Paula Goodyer is a health writer and editor.

Petersen covers the tumult of the 1971 Springboks tour of Australia amid huge anti-apartheid protests.

Australia has the highest reported rates in the world of colon cancer in younger people. Understanding the possible causes is ...

The premier refuses to face an upper house inquiry into the “Dural caravan incident” – and he’s telling his staffers not to ...

It’s a lot better than it was before the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but it’s still plain, uninspiring and sprawling.

A patient seeking treatment for acne scars left the clinic in an ambulance with uncontrolled bleeding from a damaged artery.

Passengers on Wednesday were told to get off their service entering the Perth underground and catch the next train because ...

Brisbane’s lord mayor has defended a rate rise that will cost inner-city unit buyers an extra $100 a year, saying the measure ...

Kurt Capewell's son, Charlie, cries as Sam Thaiday takes away the microphone.

All the leaves on the vines shading the verandah blew away during the week, marking with precision the beginning of winter.

A spokesman said Qantas was investigating “how an aerobridge made contact with the front of one of our aircraft at Brisbane ...

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