Julie Power is a reporter for Fairfax Media
For every fatal drowning of a child under the age of four, eight to nine children on average are hospitalised each year from non-fatal drowning injuries that sometimes result in severe brain injuries and learning disabilities, finds research from the Royal Life Saving Society of Australia quantifying the real size and cost of the problem.
Mark O'Hara was shocked to find that sleep apnoea was stopping him from breathing longer than a minute at a time through the night.
Almost every Aboriginal clan experienced massacres at the hands of early settlers in the "colonial wars", according to the first stage of new online mapping project.
Kelli Grant's cat Max had always loved to eat but that was nothing compared to how ravenous he became a few years ago, howling and pestering her for food.
Phoenix's face was blue with asphyxiation when she was found hanging from her necklace that had snagged on a slide.
Experts say the number of potentially fatal mistakes in how child restraints are fitted or installed hasn't improved.
Wide, flat and elevated pedestrian crossings - called wombat crossings - cut road deaths and serious injuries .
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.
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.
Nearly 64 per cent of Australians are obese or overweight. And fewer people are trying to shift it.
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