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How 'escape funds' have helped you leave (or feel secure in) relationships |
| Do you have an "escape fund"? Readers wrote in to share how having money set aside to leave a relationship has helped them. | |
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Spending 30 years in a psychological study by Jack and Jeanne Block warped journalist Susannah Breslin's life |
| From her early childhood well into adulthood, Susannah Breslin was studied by US researchers who became like parent figures to her. She has mixed feelings about the study's impact on her life. | |
| Anna Kelsey-Sugg, Sana Qadar | |
Arj Barker's ejection of a mum and baby from his Melbourne comedy show puts gig etiquette in focus |
| A Melbourne mother says she felt intimidated after comedian Arj Barker asked her to leave his show after her baby started making noises during the performance. But some in the comedy field have backed his response. | |
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Janet King actor Marta Dusseldorp talks to Virginia Trioli on ABC TV's Creative Types |
| Marta Dusseldorp starred as crown prosecutor Janet King for three years. Now she finds herself working more and more behind the camera. | |
| Virginia Trioli | |
One fateful night Keith Payne saved 40 lives. Now heā??s calling for help to save others |
| Keith Payne was awarded the Victoria Cross for extreme bravery in Vietnam. More than 50 years on, he still canā??t shake the trauma of war. But he's learned how to live with it. | |
| Kirrin McKechnie | |
GP with chronic migraine pushes for greater power to prescribe Medicare-subsidised medication |
| Andrew Leech suffered with migraine for years. It was only when he studied to become a doctor that he realised help was out there. Now, he wants to make it easier to find relief. | |
| Daniel Miles | |
Hacked Facebook accounts leave businesses out of pocket as ombudsman records spike in Meta complaints |
| After months of back-and-forth with Facebook's customer support, Catherine Wilson now hates the platform and she's not alone. Complaints about scams targeting businesses on Facebook and Instagram are spiking and for many, it's a bigger fight to get the account back. | |
| Michael Atkin | |
Childhood dementia research gets funding boost from SA government and Little Heroes Foundation |
| Childhood dementia kills as many Australian children as cancer but the former receives much less funding.Ā The South Australian government has stepped in to help families like Renee Staska whose three children are living with the illness. | |
| Stephanie Richards | |
Anna Coutts-Trotter found herself in an abusive teenage relationship. Now she's helping survivors with mum Tanya Plibersek behind her |
| Anna Coutts-Trotter was a teenager doing well at school, living at home with supportive parents Tanya Plibersek and Michael Coutts-Trotter. But she was being abused by her then-boyfriend. | |
| Leisa Scott, Jennifer Feller | |
Banjo Paterson's son Hugh kept Rats of Tobruk memory alive with poetry |
| As the German artillery, infantry, and air force unleashed wave after wave of attacks on Tobruk, Hugh Paterson wrote poems to lift the morale of his fellow soldiers. | |
| Hamish Cole | |