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Ashling Murphy was just going for a run. It doesn't matter what she was doing.

'I'm recovering from COVID, and I'm over people trivialising it on social media.'

'Scores of Australian artists and event organisers have lost money this week. But not Hillsong.'

'Last week, Scott Morrison told Australians that hospitals were ready for Omicron. He lied.'

'We are burnt out.' The reality of working in a NSW hospital right now.

'For a fatigued, disappointed nation, the Djokovic debacle was the final straw.'

'Catching COVID in 2022 feels inevitable. It’s okay to be terrified.'

MIA FREEDMAN: Everyone is angry about everything. But I'm just exhausted.

'Australia was ready to try to live with the virus. I just assumed our government had a plan.'

'Please stop telling me we’re all going to get COVID. I don’t want to die.'

'I'm a 30-year-old cancer patient. Here's how the current COVID numbers make me feel.'

Let's be clear, our government could pay for rapid antigen tests. They are choosing not to.

"This hasn't been a holiday." A letter to the 'break' that broke me.

The deep pain of loving an anti-vaxxer.

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Yes, COVID case numbers are rising. But here's why we shouldn't be panicking.

"I'm livid." After my father's funeral in South Africa, I'm now in isolation for Christmas.

"I've been on edge." We need to talk about Christmas COVID anxiety because many of us are feeling it.

'It's a slave-master relationship.' Exactly what it's like to be a woman in the music industry.

Hours after the Jenkins report was handed down, Jacqui Lambie was 'growled at' in the Senate.

Here's why you shouldn't be panicking about the new COVID variant, Omicron.

MIA FREEDMAN: Feminism, hotness & the great Em Rata debate.

'It starts with you.' We won’t end gender-based violence in 16 days. But we can make progress.

Zahra Al Hilaly

Tim Paine, and the "d*ck pic" that divided Australia.

Jessie Stephens

We need to talk about the dangerous rhetoric against Daniel Andrews right now.

'I escaped the Taliban 20 years ago. So many women won't be so lucky.'

Najeeba Wazedafost

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'I work with cancer patients everyday. But after my own diagnosis, I fell apart.'

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You're not imagining it. Everywhere you look is a gambling ad.

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'I had a stroke at 41. My friend told me I should "see it as a wake up call".'

The 13-minute training video that says everything about how the Government is responding to its ‘women problem.’

'I left the music industry after years of harassment. Rancid Eddie is just the start.'

Emmeline Peterson

Anika Molesworth is a NSW farmer. She's sick of Barnaby Joyce speaking for rural Australians.

"We're exhausted, languishing, mourning": A letter to Melbourne as we open up.

Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins are leading the next wave of feminism. And it's time to act now.

'A disgraceful, shameful moment.' This week, we witnessed exactly why we need a Federal ICAC.

Phoebe Burgess got publicly shamed for her ex-husband's misdeeds. He got a shot at redemption.

"It is heartachingly painful." Stop comparing Australia’s COVID-19 restrictions to the Holocaust.

Loy, 5, should be going to school. Instead she’s going to bed hungry.

NSW is opening up on Monday. But the new premier is no longer following health advice.

'I'm terminally ill. These are my 7 rules for happiness.'

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"As a constituent of NSW, Dominic Perrottet makes me nervous."

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