Liam Mannix

Mike Bennie says "there are too many medals given out".

Our wines, drowning in a sea of bling

Australia's premier wine shows are bestowing medals upon more than half the wines that are entered. Our wines are drowning in a sea of bling.

The Amnesty donation change is being made on an opt-out basis.

Amnesty unlocks extra donations with a date switch

Amnesty switches regular donor payments to four-weekly. Experts see 'better ways of raising money'.

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 research body claims.

Zynab Al Harbiya, 12, was killed in an attack at an ice-cream parlour in Baghdad.

Australian girl killed in blast at Iraq ice-cream parlour

Zynab Al Harbiya was killed in a bombing at an ice-cream parlour in Iraq.

A Band-Aid advert spotted by Dr Ken Harvey.

Band-Aid promotions to be ripped off shelves after complaints

Band-Aid in-store promotions asserting that the product helps heal wounds "twice as fast" could be removed from shops after its parent company refused to release research proving the claim.

Laurete Professor Eric Reynolds is part of a team developing a vaccine for gum disease.

Vaccine world first offers reason to smile

Melbourne researchers say they have developed a world-first vaccine for gum disease after 15 years of work.

Breast cancer patient Karen Cowley had to pay $15,000 out of pocket for a breast cancer drug not available on the PBS at ...

Company brings unapproved lifesaving drugs to Australia. But is it medicine for the rich?

When the cancer in Karen Cowley's breast spread to her spine and brain, and her current drugs weren't working any more, she decided she wasn't ready to die.

Airbnb horror story: Guests trash Sydney apartment, turn it into a 'junkie den'

Drug users concocted a story about a sick child to trick a Sydney woman into giving over the keys of her Airbnb – before they used it as a drug den and ransacked it.

Drivers beware of the murky world of "car-napping".

The lawyer, the smash repairer, and the car-napping rort

A Melbourne lawyer has been found guilty of several charges of misconduct after he used small print on a form to force a woman to sue her son-in-law without her knowledge.

Isabella Rees, with her large brown eyes and cheeky grin

She woke in a pool of blood: hospital misdiagnosed baby who swallowed button battery, coroner hears

What we would give to have another chance to hear your voice, to feel your kiss and to see you grow," wrote the Rees family in Isabella's tribute.

Liam Mannix

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