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Wollongong father charged for pointing gun at children

A man has been charged after he allegedly pointed a gun at two of his children in a home south of Wollongong. Police say the 39 year old was seated on the couch of the Koonawarra home with a gun when the two children arrived home from school on ... >> view original

University of Wollongong graduates: July 22, 23

University of Wollongong graduates: July 22, 23. Kat Manczak, 22, Kurrajong Bachelor of Business, majoring in Event Management ''At the moment I'm working at Perisher as a lifty, so I just want to do that for the time being. One day I'd love to run my ... >> view original

The 'Dad Bod' is Real

When Mom and Dad bring that little bundle of happiness home from the hospital, mom is not the only one who needs to get rid of "baby weight." Researchers tell us the "dad bod" is real. "Men also have an increase in weight," Dr. Deepa Vasudevan says, ... >> view original

Heartbreaking story of chimpanzees who desperately need funding - or face ...

AFTER years of being experimented on, these chimpanzees rely fully on humans to feed and care for them. By Levi Winchester Levi Winchester. PUBLISHED: 00:00, Fri, Jul 24, 2015 | UPDATED: 21:49, Fri, Jul 24, 2015. A volunteer visits the chimpanzees ... >> view original

Book extract: Real life in emergency

IT'S the smell that you can never really get out of your head. It's the brutal insult to the human body and the trauma to the human psyche, for the patients, the family and the staff. The combination of all these factors makes this horrible. It's a ... >> view original

Adherium & AstraZeneca Partner To Bring Class-Leading Inhaled Medications To ...

New Zealand-based Adherium (NZ) Limited (formerly known as Nexus6) has entered a long term partnership with London, U.K. based multinational biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in what the company believes is a world-first commercial ... >> view original

WA mine worker attacked by swarm of bees

A worker needed a fortnight to recover after he was repeatedly stung by a swarm of bees while dismantling an old mine in Western Australia. According to a report filed by the Department of Mines and Petroleum this week, the worker was acting as a ... >> view original

Shortage of mental health beds contributed to Perth man's suicide: coroner

A WA coroner has found systemic failures and a lack of mental health facilities in the state contributed to a Perth man's suicide. James Anthony Stanczyk, 31, took his own life in September 2012 after absconding from Joondalup Health Campus. Mr ... >> view original

Teenager injures spine in football match at Avoca

Footballer rushed to hospital after collision in AvocaThe Age >> view original

Doctors charged over 31 attempted murders

GERMAN prosecutors have charged two former senior physicians with 31 cases of attempted murder as part of a long-running transplant scandal at a hospital in the eastern part of the country. THE charges against the two senior physicians, who have not ... >> view original