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A day after her tell all interview with Sunday Night former magazine journalist and mother-of-two Amanda Goff says she didn’t go public with her job as a high-class escort on a whim. The 40-year-old, who has worked at InStyle, Prevention and New Idea magazine, revealed her secret identity of Samantha X – a sex worker […]

Fiction or not? 'Fifty Shades of Grey' readers are more likely to have abusive partners, eating disorders, multiple sexual partners and binge drink.

“My freckles”, “the dark circles under my eyes”, “my small breasts”, “love handles”, “my uncontrollable curly hair”: these are some of the responses dropped into a box at an art installation that asks people to “Name something you find beautiful about yourself.” The exhibition, called Franchise: The Ideal Woman, promotes a phrase that you might […]

Pictures drawn by children held in detention are to be submitted to the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention.

Opposition leader Bill Shorten has spoken out about police investigations that cleared him of an allegation that he raped a 16-year-old girl during the 1980s. Mr Shorten decided to put the matter into the public domain in the hope that he could put it behind him, saying “there is absolutely no basis to the claims.” […]

John and Diane Foley, the parents of US journalist James Foley who was beheaded in a gruesome video released on Tuesday by Muslim extremists Islamic State, have praised their son for his fearless approach to his profession. “He was a courageous fearless journalist,” Diane Foley said, speaking to media outside the couple’s home in Rochester, […]

Deborra-lee Furness wants everyone to adopt change.

New research finds children as young as eight worry about their weight.

The canary yellow Holden Torana - which was central to the infamous conviction and eventual exoneration of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain following the 1980 disappearance of their daughter Azaria - has been sold to the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.

Melbourne high schools are leading the charge in later start times to allow students to have more sleep.