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Oct 26, 2024 · About 18 months ago, Monique*, a 27-year-old woman based in Melbourne’s inner north, attempted to terminate a pregnancy. She was referred by her general practitioner to the Royal Women’s Hospital in Parkville, Australia’s oldest specialist women’s hospital, which boasts a full range of maternity, gynaecology, neonatal care and women’s health services.

Feb 17, 2024 · Two of the most senior executives at the Bureau of Meteorology have been castigated for giving evidence to a Federal Circuit Court judge that was false and unreliable in a “deliberate attempt to mislead the court”, prompting the intervention of Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek.

Oct 12, 2024 · For almost a decade, The Saturday Paper has published Australia’s leading writers and thinkers. We have pursued stories that are ignored elsewhere, covering them with sensitivity and depth. We have done this on refugee policy, on government integrity, on robo-debt, on aged care, on climate change, on the pandemic.

The whole story. Fiona Wright An old ex of mine would grumble that the work they did, their day job, was beneath them. They were an artist in their not day job, their real job, and not at all untalented, working at huge scale and hyper-fine detail in pencil, portraits …

Oct 19, 2024 · If you understand something well, you can explain it simply. Melanie Cheng understands ordinary people – their love, their quiet desperation, their hope – and the restrained, elegant prose of The Burrow is testament to this. The novel is slim and each word is carefully chosen. It feels as if every sentence is a distillation.

Nov 23, 2024 · For almost a decade, The Saturday Paper has published Australia’s leading writers and thinkers. We have pursued stories that are ignored elsewhere, covering them with sensitivity and depth. We have done this on refugee policy, on government integrity, on robo-debt, on aged care, on climate change, on the pandemic.

Nov 16, 2024 · The Saturday Paper. Edition November 16 – 22, 2024. “Newly re-elected United States president Donald Trump has made it clear he intends to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement again, and a top priority of his administration will be to …

No. 521, by Liam Runnalls. Beware the cryptic bug! Once you get a glimpse behind the seemingly baffling clues, an alluring realm of wordplay, wit and poetry is revealed.