Intractable errors in child restraint use putting lives at risk
Experts say the number of potentially fatal mistakes in how child restraints are fitted or installed hasn't improved.
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Julie Power
Julie Power is a reporter for Fairfax Media
Traffic device cuts pedestrian casualties by 63 per cent, says new study
Wide, flat and elevated pedestrian crossings - called wombat crossings - cut road deaths and serious injuries .
Hugh Evans, the poster boy for the global citizen army
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau is a call away. Former Australian PM Julia Gillard and Rihanna went with him to Malawi. Such are the soldiers of Hugh Evans' Global Citizen army.
Snakes alive: plan to stop snakes at the border
Increasing numbers of exotic snakes, many poisonous, are slipping unseen into Australia by plane, ship and the mail, prompting a new plan to stop more coming before they threaten native flora and fauna.
Why obesity is becoming the new normal
Nearly 64 per cent of Australians are obese or overweight. And fewer people are trying to shift it.
Thousands of Aussies download instructions on how to make a 3D gun
Thousands of Australians have downloaded instructions on how to make a 3D printed gun from an American website called Defense Distributed, according to its managing director Cody Wilson.
The new middle age: You are not as old as you think
A third of Australians – about 7 million people – are now at their peak, but it is not when most people think.
Feral cats: Killing animals that define Australia as nation
The federal government is about to declare war on feral cats – and wants to use community groups in the battle.
Too drunk to survive: why alcohol and water don't mix
More than 40 per cent of the 770 people who have drowned in Australia's inland waterways in the past 10 years had been drinking.
Finally a place to call home after generations of diaspora
Aster Khaieo's Christmas wish is to "never leave Australia".
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