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I PUT MY MONEY ON O'FARRELL
Barry O'Farrell's support of Gonski gives hope to voters who love good ideas. But straying from the election year script has its issues, says GABRIELLE CHAN.
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BLOODY OUCH! THE PAIN OF 'BEAUTY'
Oh, the lengths women go to in order to achieve 'beauty'. These x-rays from 1908 show the constriction of a woman's ribs during the process of strapping on a corset.
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MY HOUSE. MY RULES. OK?
Meanwhile in New Zealand, a lesbian couple was refused accommodation because the owner wanted to "protect" her guests. MRS WOOG ponders "house rules".
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PSYCH V PSYCH
Increasing numbers of medicated children; grief classified as a mental disorder. Should we change the way we think about mental health? LUCY CLARK reports.
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KEVIN CONVERTS
Former PM and "unreconstructed dinosaur" Kevin Rudd has finally seen the light on gay marriage. GABRIELLE CHAN reports on clever Kev's journey of discovery.
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LETTER TO OUR GROWN-UP CHILDREN
You love them, but they can be exasperating. SUSANNA FREYMARK pens a letter to her adult children about the things she wishes they would (and wouldn't) do.
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I'LL HAVE WHAT SHE'S SELLING...
Celebrity endorsements. They work, don't they? Now that our Nicole has signed up for Jimmy Choo, WENDY HARMER takes a look at the long and short of it.



































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