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Michelle Obama has delivered a powerful speech to open her husband’s campaign for a second term in the November US Presidential elections. The First Lady of the United States addressed a crowd of 6000 delegates in what was billed as a major highlight of the three-day Democratic National Convention. Michelle Obama: In love with a […]

New wives who have already promised to honour and “submit” to their husbands could find their marriages are not legally viable. A proposal by the Anglican diocese in Sydney that a woman must pledge to “honour and submit to [her husband] as the church submits to Christ”, has sparked heated debate amongst social commentators and […]

Women traditionally promise to “obey” their husbands when undertaking marriage vows, but the Anglican diocese in Sydney has decided a woman must now pledge to “submit” when she gets married. The new wedding vows have been branded sexist by commentators, who say the change in wording is a step backwards for the church. Olympics outrage: […]

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has come out swinging against allegations that she was party to a union slush fund scandal in an attempt to put the claims of what she labelled a “very sexist smear campaign” to rest. Gillard has been mute on the 17-year-old issue since it was uncovered in 2007, but spoke out […]

Celebrity chef Matt Golinski who survived a house fire that claimed the lives of his wife and three daughters has spoken publicly for the first time since the Boxing Day tragedy. Eight months since the former Ready Steady Cook regular escaped the horrific accident with severe burns to 40 percent of his body, he is […]

Christmas at Doug Pitt’s place is pretty hectic. On a year the Pitt clan can all get together there will be 17 cousins, from babies to high school age, some adopted from Ethiopia, Cambodia, and Vietnam, the others born in Springfield, Missouri, all awaiting gifts from their favourite uncle. That’s Brad Pitt. He gives the […]

AFL legend Jim Stynes’ widow Sam has opened up about their marriage in an emotional TV interview. Jim died in March after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 45 years old and widely regarded as one of the nicest men in sport. Related: Andrew Ettingshausen – Why I cheated on my wife But Sam […]

Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s relationship with a former union official and fraudster came back to haunt her over the weekend with the revival of a 17-year-old union slush fund scandal involving Gillard’s former flame Bruce Wilson. Gillard fell for the alleged conman as an industrial lawyer and partner at law firm Slater and Gordon, where […]

New Zealand has lost its first female soldier in more than 40 years in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan. Medic Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker, 26, died yesterday when the vehicle she was travelling in was hit by a roadside bomb northwest of Do Abe. Corporal Luke Tamatea, 31, and Richard Harris, 21, were also […]

More than 50 years after women started taking the pill, scientists have announced they are on the cusp of developing a birth control pill for men. The breakthrough, which has been tested on mice, targets the protein that instructs sperm to mature. It only lasts while the drug is being taken, and there are no […]