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Schapelle Corby could be free by August.
CORBY GRANTED CLEMENCY Convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby, who always protested her innocence on charges of taking 4.3kg of marijuana to Bali, has had her prison sentence slashed by five years after Indonesian authorities recommended her application for clemency be granted. Schapelle has been in prison for eight years and has suffered publicly from what [read more]
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Daily Buzz: Is this mag cover sexist?
SEXIST MAG COVER? BRW Magazine has faced a mini-backlash over its cover featuring muesli queen Carolyn Creswell. The complaints prompted an interesting discussion by reporter Georgie Dent about the representation of women in business. “Oddly enough our cover is something we take seriously. The subjects who grace it are invariably proven [read more]
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13 items of clothing you couldn’t pay us to wear. (NSFW)
These pants are totally safe for work. Just don’t walk too close to your boss if you’re wearing them. Or any person for that matter. From a distance, there’s every chance the pants could be stamped with some kind of arty, cultural print. But if you look closely, you’ll notice they’re actually made up of [read more]
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Why you are a bad parent…
by KAREN BERGREEN I have friends who were born to mother. A friend of mine (full disclosure, she’s a nurse) popped out her baby without an epidural and gave him a bath in her hospital room within hours of his birth. All this after delightfully feeding her competently-latching little charge with her abundance of milk. [read more]
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21 of our favourite phone apps. Tell us yours.
Your mobile phone is more versatile than a Russian gymnast with a muscle spasm. It’s a clock, a computer, a web browser, a compass, a GPS, a filing system, a voice recorder, a camera. Oh, and a phone. And a very sexy paperweight if you happen to have dropped it on the tiles. This is [read more]
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Win one of 40 Nissans to drive for a week
WIN A NISSAN FOR A WEEK – DETAILS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST Recently I was in the market for a new car. I knew this only because my husband told me that my tyres were worn, so were the brake pads, the car didn’t have enough “puff” to get up hills and the [read more]
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The beauty product you’ll either love or hate
by ZOE FOSTER One thing I am asked a lot is if it is true that the male seahorse becomes pregnant. Another thing I am asked is: what are BB creams, do I need one, will they change my life, and do they taste any good when dipped in tzatziki? BB [read more]
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Holding stillborn children: more traumatic?
A University of Queensland researcher is concerned parents who hold their stillborn children, or bathe them, experience higher rates of depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Dr Kelly Cunningham reviewed studies that had already been conducted, some of which appeared to show parents who held their stillborn children experienced higher levels of [read more]
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“All the single ladies: you’re too picky.”
by SARAH HARRIS A couple of weeks back, the Catholic Church sparked an unholy war with single women across the country by declaring the real reason why so many of us are unmarried and alone is because we’re ‘too picky’. Nevermind Australia’s man drought (the ratio of single women to single men, says demographer Bernard [read more]
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Celeb News: Family feud in the Warne blended family?
It all started out so well. As far as blended families go, Shane Warne, his fiance Liz Hurley and his ex-wife Simone Callaghan gave the impression they could make things work. Liz and Shane are often seen out and about with Liz’s son Damian and Shane’s kids Brooke, Summer and Jackson; a few weeks ago [read more]
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The Voice round 2. Let’s talk about last night.
by EM RUSCIANO How would they handle the Carmen “situation”? Who would the public vote put through and who would the judges choose? How many buttons would Seal have undone and would Joel finally switch toothpick chewing sides are all questions I was waiting for The Voice to address last night. I am bursting to [read more]
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This is what Jane Lynch told uni students. Brilliant.
You might know her as Sue Sylvester from Glee. Or as the hilarious actor who pops up in comedies here and there. She’s one funny lady but really, you have to watch what she told a group of commencing Smith College students in the United States. It is equal parts belly-clutching hilarious, sad, poignant and [read more]
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Daily Buzz: Insecure women have more handbags.
WOMEN WITH POOR BODY IMAGE LOVE HANDBAGS AND SHOES It’s research that may well confirm what you already know: women tend to buy more accessories like handbags, shoes and jewellery when it isn’t related to their ‘core’ body image, specifically weight. The study of nearly 290 New Zealanders found women who felt more insecure after [read more]
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Billboard Music Awards RED CARPET
It was a set of $5000 diamond cuff earings for Alicia Keys, a white suit jacket that acted as a dress for Miley Cyrus, but for Katy Perry the ultimate accessory was her grandmother. Katy took her granny to the 2012 Billboard Music Awards, held in Las Vegas overnight. Before the event she tweeted: “My [read more]
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Female Entitlement Mentality: It’s all about ME.
Female Entitlement Mentality. It’s “always getting what you want, when you want it, even in defiance of reality and other people’s wishes,” according to Miranda Devine, who wrote about FEM in an opinion piece for the Sunday Telegraph over the weekend. Whether it’s career or family related, Miranda suggests there’s an increasing number of women [read more]
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Runaway kids found by police after property raid
UPDATE [May 22] Police have raided a Queensland property, locating the four missing children and their great grandma who was hiding them after a protracted, international custody dispute. The girls’ mother had been ordered to return them to Italy so that the custody matters might be heard in the local courts. Update: The Judge who [read more]
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Period photos: are these 7 images confronting? (NSFW)
They’re just periods. So why the big deal? Why do we refer to them as ‘that time of the month?’ Why do women always whisper when they need to borrow a tampon? And why do the ads for pads and tampons always use blue liquid to demonstrate their effectiveness? They’re just some of the questions [read more]
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What’s on your mix-tape?
by RICK MORTON I’ve never made a mix-tape for someone I love, probably because it would be 20 tracks of ‘Build me up Buttercup‘ and signed with my very own tears. Ahem. But I’ll tell you now I’ve made plenty of my own. Back before we owned a computer that [read more]
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Mark Zuckerberg, you may now poke the bride.
So Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg changed his status to ‘Married’ . Zuckerberg wed his girlfriend of 9 years, Priscilla Chan, in front of 100 guests at a ceremony at his $7 million Californian home over the weekend. He then posted this picture on his Facebook timeline to announce the news. The wedding came just a [read more]
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Selective fetal reduction: from three babies to one.
Last night 60 Minutes aired a controversial report into selective reduction. Selective reduction is the practice of aborting one or more fetuses in a multiple pregnancy for medical or ‘lifestyle’ reasons, if the parents do not wish to have more than one or two babies. The reduction procedure is generally carried [read more]
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Anti-vaccination safe houses. WTF?
by RICK MORTON This woman wants to hide children from ‘evil’ doctors who are trying to save their lives. Let’s all take a moment to let that sink in. Here’s an example of one child the anti-vaccine campaigner wanted to save, not from Hepatitis B, but from a life without [read more]
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6 things I plan to sue my private school for.
by ANNA SPARGO-RYAN You might have seen this news story around last week – a former Geelong Grammar School student and her mother are suing the school because she did not get into law. She claims the school did not support her, the school notes she did not finish all her work. [read more]
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Welcome to my twisted shopping logic….
by MIA FREEDMAN “You should be a financial planner,” suggested my husband this week as I explained how much money I’d saved by buying a new jacket. Yes, how much MONEY I SAVED BY BUYING A NEW JACKET. If you are struggling to understand that concept, you’re clearly not trying hard [read more]
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Celeb news: Mel B’s wardrobe malfunction.
This is what happens when your nipple gains a prime time television audience. There were a few things trending on Twitter last night. There was 60 minutes. There was Downton Abbey. And then there was Mel B’s nipple. The Dancing with the Stars’ host’s wardrobe received plenty of attention on the social media platform. Take [read more]
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The most surprising end to an ad, ever….
This is an ad telling the story of Phil Pace, a contender in the Mr Australia bodybuilder title. Bodybuilding, you might say, is an extreme sport. An extreme sport now used to advertise an extreme product – but what product? Remember to watch till the very end. Just watch.
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Same-sex marriage: the answer is logic, reason and love
Like many people, I was appalled by what Joe Hockey said on Monday night on ABC’s Q&A about same-sex marriage and parenting, so I wrote to him to express my concern. What struck me most about the events of the last five minutes of the show was how disappointed in himself Joe looked when his [read more]
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‘None of these feelings are within my control’
This morning I found myself crying uncontrollably in the walk in wardrobe, blowing my nose into my towel. As I listened to the phone ringing the hospital, I thought ‘just compose yourself enough to talk to whoever answers’. A lady at main reception answered my call and sure enough as soon as I attempted to [read more]
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President Obama on The View.
This week, President Obama went on The View, a daytime chat show co-hosted by five women including Whoopi Goldberg and Barbera Walters. It was great TV. As he sat on the couch with three women on one side and two on the other, he was completely at ease. He aced a pop culture quiz, correctly [read more]
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Dealing with the death of a pet…
I’ve got those dreadful puffy eyes from crying too much. I’m wearing my sunglasses out in public way more than normal and have avoided seeing or speaking to anyone the past couple of days in case they talk to me and I start crying again. I can’t think straight, I’m demotivated and sad and I’m [read more]
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TRAVEL: What it’s like to sleep on the Great Barrier Reef
Never have I looked less attractive and never have I been happier to appear so. Dressed in a pink stinger suit that makes me look like a novelty condom from hell, I am in underwater heaven, snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef. But it gets better. There is no one [read more]