Dear Mum, There are still times when I go to call you. It seems inexplicable to me that you actually died. I used to wonder how it would feel, and after 16 years, I’m still not sure. The main thing I want to tell you is that I get it now. I understan

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Each year on World Autism Awareness Day, iconic buildings in Australia — and all over the world — turn their lights blue to promote autism awareness. In support of this initiative, Autism Queensland also asks people to wear blue on the day. Visit gob

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Among the children added to the program was Thomas Edney whose cancer was discovered in 2014 when he was just two years old. A shy little boy, he was on a family holiday on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula when his parents, John and Abigail, became co

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For almost 200 years, Sydney’s Royal Easter Show has been the proverbial jewel in the Showgirl crown of Aussie agriculture. In 1823, the newly minted Agricultural Society of NSW put on its first show at Parramatta – then the “bread bowl” of the colon