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Bupa warns of private health premium price shock : Industry body Private Healthcare Australia , a vocal critic of means-testing, said while it was difficult to predict how much prices would rise for prepaying customers, the price rise could exceed 50 per cent in some instances. A spokesman for the ... The Age

The sandwich generation : When 55-year- old psychotherapist Beverley Corlett was younger, she imagined her 50s as a rosy time of financial freedom and travel, unencumbered by the care of the others. Instead she has spent the past four years caring for her 83-year- old mother ...

Sex and life in the old days : At Jean's suggestion he switches the focus of his studies from Australian Aborigines to elderly Europeans and moves into the house, video camera in hand, to conduct fieldwork. Jeanne urges Dirk to "explode the myth that the aged are sexless" and ... Australia-Malaysia | 中国 | 日本 | 한국 | ราชอาณาจักรไทย | Tiếng Việt | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Is medical marijuana good medicine? : Some proponents of medical marijuana argue that pot is "natural" and therefore better, or at least no worse, than legally prescribed drugs, which may be addictive and may carry dangerous side effects. But natural is not the standard for whether a drug ...

Australian could face death penalty Another Australian is already facing the death penalty in Malaysia for drug trafficking . Perth man Dominic Jude Christopher Bird, 32, was arrested by undercover officers on March 1 at a Kuala Lumpur coffee shop, where police allege he was trying to ...

Backing sought for indigenous Constitution push ORGANISATIONS including schools and businesses are being urged to apply for funding to run an activity or campaign to raise awareness and build momentum for a drive to change the Constitution to recognise Indigenous Australians . Funding is now ...

Australia: indigenous solar group for outback applications Indigenous Australian mining contractor, Carey Mining, has formed a partnership with a photovoltaic installer Next Power, to form the first indigenous solar power company. Carey Power will work to provide installations to remote and regional Australian ...

Indigenous land officials urge caution on plans to turn the north ... Indigenous Australian land authorities have warned that any plan to develop northern Australia as a food bowl for Asia needs to be thought about carefully ...