9/07/2008 | Experts warn 'one single traumatic experience' is enough to alter brain function in children.
9/07/2008 | Mothers are worse than fathers when it comes to physically abusing their children, and are more likely to create a cycle of abuse that sees boys grow into violent men, one expert says.
While histo...
9/07/2008 | Anti-smacking laws to punish Queensland parents who used excessive force to discipline their children could make criminals of "good parents", a Brisbane lawyer has warned.
Calls by clinica...
9/07/2008 | The average price of a new apartment in Brisbane's CBD jumps 23% in 3 months: the highest increase on record.
9/07/2008 | FOOTBALLERS are rarely stood down indefinitely. They are slapped with fines. Or read the riot act. Or dragged into some chief executive's office and hauled over the coals and on the receiving end ...
9/07/2008 | Swans chairman Richard Colless last night threw his support behind Barry Hall - even as he conceded he was unsure what the future held for the embattled star.
9/07/2008 | DAN VICKERMAN is preparing for what is likely to be his last Tri Nations series after deciding to head to England later this year, have a break from professional football and devote himself to university studies.
9/07/2008 | West Tigers fullback Brett Hodgson says goodbye next week to Campbelltown Oval, where it all began, writes Andrew Stevenson.
HE ran onto Campbelltown Oval as a skinny kid with dreams, thrilled to ...
9/07/2008 | A GROUP of Eels lower-graders sitting in the area of Parramatta Stadium where Penrith captain Petero Civoniceva says he was racially abused yesterday helped to identify those supporters they believe were responsible.
9/07/2008 | EIGHT years ago Sister Maria Guadalupe was an ordinary Catholic pilgrim attending World Youth Day in Rome when she heeded John Paul II's call for the assembled youth to become martyrs for the church.
9/07/2008 | Reduce, reuse and recycle have permeated many aspects of children's lives as we strive to instil good environmental practice. But they are concepts not often invited to children's parties.
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9/07/2008 | AS THE debate over political donations intensifies in the lead-up to the September council elections, more Labor Party candidates have revealed they are anxious to distance themselves from the State G...
9/07/2008 | IT IS one of the last, and most intractable, bastions of male domination, and the State Government has decided to try to redress the imbalance of female barristers practising at the bar by giving them more work.
9/07/2008 | A PANEL of six experts traded intellectual blows last night over the issue of whether, by 2020, only the rich would feel at home in Australia.
Michael Pusey, a professor of sociology at UNSW, open...
9/07/2008 | POPULAR alcohol promotions such as "toss the boss" and "free drinks for women" and even serving spirits in shot glasses could be banned at individual pubs and clubs under new powers designed to crack down on excessive drinking.
9/07/2008 | A PEDESTRIAN rights group says a new police campaign warning road users of the dangers of MP3 players doesn't go far enough, and that listening to portable devices while driving should be made a criminal offence.
9/07/2008 | THE Treasurer, Michael Costa, has accused the Labor Party's head office and general secretary of an "unprecedented and underhanded campaign" to destabilise Morris Iemma and his Government.
9/07/2008 | To the keen observer, Sydney's inner suburbs are filled with potted histories of weedy characters and flourishing romances that have shaped them and those who live within them.
Now three artis...
9/07/2008 | BERNARD HINAULT, the most recent Frenchman to win the Tour, in 1985, showed he hasn't lost his hard edge after stage three. He produced a spectacular display of Breton panache on the podium that h...
9/07/2008 | SOUTH AFRICA says it is willing and able to stage the Champions Trophy if Pakistan is declared unsafe, but insists the International Cricket Council has not placed the 2003 World Cup hosts on stand-by.