Is the pill really worth all the side effects … water retention, mood swings, increased appetite? We’ve heard enough stories to know pregnancy can make you a little crazy, so it makes sense that a tablet that tricks your body into thinking it’s pregnant can have a similar effect. The Newsroom asked a family practitioner to…
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The teenage terrorism suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has admitted planting bombs at last week’s Boston Marathon. Tsarnaev remains in hospital recovering from bullet wounds to his head, neck, legs and hands, received in a shootout with police and later in what has been suggested was an attempted suicide during the ensuing manhunt. Communicating largely by written notes…
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We’re all getting on board with recycling; most of us now think about separating bottles and paper from our everyday rubbish and more of us are using re-usable shopping bags instead of plastic ones. But is there more we can do? The Newsroom reporters Elizabeth Cullen and Paige Ahearn visited a home in Chippendale to find…
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People should be at the heart of journalism, whatever technological wizardry may be employed. The editor of the Bega District News, Ben Smyth, recognises that the new breed of multi-skilled journalists is growing ever more reliant on smartphones than on shoe leather as broadsheet newspapers give way to snappy tabloids and online news platforms. But…
DetailsRoyalty, politicians and commoners came together yesterday to farewell Margaret Thatcher, England’s first female prime minister, in a service the divisive leader had planned herself, seven years before. The intimate family-oriented service in St Paul’s Cathedral lasted only 19 minutes. Reverend Dr David Ison opened the service acknowledging the achievements of Baroness Thatcher, the grocer’s daughter from…
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As a double weight world champion boxer, Nigel Benn’s life was filled with everything that he could ever imagine, but something was always missing. His addiction to sex, drugs & alcohol resulted in a severe case of depression. But it was his suicide attempt that brought him closer to the Lord. Now retired, he now…
DetailsNew Zealand yesterday legalised same-sex marriage – the first in the Asia-Pacific region to do so. Hundreds of gay-rights advocates celebrated as New Zealand’s Parliament voted 77 to 44 in favour of gay-marriage. The bill is expected to take effect in mid-August. Louisa Wall, a gay member of the opposition Labour Party, who campaigned in…
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As Sydney recovers from the glitz and glamour of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, The Newsroom asked people on the streets of Surry Hills what labels they wear. – Report by Elizabeth Cullen, photos by Vanessa Rossini
The FBI has confirmed the Boston Marathon bomber used pressure cookers to build the murderous devices. The agent in charge of the investigation, Richard DesLauriers said pieces of pressure cooker were found at the scene of Monday’s attack, along with shards of metal, lead pellets, nails and fragments of black nylon that could have been a…
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Winter’s around the corner. Time for winter woolies, hot chocolate and… flu. Thousands of Australians get the flu each year. Some of us wait until we get sick before looking for remedies, but there are prevention strategies you can follow to help prepare for the flu season. Sandy Davidson, naturopath, senior lecturer and practise manager at…
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