Scientists pursue suicide blood test

A blood test may be able to tell if a person is suicidal. Picture: Thinkstock Source: Supplied AUSTRALIAN scientists are helping to develop a blood test that could determine if people are suicidal. Scientists from the University...

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Hotel search warrants in Thomson case

Search warrants were executed at the Westin Hotel in Sydney. Source: Supplied POLICE have seized documents from an upmarket Sydney hotel and a union-affiliated credit union as they step up investigations into former Labor MP Craig Thomson....

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It's the parents' turn to scream

Mother Gilce Oliveira with son Harley Pietro-Wills, 3 weeks / Pic: Simon Cocksedge Source: The Daily Telegraph The warning sign from the Dee Why Grand shopping centre banning screaming kids. Source: The Daily Telegraph UPSET parents...

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Your home is a toxic time bomb

CHEMICALS in everyday foods, cosmetics, homewares and medicines have been linked to cancer, birth defects, infertility, autism, ADHD, and even changes in the sex behaviour of fish. Experts at the World Health Organisation have identified more...

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Earning more super, but giving more away

AUSTRALIANS' super balances are back on the march upwards, but experts say workers are being ripped off in spending around $20 billion last year on fees. ING research shows the average Australian spent close to $2000 on fees last year, while some...

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Deficit to stay, but finances 'pristine'

Picture: Thinkstock Source: National Features LABOR will go to the election with its budget still in the red, economists say. The Government is already on course to deliver a $10 billion plus deficit this financial year and economists believe...

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No easy fix on asylum boat issue

Sri Lankan sailors assist a Myanmar national on a stretcher off a navy ship at the southern port of Galle, following a rescue at sea. AFP PHOTO/SRI LANKAN NAVY Source: AFP NEW Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor says he has no short-term...

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Judge clears child to start sex change

A 12-YEAR-old child who was born a boy but raised as a girl since "early in life" will be given puberty-blocking drugs. The Family Court of Australia has granted approval for the mother of "Jodie" to start urgent but reversible "Stage 1" quarterly...

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