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A Darwin school has ended the age-old tradition of spreading Christmas cheer by handing out candy canes in class, banning the distribution of festive sweets in the playground. The Northern Territory Education Department denies intent to crush the Christmas spirit, saying the ban complies with the school’s policy of not sharing food to promote healthy […]

Fans of The Voice have been waiting with bated breath to find out who will fill the red spinning chair of “our” Keith Urban when the biggest show on Australian TV returns in 2013. Today, rumours have been quashed and questions put to rest as it was announced that pop star Ricky Martin would join […]

Congratulations to Natalie Gruzlewski and Jack Ray who exclusively tell The Weekly that they secretly got married last Saturday (November 24th) in a wonderful impromptu wedding with a small group of their closest family on Salt Beach Kingscliff. With a baby due in March next year, a wedding was always on the agenda for Jack […]

Controversial rugby player David Campese has long since retired from rugby union, but he hasn’t managed to stay out of trouble. Campo is again in the spotlight after posting a sexist tweet aimed at a female journalist this morning. The ex-Wallaby took to Twitter to express his outrage over the Sydney Morning Herald’s appointment of […]

Former French first lady Carla Bruni has proudly worn the titles of model, pop star, socialite, and bohemian, but don’t call her a feminist. The 44-year-old former presidential consort has told French Vogue she doesn’t consider herself a feminist, and doesn’t see the need for feminism today. According to her, all the work was done […]

One of Australia’s favourite authors, Bryce Courtenay, has died at the age of 79. The South African-born novelist passed away in his Canberra home at 11pm on Thursday with his family by his side, ending a long battle with stomach cancer. The best-selling author was best known for his much-loved novel The Power of One, […]

For three long hours on the afternoon of August 3, 2011, police officer Karen Lowden sat with Madeleine Pulver, neither of them sure whether the device strapped to the schoolgirl’s neck would explode. Here, Karen tells her story. When Karen Lowden took her two-year-old son, Lachlan, to his playgroup in early August, she was given […]

Relief has finally come for Sydney girl Madeleine Pulver and her family today as the man who strapped a fake collar bomb around her neck holding her hostage in the family’s Mosman home was jailed for at least ten years. Paul Douglas Peters was given a maximum sentence of 13 years and six months in […]

Xitclalli “Chilli” Vasquez is nine years old. She lives in Texas, loves her family, enjoys school, and hopes to one day become a doctor. Last year, Chilli’s hopes were all but dashed when a young drunk driver hit her mother’s car as they were driving from the local shopping mall where she had her hair […]

Bronwyn and Scott McNamara, a Sunshine Coast couple were all set to become Mum and Dad to an adopted Ethiopian child, but in June it was announced that the Ethiopia Program, which has facilitated the adoption of more than 600 Ethiopian children over 20 years, would close. “This has been a tough decision, but a […]