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The 45-year-old announced last week she was moving on from her role as chief executive of Basketball Australia so she could have some more family time. Ben Keneally and the then NSW Premier, Kristina Keneally. Ben Keneally and the then NSW Premier, Kristina Keneally. But The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the former politician is […]

Kate Fitzsimons launched the Nicole Fitzsimons Foundation to remember her older sister who died in a scooter accident in Thailand in 2012.

Mr Biden gave a speech about sexual assault at the White House on Tuesday and premiered the public service announcement starring well-known actors, Benicio del Toro, Daniel Craig, Steve Carell, Seth Myers and Dule Hill. During his speech America’s second-in-command passionately implored the men everywhere to be courageous and stand up to those who commit crimes […]

Former NSW premier Neville Wran was formally farewelled today at a state funeral in Sydney's Town Hall.

The Times reports that an inquest into the daughter of Bob Geldof is expected to reveal the 25-year-old’s cause of death was an overdose like her mother, Paula Yates, who died in 2000. Peaches was found on April 7 at the Kent home she shared with her husband Tom Cohen, and their two sons, Astala […]

In a nail-biting finish the South Australian mums scored an impressive nine from all six judges for a combined score of 54 to defeat the series ‘villains’, Chloe James and Kelly Ramsay by only two points. “Our families are going to be so proud,” Bree said when the final scores were announced. “Our whole world […]

In the old days, when people split up, they called it a divorce. Now it’s ‘conscious uncoupling’. In the old days, when people lost their jobs, they got the sack. Now they leave work to ‘explore new opportunities’. In the old days, governments used to raise taxes. Now they introduce ‘levies’. All of which is […]

On the condition of anonymity, a senior figure of Mr Abbott’s Liberal ministerial team told the Sydney Morning Herald that the suggestion of a tax could become “Tony’s Gillard moment, when she announced the carbon tax”. The Prime Minister admitted to considering a levy to help reduce the nation’s debt on radio earlier in the […]

The 67-year-old had his left breast removed at Sydney’s St Vincent’s Private Hospital on April 7 and is now free of cancer. Mr Greiner first suspected something was wrong last May, when he noticed a small spot of blood on his shirt. The blood was coming from his nipple, but he ignored it. When it […]

Ross – who spent 40 years working at Channel Nine and Channel Seven – was diagnosed with cancer shortly before Christmas. He had gone to the doctor to seek treatment for a sore foot when a blood test revealed he was battling the disease, which had already spread to his liver. He was told he […]