My journey down the path of breast cancer began with the discover of a cyst in my left breast in 2001. This lump bothered me because I had been on hormone replacement theraphy for 11 years plus a stressful divorce so I requested a repeat mammogram from my doctor even though I was not […]
Ex-model, Faye gives BC hope
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Courts and Judges on trial by Media
Judges have been the victims of “rougher than usual media treatment’’ through “screaming headlines’’ and sensationalist television footage of controversial judgements, says award-winning Adelaide communications expert Dr Pamela Schulz. The University of South Australia lecturer cites an ancient quotation by Cicero in 68BC “Alas my client is condemned by public opinion’’ to reflect . […]
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Media Bullying Judges
Violent headlines and “angry language’’ by the media is bullying judges and having a negative impact on public opinion, according to retired High Court Judge, Justice Michael Kirby. And he listed a string of provocative headlines including “This Justice is a Sick Joke’’, “Maintain the Rage’’ and “My Fury’’ over perceived inadequate sentences. He said […]
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A rose by the name of David Ruston
It was a rare treat to join the acclaimed rose identity David Ruston on a tour of his world-renowned rose garden and his early 20th century home at Renmark, in South Australia’s Riverland. David was the centre of attention at Renmark’s 16th Rose Festival this year because a sculpture was unveiled in the town in […]
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Hearing loss
An interesting Lifestyle and Hearing Health Survey arrived on my desk this week from Dr Ross Walker, one of Australia’s leading preventative health specialist and because my father Frank, is deaf, I filled it in and read the small print, too. Since a road accident in 1997, I have suffered constant tinnitus, a ringing or […]
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A Thumb Down on Sex
Anything British novelist Martin Amis writes is bound to be brilliant expression. And his comment on a new collection of British poet Philip Larkin’s letters is not only an excellent read in this weekend’s Australia Review, it reveals much about Larkin’s cryptic sex life in a rivetting manner. In Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica, edited […]
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