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How Phoenix survived

Seven-year-old Phoenix Clucas choked when her necklace caught on a slide at a birthday party on the central coast.

Phoenix's face was blue with asphyxiation when she was found hanging from her necklace that had snagged on a slide.

Reef turtles carrying superbugs

Green turtles swimming in the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland.

Turtles are carrying - and potentially spreading - superbugs across the Great Barrier Reef after being exposed to human and agricultural waste, researchers warn.

Wounds left to fester 'for years'

A lack of medical training in wound care has left about half a million Australians with festering chronic sores, a ...

A lack of medical training in wound care has left about half a million Australians with festering chronic sores, a research body claims.

Sweden figured out how to stop people from smoking

Just 5 per cent of Swedish people smoke cigarettes.

A chart published last month by the European Union as part of a survey about attitudes towards tobacco in Europe lists the per centage of daily smokers in 28 countries. At the top is Bulgaria, where 36 per cent of the population smokes daily. Greece and France are close behind, with 35 and 33 per cent respectively.