82-year-old man who wants to learn to swim has his wish fulfilled

Australians have always loved to have a bet. In fact, Aussies were playing the traditional gambling game of Two-Up as early as 1798, and by the 1850s, the two-coin flipping game was a staple of the goldfields and spread across the country during the gold rush period. The love affair with this game still continues... Read More

Ever since she was a little girl, aged care resident Margaret Scholz has been fascinated with all things Egyptian so, naturally, she was thrilled when one of her bucket list items came to fruition with a visit to the Ramses: Gold of the Pharaohs Exhibit at The Australian Museum. Read More

A husband and wife who kept a woman as a ‘slave’ have been jailed for eight years, with the judge remarking that keeping a person in the condition of slavery is “repugnant, degrading of the human condition, and a gross breach of human rights". Read More