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Tom Cochrane will debut for Port Adelaide tomorrow night  . Picture: PAFC / Matt Sampson

Tourette’s teen makes AFL history

When Tom Cochrane was nine and being bullied, he told his mum he wanted to be the first AFL player with Tourette syndrome. Now 19, the Port Adelaide youngster has just achieved his dream

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NEWS: Madelaine's Eggs
Madelaine Scott is the owner-operator of Madelaine's Eggs. She featured on our front page in 2014 when she started her business. Photo story is about the challenges of organic farming and the call to reform regulations which are making things difficult for farmers with the economic downturn. 
PICTURED: Generic farm. Chickens. Layer hens. Organic free range eggs. Stock photos.
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Why is there an egg shortage?

You may have noticed some empty supermarket shelves at the egg fridge and egg prices have spiked too – find out why there are egg shortages and how they affect Aussie households and businesses

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Rachel Fendt and Pippa Frey at the 2025 NT Swimming Championships. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Sport win for nation’s diabetic kids

Type 1 diabetes can be a hurdle for sporty young Australians – but scientific innovation is proving a game-changer now kids can focus on training while a new insulin pump does the hard work

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Banana sushi goes great with nuts.

Nutty way to boost your brain

Researchers are going nuts over the health benefits of these crunchy snacks, which have been found to improve concentration and memory while warding off several serious diseases

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KIDS NEWS 2025: Life Ed and Healthy Harold have some good tips for preparing for NAPLAN - one of the big ones is getting enough sleep. Picture: Life Ed/supplied

Your NAPLAN superpower is sleep

A few NAPLAN nerves are completely normal but no one wants you to lose sleep over it, and with these helpful tips from Healthy Harold and ‘kid scientist’ Jayki, you’ll be all set in cruise control

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South Australia is home to nine of the nationÕs 45 healthiest regions, where residents are living up to eight years longer than the national average and are less prone to chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease. Matt King,40, (R) (0415800233) of Semaphore, with his boys, Spencer,7, and Alby,5, (blue shirts), and Nick Roach,38, of Semaphore Park,(0402523895), with his son, Liam, 6, enjoying the playground on the Semaphore foreshore. 24 February, 2025. Picture: Dean Martin

Is your suburb a health hotspot?

The nation’s top 45 healthiest places to live have been named in a new report surveying more than 2000 Australians and assessing a variety of health indicators – how healthy is your home state?

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KIDS NEWS 2025: Saffron the camel from Werribee Open Range Zoo. Picture: supplied

Elderly camel living the high life

Saffron the gentle giant has a new lease on life now the 23-year-old giraffe is pampered and massaged while being fed tasty treats and the five star treatment works its magic on her ageing joints

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Healthy Harold is looking for Australia's Healthier Lunchboxes. Picture: Life Ed/supplied

Harold loves to lunchbox swap

Healthy Harold changed his lunchbox to ‘Go, Grow and Glow’ foods that give us energy, make us big and strong, and give skin a glow – now he’s looking for Australia’s healthier lunch boxes

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The Daily Telegraph Friday 31 January 2025
Mt Kosci Basketball Boy - Hudson

9 year old Hudson has be diagnosed with cerebral palsy he is now doing a climb at Mount Kosciusko and attempting the worlds height basketball trick shot  to raise money for cerebral palsy. Picture Thomas Lisson

Hudson shoots for Mt Kosci dream

With an extra boost from his favourite US basketball team the iconic Harlem Globetrotters, Hudson Nicholas, who lives with cerebral palsy, is set to scale Australia’s highest peak for charity

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Healthy Harold has some great tips for staying safe these school holidays. Picture: Life Ed

Stay safe these school holidays

Healthy Harold loves school holidays and spending time with his family and friends – here are some of Life Ed’s top safety tips for having lots of fun while enjoying a beautiful Australian summer

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Mark Knight toon Nov 24

Farewell tribute to forever friends

The tragic loss of Australian teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles this past week was felt around the nation, as captured in cartoonist Mark Knight’s poignant picture of youth and beauty

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Short-tailed shearwaters have a long life-span. Picture: Trevor Pescott.

Why washed up birds are a worry

Authorities are monitoring beaches along the eastern seaboard as migrating bird dying of ‘malnutrition’ wash ashore, with bird flu experts on alert in the bid to keep H5N1 out of Australia

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The artifical tissue mimics the top crucial layers of skin and comes after years of work at The Alfred and Monash University. Picture: supplied

Grow your own ‘skin’ for burns

In a world-first medical trial, an Australian patient has received human-like skin grown in a lab to treat severe burns – a major breakthrough doctors say could improve healing and save lives