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Providence Service Corporation will pay $63 million in cash for the company, plus another $25.6.7 million in cash and stock over four years. It agreed to pay a further $133 million if the company hit specified targets during the following five years. Theresa founded Igneus in 1989 to help people with disabilities and physical injuries […]

The 62-year-old father from California and his 11-year-old daughter walked hand-in-hand as family and friends watched on. The tear-jerking ceremony, which took place in their backyard, was captured by photographer Lindsey Villatoro. Villatoro posted the video footage on Vimeo called “Walk me down the Aisle Daddy”. She managed to enlist wedding suppliers to donate Josie’s […]

His three Michelin-starred restaurant, in Bray, Berkshire, will close in December when he will bring his entire staff to Melbourne’s Crown Casino complex to reopen in the new location in February next year. “I guess you are expecting me to announce the opening of a new restaurant; I’ll move onto that in a bit. But, […]

The 23-year-old, who is in Bangladesh starring for Australia in the Women’s World Twenty20 cricket tournament, was left out of the 23-player Matildas squad to face Brazil in this month’s two-match series in Brisbane. Matildas Coach Hesterine de Reus confirmed to The Daily Telegraph on Monday that Perry wouldn’t be considered for this year’s AFC Women’s Asian […]

Olive Bowers wrote a letter to Tracks magazine, which labels itself as “the surfers’ bible'”, after finding a copy at her friend’s house. The year 8 student at Princes Hill Secondary College in North Carlton said as she flicked through the pages, she only managed to find one woman. “She wasn’t surfing or even remotely near a […]

For 30 hours every week, in time squeezed in between a busy school day and his bedtime, 12-year-old Sebastian Gronow works hard. He reads pages and pages of computer code, and then writes a test for himself – making sure he has learnt what he has just read. He then puts his new found skills […]

Asher Keddie has been nominated for her fourth Gold Logie. The Offspring actress will face stiff competition from Andy Lee, Carrie Bickmore, Essie Davis, Scott Cam and Stephen Peacocke, who have also been nominated for the coveted award. Asher – who took home the Gold Logie last year – is also nominated for a Silver […]

In a nation which so deeply prides itself on its ANZAC legend it seems fitting that today one of Australia’s most celebrated and revered diggers found himself sworn into the highest constitutional office in the land. Wearing civilian attire, Sir Peter Cosgrove was escorted into the Senate this morning by the Usher of the Black […]

The Australian Women’s Weekly’s editor-in-chief Helen McCabe reflects on why we will miss outgoing Governor-General Dame Quentin Bryce. Dame Quentin Bryce has stepped down as Governor-General after a distinguished six years in office, during which she worked tirelessly to promote women. The first woman to hold this high office proved to be an exceptional role […]

Damning new evidence suggesting underlying domestic violence in the relationship between Paralympian blade runner Oscar Pistorius and his late model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp has emerged. At Pistorius’ murder trial, the court was presented with text messages from Steenkamp to her sports star boyfriend in the weeks before her death stating “I’m scared of u” and […]