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“If you haven’t pissed people off and you’re an activist, then you’re doing it wrong,” says Westerman, who boxes to release stress.
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‘Help your mob’: The psychologist building an ‘army’ to tackle Indigenous suicide

She grew up in the only Aboriginal family in a remote Pilbara mining town. Now Tracy Westerman is fighting for the lives of at-risk youth in communities like hers.

  • by Victoria Laurie
“We go 65km/h down a hill sometimes. If you crash … well, the blood thinners I’m on aren’t reversible.”
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‘There are crashes...’ Paralympian Madison de Rozario on an occupational hazard

The gold medal hopeful on what could happen when going down a hill at 65km/h, her near-death experience – and getting it right when talking about disability,

  • by Benjamin Law
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Human brain tissue made up of 0.5 per cent microplastics, study reveals

  • by Angus Dalton
Valentina Borbone and her daughter Angelique, who attends the support unit at Moss Vale High.
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‘False choice’: The decision about schools that leaves parents with few options

  • by Kayla Olaya
The new Parkville station.
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Trains will need slower speeds beneath Parkville to protect hospitals

  • by Clay Lucas and Kieran Rooney
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