A UK department store has kick-started an anti-airbrushing campaign by releasing provocative before and after retouching pictures. The images — which feature a lingerie model — have gone viral on social media, being shared more than 40,000 times in 24 hours. One image shows the model in her natural state, another shows her marked up […]

Parents at a New York City private school are shocked at an assignment asking their kids to write a suicide note for their English class. Students as young as 14 were asked to write a farewell missive in the voice of a character who takes her own life in novelThe Secret Life of Bees. “Channel […]

A new food labeling system that would give packages a health star-rating has been proposed as part of a federal government campaign to combat obesity. The new scheme would see food packages ranked in half-star steps with a top ranking of five stars, aiming to encourage food manufacturers to make their products more healthful to […]

Women who have had mastectomies can now share photos of their experience on Facebook after the social media giant caved to user pressure and clarified its nudity policy. Previously, Facebook removed any images of mastectomy scars and banned users who posted them for 30 days, deeming the pictures to be in breach of its strict […]

It's the role even acting great Naomi Watts was reluctant to take on: Princess Diana.

Australian couples are outlaying an average of over $50,000 for their wedding day, but with discount retailers like Target entering the bridal market, those budgets could be slashed. Earlier this year the US arm of the retail and fashion giant launched a wedding collection to mixed reactions. Offering designer knock-offs for as little as $99, […]

A fourth child has died in an outbreak of a dangerous strain of virus currently circulating on Australia’s east coast. NSW Health confirmed today that it had been notified of the child’s death, which is being linked to enterovirus 71 [EV71]. Of the three other children — all under the age of two — who […]

The number of children being hospitalised with the most severe symptoms of a dangerous virus, blamed for four deaths in a current NSW epidemic, has increased in latest weekly data. NSW Health surveillance data reveals eight children diagnosed with meningitis or encephalitis (brain swelling) — among neurological complications of enterovirus 71 (EV71) — were admitted […]

Children from Middle Eastern and Asian backgrounds are significantly more likely to be overweight or obese than those from English-speaking backgrounds, new research has found. A University of Sydney study of NSW primary school kids found that ethnicity was a significant predictor of obesity, physical activity and cardiovascular fitness. Researchers analysed data on 4898 kids […]

She might speak with a Danish accent, but Crown Princess Mary showed she’s still Australian at heart on the weekend, donning a gown by Aussie designer Collette Dinnigan. Mary attended the royal wedding of Sweden’s Princess Madeleine to US banker Christopher O’Neill in Stockholm. It was an event attended by the cream of European royalty […]