mary has been using her expertise in plant pathology and…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1431+ words) Imagine escaping a terrible reality only to be told that you have to leave a beloved family member behind. That is the reality facing countless Australians. 1 in 4 women in Australia report experiencing domestic violence. 73 per cent of Australian households have…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1050+ words) The best disco in town is in our suburban lounge room – and millions like ours all around the country. There was a period, in the 1970s, when it was estimated that one in eight Aussie households owned a copy of ‘Hot…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (541+ words) When Curtis McGrath OAM was deployed to go to Afghanistan in 2012, a tour where he would be clearing landmines and IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) his girlfriend, Rachel had one question: “What are you going to do if you lose your…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1508+ words) Carol grew up, along with her two younger brothers, on a sheep and cropping farm north of Gilgandra in the central west of NSW. Carol’s parents separated when she was in late primary school, and she moved with her mum…...