Society

Some people believe a woman who can’t, or simply doesn’t want to, put themselves through the pain and potential risks of a vaginal birth is somehow less of a woman, or mother. 
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Health
Claire Colman

It’s time we stopped fetishising so-called ‘normal’ births

CLAIRE COLMAN: I’m sick of being judged for choosing to have my two sons by C-section.

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A coroner has called for improvements to voluntary assisted dying selection criteria, finding eight people took their own lives after being refused access.
Health
Emily Woods

Eight people denied assisted dying took their own lives

A coroner has called for improvements to voluntary assisted dying selection criteria, finding eight people took their own lives after being refused access.

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A series of AI-generated videos featuring deceased celebrities reunited with their living loved ones, including Steve and Bindi Iriwn, has ignited a firestorm of criticism.
Culture
Georgie Kearney

Fans furious over ‘disrespectful’ AI-generated photos of dead stars reuniting with loved ones

Users urged the creator to ‘seek professional psychiatric help’ after generating the images.

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Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce committee hearing in 2019 over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Business
Daniel Newell

Meta settles Cambridge Analytica saga with $50m payment deal

The Australian Information Commissioner has dumped civil penalty proceedings against Meta over the Cambridge Analytica scandal after the owner of Facebook agreed to a $50 million settlement.

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Disney princesses are likely to endure serious health problems in later life.
Culture
Kate Pickles

Why Disney’s princesses would have suffered in later life

They’re supposed to live happily ever after but in real life Disney’s princesses would have endured hard times.

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How a miracle-working Greek bishop, a Dutch folk figure and an early New York icon became the ubiquitous symbol of Christmas.
Society
The Economist

The origin story behind the modern-day Santa Claus

How a miracle-working Greek bishop, a Dutch folk figure and an early New York icon became the ubiquitous symbol of Christmas.

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TikTok and parent company ByteDance have sought help from the Supreme Court’s to continue operation in the US.
Business
Andrew Chung, David Shepardson

TikTok makes emergency application to block ban

TikTok has made a last-ditch effort to continue operating in the United States, asking the Supreme Court to step in with a temporary law block.

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Heatwave conditions have cooled in some parts of Australia but are expected to persist in others. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)
Climate Change
Adrian Black

Summer rain, heatwaves signal perils of extreme season ahead

Australia's summer weather perils have arrived with heatwave conditions in the south and heavy rain forecast in the north.

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Gen Ys are currently getting the short end of the Christmas Cracker compared to their boomer relatives at Christmas lunch.
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Australia
Kristin Shorten

The phrase millennials won’t want to hear from you at Xmas

Experts are warning baby boomers that a popular phrase they often use to preface nostalgic tales regaled over Christmas lunch can feel ‘like a punch in the guts’ to millennials.

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Train with Ash clients.
Health
Matilda Rudd

How Aussie women are losing up to 42kg using simple program that still lets you eat ice cream

The progress in such a short amount of time is astonishing.

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Run clubs are the fitness du jour of young people these days, and Gen Zs and Millennials are giving up vices of old to embrace this ‘wholesome’ lifestyle shift.
Health
Georgina Noack & Jade Luerewicz

The new ‘wholesome’ high young Aussies are chasing

Young people are chasing a whole new kind of high these days — one that is no less sweaty, but is infinitely more “wholesome” than those older generations sought on weekends.

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Novo Nordisk has become one of the world's most valuable companies. (EPA PHOTO)
Business
Staff Writers

Big boost coming for Ozempic

Pharma giant Novo Nordisk, which makes weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, is set to majorly boost production.

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Top executives of Apple and Google have been told to prepare to dump TikTok.
Business
CNBC

Apple and Google told to prepare to dump TikTok

Top executives of Apple and Google have been told to prepare to remove TikTok from their app stores and devices as the social media platform faces a landmark ban.

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SARAH DI LORENZO: Tackling the Christmas drinking dilemma as festive season heats up
Lifestyle
Sarah Di Lorenzo

What’s really going on in our bodies when we drink alcohol

SARAH DI LORENZO: Drinking alcohol is a big part of our culture around Christmas and statistics show that 76.6 per cent of Australian adults drink alcohol. So what are the best and worst choices to make?

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Millennials are increasingly being told to forget their 'bucket list' of goals as life gets progressively harder for their generation.
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Australia
Kristin Shorten

Millennials urged to ‘throw out the bucket list’ before 40th

Policy failures in key areas have resulted in millennials achieving life goals up to 20 years later than previous generations with calls for the Government to support a generation at ‘breaking point’.

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