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Many’s the evening in a suburban Australian home when Mum is watching Masterchef in the living room, Dad is whooping it up in front of the soccer in the family room, and the kids are variously installed in front of a computer, x-box, wii, playstation, DS or other electronic device. Electronic saturation. Social isolation. Physical [...]
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For the final article in our series for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we meet Kay Leicht (pictured), a 53-year-old mother of three from Bexley, New South Wales, who is celebrating her tenth year of survival from breast cancer. Kay’s breast cancer journey began in June 1999, and only 18 months later, she was diagnosed with [...]
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I put an exclamation point on the title of this article because I wanted to you to think I was really excited for Ocsober to be over and that I was rolling about on the floor, clutching at my throat, gagging for a shooter, gasping for a martini, choking for a lick of the edge [...]
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I have a secret. I want to be Trinny Woodall. I have a girl crush, yes I do – and it’s Trinny. Love her style, love her voice, love her elegance, frankness, energy and candour. Coupled with the luscious Susannah Constantine, this illustrious, fashion-busting couple have done it again – teaching ‘real’ women how to flaunt [...]
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Lock your doors. On 31st October every year, the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest. Rustle up your goblins and ghouls, your witches and zombies, and concoct a cauldron-stirring Halloween party that will be the envy of the living… or the dead. SETTING THE SPOOKY SCENE Want to scare the [...]
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Kathy Forrest (pictured) is Managing Director of a Sydney-based organisation called Dutiful Daughters, which provides aged-care to local communities delivering companionship, meal preparation, outings, personal care and 24 hour support for families. After running a chain of publications and working in publishing for nearly ten years, Kathy became a practice manager at a radiology practice [...]
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Boobs. They’ve really got it all. Beauty, charm, nourishment, sex appeal, love. And cancer. Every day, 36 Australian women are diagnosed with breast cancer. Thirty-six women. A day. And one in eight women will be diagnosed with the disease in their lifetime. Astonishing statistics indeed, but what’s even more astonishing is the fact that breast [...]
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This is the Fashionista Generation. Chalk it up to Gossip Girl or Next Top Model or all those banks who handed out credit cards like they were candy — whatever the reasons, designer labels have become a part of our culture. We use them to fit in, to stand out, to create a glow of [...]
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Earlier this week, 3 mobile, sponsors of the Test Series in Australia, launched the 3 mobile Men of Cricket Calendar in aid of the McGrath Foundation. This limited edition calendar, supported by Cricket Australia, features photographs of Australia’s hottest cricketers. The twelve Australian team members participating as part of the Cricket Australia’s Cricket Cares initiative [...]
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Holding a Halloween celebration in your house can be as easy as pumpkin pie. Follow these basic ideas and get ready to spook! When we lived in Beijing, our family became hooked on Halloween. Like, seriously hooked - it’s just the most fantastically frightening fun. And being a party-throwing maniac, I knew it would be without [...]
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