Caffeinated alcohol is 'cocaine' to teens and other top stories.

• Caffeinated alcohol is 'cocaine' to teens

  

  Caffeinated alcohol is 'cocaine' to teens

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• Man who died after catheter-oxygen mix-up 'may have caused own death'

  

  Man who died after catheter-oxygen mix-up 'may have caused own death' Updated October 26, 2016 14:47:57 South Australia's Premier Jay Weatherill has raised the possibility that a man whose oxygen supply was somehow connected to his catheter could have caused his own death.A coronial inquest is being held into the death of former Socceroo Stephen Herczeg, 72, who died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) on September 19.Earlier this week, the inquest heard Mr Herczeg di..

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• Experimental therapy helps autistic kids

  

  John von RadowitzPress AssociationAn experimental autism therapy that helps parents communicate with their children has had a record level of success in reducing core symptoms of the condition.A trial involving daily 20 to 30-minute sessions of planned communication and play activities showed benefits that lasted six years after the treatment ended.It is the first time long-term effects of such an early intervention have been demonstrated.The follow-up study was designed to look at long-term out..

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• Child's death amid gastro outbreak at Little Zak's daycare in Sydney prompts investigation

  

  Child's death amid gastro outbreak at Little Zak's daycare in Sydney prompts investigation Updated October 26, 2016 21:03:52 Sydney health authorities are investigating whether the death of a child who attended a Sydney daycare is related to a gastroenteritis outbreak.Six children, aged from 11 months to four years old, who attend Little Zak's childcare centre at Artarmon have developed high fevers and vomiting over the last week.Four were taken to hospital, but another..

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• Cancer survival in rural Aust 'alarming'

  

  If you've got cancer and you live in the country, you're more likely to to die within five years of being diagnosed.A new report has highlighted the alarming disparities between the cancer death rates in rural and urban Australia.Released by the Garvan Research Foundation, it confirms the further the person with cancer lives from a major city, the more likely they are to die within five years of diagnosis.The data collected also shows there are 94 per cent fewer oncologists working in rural town..

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• Relay for Life Joondalup Wanneroo raises more than $305000 for Cancer Council

  

  The WA Cancer Council’s 2016 Relay for Life Joondalup Wanneroo was held in perfect weather last weekend at Arena Joondalup. More than $305,000 was raised by teams of 10 to 15 members who took part in the 24-hour overnight event in a variety of fundraising activities both before and during the weekend. Funds raised will assist the Cancer Council with its research and support programmes. The 2016 Relay for Life Joondalup Wanneroo was the Cancer Council’s ninth and so far, more than $2.7 milli..

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• Woman sues Tough Mudder-style obstacle course after snapping ankles on slip and slide

  

  A swimming teacher who broke both her ankles while competing in an obstacle course race called the Stampede is seeking compensation after claiming she was injured when her legs became entangled in a slip and slide.Richmond woman Danielle Otter has filed legal action in the County Court against the operators of the Stampede, a 5 kilometre and 10 kilometre mud-soaked event, similar to the popular Tough Mudder endurance race. Danielle Otter during The Stampede. Photo: Supersport Images Ms O..

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• Audrey McGregor inquest: 'Substantial overdose' given by confused nurses, coroner says

  

  Audrey McGregor inquest: 'Substantial overdose' given by confused nurses, coroner says Updated October 26, 2016 17:07:48 A "substantial overdose" of medication by staff contributed to the death of an 88-year-old patient at North Shore Private Hospital in Sydney, an inquest has found."Quite simply, the nurses gave the wrong dose," the Deputy State Coroner Magistrate Harriet Grahame concluded. Audrey MacGregor was being treated for pneumonia in October 2013 when she was m..

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Lone-wolf radio hoaxer hacks Melbourne air traffic control: AFP and other top stories.

• Lone-wolf radio hoaxer hacks Melbourne air traffic control: AFP

  Federal police are hunting a lone-wolf radio hoaxer who made 15 illegal transmissions to air-traffic controllers and domestic passenger pilots last month - including one telling a Virgin pilot to abort a landing.The agencies investigating the incidents believe only one person has made the transmissions by finding a way to tap into the air traffic control frequency and communicate directly with planes and control towers. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide AFP hun..

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• How One Nation senator Rod Culleton's conviction could play out in the High Court

  

  How One Nation senator Rod Culleton's conviction could play out in the High Court Updated November 07, 2016 20:02:18 The challenge to One Nation senator Rod Culleton's election to the Upper House looks set to be a messy constitutional dilemma.The Commonwealth's chief counsel, outgoing Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson SC, told the Federal Government there had never been a case like this.So what did he say to kick this whole matter off?How did this all begin?A former busi..

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• Race-hate speech: Human Rights Commission must take a look at itself, PM says

  

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• Dreamworld set to reopen for summer

  

  Dreamworld tragedy: Brother and sister farewelled Ardent Leisure is expected to make an announcement on Wednesday about when its Dreamworld theme park will reopen after police said they had finished their crime-scene investigation following the deaths of four tourists late last month.With Ardent Leisure losing an estimated $295,000 a day it remains closed, there is pressure on the listed company to reopen the park before the lucrative summer holiday season begins early next mont..

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• Adut shocked to be NSW Aussie of the Year

  

  Andi YuAustralian Associated PressFighting as a child soldier in Sudan, Deng Adut never dreamed he would have a positive future, let alone be named the NSW Australian of the Year.The 33-year-old refugee and criminal lawyer shed tears as he received the top honour from Premier Mike Baird at ceremony in Sydney on Monday night.He told AAP he was beyond surprised."Shocked," he said."I never dreamed of anything."Even (being) a fisherman."Mr Adut was forced to fight as a child soldier at the age of si..

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• HRC aims to keep cases out of court

  Australian Associated PressHuman Rights Commission president Professor Gillian Triggs says the HRC exists to stop matters going to court, but the controversial case involving three Queensland students had a level of substance.Prof Triggs said the case proved difficult because the parties took different points of view and some of those involved had said different things, with different issues involving each.She said about 40 per cent of some 20,000 complaints a year were dismissed at an early sta..

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• Watchdog probes Chemist Warehouse pay

  

  Solly Lew is in the fight of his commercial life.A Fitzroy Street family pharmacist of 35 years standing, "Solly" is a St Kilda institution. More Business Videos Previous slide Next slide When a discount giant moves in next door Banks, Apple in stoush over digital wallets How shareholders can rein in CEO salaries Caltex wage fraud: the system is broken Will markets get the clarity they crave? Don't just blame Boomers fo..

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• Police rescue koala stuffed in a woman's handbag

  

  Police found the koala joey in a woman’s bag.Andrew Dawson, Madura McCormackSouthern StarHANDBAGS are known to contain weird items, but one Queensland woman has taken it to the next level after being found yesterday with a koala joey. Queensland Police had stopped the 50-year-old woman on Newnham Rd, Wishart at around 8.55pm on Sunday night for unrelated matters.When officers arresting her asked her if she had anything to declare, the woman handed over a zipped green canvas bag and told officers..

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• Bernardi's Trump hat sparks Twitter row

  

  COALITION Senator Cory Bernardi has started a Twitter row after he posted a selfie while wearing a Donald Trump-style hat, with a controversial message.The South Australian MP, who is on secondment in the US representing Australia at the United Nations, posted a photograph of himself with the hat that had the words: “Make Australia great again”.The message is an adaptation of the message Trump has worn on his hat he wears, which always states: “Make America great again.”media_cameraRepublican pr..

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• same-sex marriage plebiscite defeated in late-night Senate vote

  

  The Turnbull government's proposed plebiscite on same-sex marriage has formally been killed off by the Senate, where it was defeated 29-33 in a late-night vote on Monday, amid a warning the decision would delay marriage equality "for years".Months of speculation and political posturing culminated in Labor, the Greens, the Nick Xenophon Team and Derryn Hinch combining to defeat the proposal, which would have seen same-sex marriage decided by the Australian people in February. More Ne..

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Opposition quizzes Brandis on whether Gleeson was consulted on anti-terror laws draft and other top stories.

• Opposition quizzes Brandis on whether Gleeson was consulted on anti-terror laws draft

  Opposition quizzes Brandis on whether Gleeson was consulted on anti-terror laws draft Updated October 18, 2016 00:03:48 The Federal Opposition is questioning Attorney-General George Brandis on whether the nation's second law officer was consulted on the final draft of anti-terror laws. Key points:George Brandis is locked in a public feud with Justin GleesonMr Gleeson alleges he was not consulted on final anti-terror legislationSenator Brandis accuses Labor of "playing ..

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• Xenophon: no to Abbott's hate speech call

  

  Independent Senator Nick Xenophon and Tony Abbott at Parliament House in Canberra.Staff writers, wiresNews Corp Australia NetworkNICK Xenophon has issued a political smackdown to a suggestion made by Tony Abbott that his team may be considering a proposal to change racial discrimination laws.Mr Abbott has flagged support for a private bill to repeal part of racial discrimination laws, as the government again ruled out any changes.The former prime minister tweeted on Monday afternoon if the Nick ..

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• The 'Love or Leave Australia' party logo. Picture: Supplied

  

  The ‘Love or Leave Australia’ party logo. Picture: SuppliedTHE founder of Australia’s newest and arguably most controversial political party wants the country’s compassion to “end at our borders”.The anti-Islam and anti-immigration Love Australia or Leave party — which boasts a logo of Australia containing the word “full” — was approved and registered by the Electoral Commission on Friday, seven months after it applied for registration.Party founder Kim Vuga, 48, who unsuccessfully ran for a Que..

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• Airtasker increases recommended hourly rates to above national minimum

  

  Gig economy website Airtasker has heavily revised its recommended hourly rate to exceed the national minimum wage of $17.70 an hour, following allegations on underpayment.The review follows the release of a Unions NSW report that highlighted recommended rates as low as $14.45 an hour after Airtasker had taken a 15 per cent cut for tasks such as cleaning and administration. More Business Videos Previous slide Next slide PwC CEO survey: Airtasker The impact of C..

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• 'Island of despair': Australia intentionally torturing refugees on Nauru, says major Amnesty International report

  

  The Australian government is responsible for the deliberate and systematic torture of refugees on Nauru and should be held accountable under international law, according to a major new report informed by unprecedented access to the secretive island.Amnesty International said it had interviewed 62 refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru, and more than a dozen current or former contract workers who delivered services on behalf of the Australian government, to compile a report it titled: Island of De..

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• Man, woman, two children and dog found dead in Davidson in Sydney's north

  

  A family of four were found dead at a house in Sydney's north on Monday morning in a scene described by police as "extremely confronting".Officers were called to an address on Sir Thomas Mitchell Drive in Davidson about 11.20am and found the bodies of Fernando Manrique, 44, his wife Maria Claudia Lutz, 43, and their two children - Martin, 10, and Elisa, 11, inside. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Four found dead in Sydney home Family found dead in D..

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• $40m lotto dispute plays out in court

  

  Factory worker Brendan King had spent thousands of dollars on workplace lottery syndicates. But when his workmates finally hit the $40 million jackpot, the father of five was told he wouldn't receive the life-changing payout he'd been dreaming of. Mr King, who contributed to syndicates for about four years, says he is owed $2.7 million as one of 15 southwest Sydney factory employees who won a Powerball draw on May 5. A NSW Supreme Court has heard workers from the Prysmian factory at Liverpool c..

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• Private Health Insurance Ombudsman report shows record complaints, driven by Medibank

  

  For thousands of Australians, health insurance is causing anger, distress and frustration instead of providing the peace of mind the providers have long promised, with complaints hitting a record high.The Private Health Insurance Ombudsman received 4416 complaints in 2015-16, nearly double the number a decade ago, according to the Commonwealth Ombudsman's latest annual report. More Business Videos Previous slide Next slide Medibank accused of secret policy changes: ACCC..

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• NSW Liberals are a 'closed shop': Abbott

  

  THE end-of-year distractions buzzing around Malcolm Turnbull include the trademark sledgehammer progress of Tony Abbott through public debate.Mr Abbott appears to be reminding the Prime Minister and the broad electorate he is still around, and doing it in a way which has not been helpful to the government.And he is in danger of wearing out his welcome in both sectors.Mr Abbott is in a clutch of Coalition identities of varying weight and influence — Eric Abetz, George Christensen, Kevin Andrews, ..

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• CFMEU boss John Setka seeks stay on blackmail charges

  

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Geelong mother left traumatised after two-year-old pricked by dirty syringe in public toilet and other top stories.

• Geelong mother left traumatised after two-year-old pricked by dirty syringe in public toilet

  

  Alleira, 2, was pricked by a dirty syringe at Geelong's Eastern Beach. (9NEWS) A Geelong mother faces a nervous wait of six months to find out if her two-year-old daughter will be given the all clear, after the toddler was pricked by a dirty syringe.Ashlee Vipont took her daughter Alleira into a public toilet at Geelong’s Eastern Beach last Friday when the dirty syringe fell from the toilet paper dispenser.“The toilet paper was kind of stuck so she placed her hands up there, and as we’ve pulled..

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• An industry's answer to deadly opioid addiction: More pills

  

  Cancer patients taking high doses of opioid painkillers are often afflicted by a new discomfort: constipation. Researcher Jonathan Moss thought he could help, but no drug company was interested in his ideas for relieving suffering among the dying.So Moss and his colleagues pieced together small grants and, in 1997, received permission to test their treatment. But not on cancer patients. Federal regulators urged them to use a less frail - and by then, rapidly expanding - group: addicts caught in..

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• Gold Coast drugs: 'This will be the summer of multiple unknown overdoses'

  

  When things go bad, blame flakka. Sixteen people were hospitalised for taking drugs on the Gold Coast over the weekend - the worst mass overdose in decades. It's been widely reported the drug was flakka, but until the toxicology report comes back, no-one knows for sure.They had probably taken some kind of New Psychoactive Substance (NPS) - synthetic drugs designed to mimic cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy and LSD. Toxicologists have so far identified about 350 NPS, and are finding about two new ones ..

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• Busted: hidden camera unravels public service compensation claim

  

  Public servant Glenn Atkinson said his job had left him in a terrible state.The Finance Department official allegedly told a doctor in September 2014 that his work-related repetitive strain injuries were so bad, he could do little more than sit at home watching TV, leaving the house only for medical appointments. Private detectives using hidden cameras have sunk the workers' comp claim of a Canberra public servant. Generic Image Istock. 101019.  Which was strange, because when private eye..

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• Baby Henry given hope with 'most precious' new heart

  

  A mother has recorded the emotional final beats of her tiny baby’s heart immediately after he was given a new one in a life-saving transplant operation. It was the incredible moment that Mollie and Sam Dolan had been waiting for since baby Henry was born, 12 weeks premature and with two chronic heart problems. Mrs Dolan has documented her son’s medical journey on Facebook, culminating with a series of photos and videos of Henry’s operation at a hospital in Minnesota, USA. In the remarkable ..

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• Brisbane mum finds meth in plastic egg in six year old's bedroom

  

  Yahoo7 News on October 17, 2016, 10:20 am A Brisbane mother has taken to Facebook to tell of her shock at finding meth stashed inside a plastic egg in her six year old son's bedroom. Crystal Hill told Yahoo7 she wanted to warn parents after she discovered two bags of the drug, which is commonly called ice, hidden an orange plastic egg that resembled the kind commonly found in a chocolate product aimed at children.“I was cleaning out Jonahs (sic) room (aged 6) on friday and inside his old ..

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• Brisbane Zombie Walk fees waived, but future remains uncertain

  

  Brisbane City Council has waived the fee for the city's annual Zombie Walk, after organisers announced this month's event would be the last.The council decision could prompt a rethink on the part of organisers, who were emphatic on Sunday that future Zombie Walks would be cancelled.  The undead take over the streets of Brisbane for the Zombie Walk. Photo: Adrian Smith Organisers took to Facebook on Sunday night to say council fees brought on by undead freeloaders had signalled the end of..

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• Devil's milk could be the killer ingredient in war on superbugs

  

  Devil's milk has proved to be an unlikely weapon in the increasingly desperate global fight against superbugs. Australian researchers have discovered that peptides contained in the milk of Tasmanian devils can kill some of the most deadly bacterial and fungal infections, including golden staph. Having scanned the devil's genome and discovered the six naturally occurring antimicrobial peptides, researchers from Sydney University set about replicating them artificially. They then tested the pepti..

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• No need for pap test until age 25: study

  

  Sarah WiedersehnAustralian Associated PressA dramatic decline in the incidence of cervical cancer in Australia has led to a change in the recommended age for a woman's first cervical pap smear to 25.Currently women aged 18 to 20 are routinely screened for cervical cancer but from next year women won't receive a prompt for their first test until around their 25th birthday.The change in age was recommended by the Medical Services Advisory Committee last year and researcher Megan Smith from Cancer ..

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Santa Golly Dollies sell out in Melbourne and Geelong Christmas ... and other top stories.

• Santa Golly Dollies sell out in Melbourne and Geelong Christmas ...

  

  THEY’RE considered offensive racist caricatures, but “Santa Golly Dollies” are selling out in Christmas stores in Melbourne and Geelong.The dolls are made by a Melbourne supplier and have been spotted in the Westminster Christmas store in Geelong.Owner David Nolan said he would be upset if anyone was offended by the dolls, which the store rebranded as “golly dollies” after they came through from the supplier as “golliwogs”.“Certainly no offence or racial overtone is intended. I understand the po..

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• Illicit firearms offences spike across Geelong, prompting calls for gun ...

  FIREARMS offences in Geelong have risen dramatically in the past year, with the number of prohibited people in possession more than doubling.As Australia moves towards another guns amnesty, latest illicit firearms figures reveal steep rises in several categories in Geelong.Six charges were made for carrying or using a loaded firearm in a public place, up from one the previous year and none in 2012.Prevalence of handguns has jumped 433 per cent since 2012.Geelong’s total across hundreds of offenc..

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• Clark delisted by AFL club Geelong

  

  Mitch Clark's AFL stop-start AFL career appears over after Geelong decided not to offer the key forward a new contract. A series of injuries restricted the 29-year-old to only nine senior matches in his two seasons at Simonds Stadium, including a sole outing against Sydney in 2016. He had previously played with the Brisbane Lions and Melbourne. Clark parted ways with the Demons in early 2014 after being diagnosed with clinical depression, before being snapped up the Cats later that year in the ..

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• Good golly, Santa dollies sell out

  

  THEY’RE considered offensive racist caricatures, but “Santa Golly Dollies” are selling out in Christmas stores in Melbourne and Geelong.The dolls are made by a Melbourne supplier and have been spotted in the Westminster Christmas store in Geelong.Owner David Nolan said he would be upset if anyone was offended by the dolls, which the store rebranded as “golly dollies” after they came through from the supplier as “golliwogs”.“Certainly no offence or racial overtone is intended. I understand the po..

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• Groom allegedly steals to pay for wedding

  

  A GEELONG man, who allegedly spent a year stealing from his employer JB Hi Fi, planned to use the money he’d taken to pay for his wedding.On Monday, the Geelong Magistrates’ Court heard Damien Jewell, 28, had been working at the electronics and gaming store when his employer and a security guard approached him about allegations of theft on July 8.The court heard the groom-to-be had stored the allegedly stolen property including an Xbox, games, speakers and a headset at his house.Police prosecuto..

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• Sunshine then rain

  

  Sunshine then rain Rebecca McDonald / 25 October 2016 There is some fine weather for Geelong today, but you might want to make the most of it. The city is looking at a mostly sunny day with a top of 24. However the Weather Bureau is forecasting light rain tonight. The region is also expecting showers and a top of 19 tomorrow. The sunshine should return from Thursday with more showers expected on Sunday. You may also like... The number of students being kicked out of schools across the s..

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• School expulsions increase - The number of students being kicked ...

  

  School expulsions increase Rebecca McDonald / 25 October 2016 The number of students being kicked out of schools across the state is on the rise. New figures show 48 students were expelled across the Geelong and south-west region in the past year. It comes as Victorian Ombudsman staff head to Geelong this week to investigate why. They will be looking at whether vulnerable or at-risk students are over-represented in the numbers. Investigators will be at the Geelong Library and Heritage Cent..

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• 'The crisis will get much bigger'

  

  UP TO one million people are trapped inside the Iraqi city of Mosul in a humanitarian crisis that could be unleashed within days, aid agencies say. Save the Children’s Middle East regional manager Alun McDonald told news.com.au only around 7000 people have left the city controlled by the Islamic State as Iraqi-led forces come within five kilometres in what is expected to be a brutal and bloody showdown.That leaves up to one million trapped inside — half of them children — who are too afraid to l..

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• Good 'Golli', it's a Santa Dolly - A Geelong-based store's selling out ...

  

  Good 'Golli', it's a Santa Dolly Rebecca McDonald / 25 October 2016 A Geelong-based store's selling out of a controversial doll. The 'Santa Golly Dollies' are a spin off of the more-well known Golliwog dolls. They are being sold in Westminster Christmas shops in Manifold Heights and Melbourne. Owner David Nolan says he is not trying to offend anyone, and he understands the politics associated the type of dolls. He has told his staff to handle any complaints with sensitivity and let him kno..

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• Four dead in Dreamworld horror

  

  Four dead in Dreamworld horror Rob McLennan / 25 October 2016 An accident on a ride at the Gold Coast's Dreamworld theme park has claimed the lives of four people.The accident happened just after 2pm on the Thunder River Rapids ride.Initial reports suggested one person had been killed but emergency services have now confirmed that four people aboard one of the attraction's rafts have died. It is believed they became trapped in a conveyor belt that drives the ride. Two other people aboard ..

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Dogs dream about their owners, expert claims and other top stories.

• Dogs dream about their owners, expert claims

  

  There's a reason we call canines “man's best friend”. An expert in evolutionary psychology has claimed dogs most likely dream about their owners, sending canine lovers into a frenzy. Dr Deirdre Barrett, a Clinical and Evolutionary Psychologist from ...

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• Branson's 'disturbing' date with Trump

  

  British business magnate Richard Branson did not leave his meeting with Trump with a good impression of the US presidential candidate. Picture: SuppliedBrittany Vonow and staff writersNews Corp Australia NetworkRICHARD Branson has recounted a “bizarre” lunch meeting with Donald Trump where the now US presidential candidate told him he had begged for money to get him out of bankruptcy — and would now spend “the rest of his life” trying to destroy the five people who refused to help him.The Britis..

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• Man believed missing following mine collapse in Opalton, Central Queensland

  

  Man believed missing following mine collapse in Opalton, Central Queensland By Francis Tapim Updated October 23, 2016 01:30:17 Emergency services have arrived at the scene of a mining accident at Opalton in Central Queensland where it is feared a man may be trapped underground.A friend who visited the site late on Saturday, raised the alarm when he could not find the owner and saw machinery crushed beneath rocks inside the mine.The friend called an ambulance who a..

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• Red wine can cure hormonal imbalance in women

  

  Resveratrol, a polyphenol which occurs naturally in red wine, grapes, nuts and chocolate, could correct a hormonal imbalance in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), a condition which can cause infertility in women of childbearing age. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have demonstrated that a polyphenol called resveratrol, which is found in red wine, peanuts, blackberries and chocolate, was able to correct hormone levels in 30 patients with Polycystic Ovary S..

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• University Of Arizona Gets $10.3M Grant For Alzheimer's Disease Research On Women

  

  A new Alzheimer’s disease research project has just been funded, as a team of researchers from the University of Arizona Health Sciences’ Center for Innovation in Brain Science recently received a $10.3 million grant from the U.S. government. According to a report from AZ Big Media, the five-year Program Project Grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health will fund a study to be led by University of Arizona neuroscientist Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton, in hopes of..

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• Nine ways to love your liver

  

  IT’S the organ that flushes out the bad and gives your body the good. Help it do its job right (no juice fast required). LIMIT OR DITCH ALCOHOLIt’s the most important thing you can do. If you drink, aim for less than two drinks a day, with two alcohol-free days a week.EXERCISEA recent Australian study showed how exercise improves fatty liver disease. Do atleast 30 minutes a day.WATER, WATEREveryone’s H²O requirements are different. Do this test: If your urine is a lightyellow colour, you’re adeq..

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• Overcoming toxic perfectionism in teenagers

  

  Here's a quick test: If your teenage daughter makes a mistake in her written work does she cross it out; erase it and keep going; or does she rip out the whole page and start over. Does she do draft after draft after draft? Does she come down on herself like a tonne of bricks over small mistakes or a test result that is worse than expected?If you answered yes to some or all of the above questions, your daughter may have a problem with perfectionism – and it can be linked to serious mental healt..

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• Centrelink asks paralysed man to prove he deserved pension

  

  Even with the help of two carers it can take Josh up to two hours to get ready every morning.The 21-year-old has muscular dystrophy, a degenerative disease that slowly breaks down muscles, paralysing the sufferer. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Living with Muscular Dystrophy Dodson takes aim John Howard calls for strengthened gun laws What veggies do for your body Mack Horton's fan spots suspicious mole The ..

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• Qld police wage war on drug dealers

  

  Qld police wage war on drug dealers

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• How a mum overcame scoliosis

  

  “I WASN’T born with scoliosis. It developed because I grew too fast for my body, which is funny because I’m only 150cm tall and weigh 45kg. I went to see the doctor about a cough when I was 12; he bent me forward to listen to my chest and noticed my back was raised on one side. An X-ray showed slight scoliosis so he told me to keep an eye on it for a year.When I went back at age 13, I had no reason to think anything was wrong. I felt fine, my movement seemed completely normal. But my spine was n..

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