Raf to celebrate cancer-free Christmas as family raise awareness of immunotherapy for neuroblastoma

Raf to celebrate cancer-free Christmas as family raise awareness of immunotherapy for neuroblastoma

Seven-year-old Raf was an “ordinary kid”, running around with friends and celebrating his birthday with family, when he started complaining of a tummy ache. Blood tests did not detect anything amiss and he was diagnosed with a low-grade urinary tract infection and given some antibiotics. But when things didn’t improve, Raf’s mother Natalie Oaten took … Read more

Three deaths at Howard Springs COVID facility during forced quarantine probed in inquiry

Three deaths at Howard Springs COVID facility during forced quarantine probed in inquiry

An inquest into the deaths of three people during forced COVID quarantine at Howard Springs will examine the legality of their detention and the adequacy of their care. David Hardy, 77, Raylene Dick, 50, and Karen Bading, 56, were all classified as deaths in custody. The trio had been diagnosed with or suspected to have … Read more

How you can help seniors combat loneliness over the holidays – National

How you can help seniors combat loneliness over the holidays – National

As Canadians enjoy the festivities in the next few weeks, some of the country’s seniors may be going through the holidays alone. While loneliness needs to be combatted at every part of the year, experts say the holiday season can be particularly challenging. Toronto-area senior Hyman Blajchman, 86, is facing another holiday alone in his … Read more

Butterfly Foundation expects eating disorder distress to increase this festive season

Butterfly Foundation expects eating disorder distress to increase this festive season

For years, Mia Morrissey lived with a voice in her head. An “all-consuming” internal monologue that isolated her teenage self from those around her, reminding her she was not good enough. The actress’s complex relationship with food began when she was 10 years old, but it was at age 15 when her life was feeling … Read more

Vandal ruins nine-year-old Wodonga cancer patient’s Christmas display

Vandal ruins nine-year-old Wodonga cancer patient’s Christmas display

A regional Victorian community has banded together to raise money for a nine-year-old cancer patient whose Christmas display outside his home was destroyed. Security cameras captured the moment a vandal tore down Ethan Simpson’s display in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The display was posted in the front yard of his Wodonga home and … Read more

Urgent recall for novelty waffle maker sold at Typo, Catch and Kogan over risk of electric shock

Urgent recall for novelty waffle maker sold at Typo, Catch and Kogan over risk of electric shock

A novelty waffle make that can create Tetris block-shaped waffles is being recalled because it does not comply with Australian electrical standards. The William Valentine Tetris Tetrimino waffle maker was sold between August and November 2023 online and in-stores including Typo, Catch and Kogan. Product Safety Australia warned customers who purchased the product to stop … Read more

Centrelink workers set to strike for 24 hours

Centrelink workers set to strike for 24 hours

Australian welfare recipients may notice a disruption to services after Services Australia staff announced they would soon be striking early next month. The workers are expected to walk off the job on Monday, October 9, over a pay dispute. The 24-hour strike may impact several government services including Centrelink and health insurance. For more Personal … Read more

Parents describe moment they found son dead in his cot on Boxing Day

Parents describe moment they found son dead in his cot on Boxing Day

The parents of a little boy who died in his sleep a day after Christmas have described the moment their “world fell apart”. Darren Midgley and Cheryl Szulhan’s son Jack, aged just 16 months, died on Boxing Day in 2022 at their home in Yorkshire, in northern England. Jack’s father described Christmas as “wonderful”, saying … Read more

RBA rates decision October: Reserve Bank of Australia hands down interest rates decision after board meeting

RBA rates decision October: Reserve Bank of Australia hands down interest rates decision after board meeting

The Reserve Bank of Australia has held interest rates steady for a fourth consecutive month. But a hike before the end of the year remains possible, according to one of the big four banks. The cash rate remains 4.1 per cent after the RBA board met on Tuesday, the first time since Michele Bullock took … Read more