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  • Which hand soap is best for killing germs?

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      By Amy Sheehan

    • Topic:Explainer

    A person with dark skin washing their hands at a bathroom sink

    Experts say there is an array of options when it comes to hand soaps, and some labels can be misleading.

  • Practical ways to make your tank of fuel last longer

    Topic:Explainer

    A generic image of a hand holding a pertrol pump which is inserted into a car
  • What is vaginismus and how do you know if you have it?

    Topic:Explainer

    Madeleine Edwards poses with her baby Carmine on a hotel balcony, with a sparkling blue beach visible behind her.
  • Why — and how — I'm taking a break from my husband

    Topic:Marriage

    Close up of mature woman doing yoga pose
  • Let your slow cooker do the work with these set-and-forget comfort meals

    Topic:Recipes

    Cooked lamb leg in a slow cooker surrounded by carrots and potatoes, an easy weeknight family meal.
  • What is 'lifestyle creep' — and how can you avoid it?

    Topic:Personal Finance

    A smiling woman taps her card on a bank card reader inside a restaurant
  • Why some women experience intense negative feelings while breastfeeding

    Topic:Explainer

    Woman tandem feeds her baby and toddler
  • Biscuit, tiramisu and pistachio stuffing: dates just got even better

    Topic:Recipe

    A tray with four small dishes of dates with various fillings and toppings.
  • How to keep mould out of your wardrobe and drawers

    Topic:Home

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  • The five practices I always return to when dealing with anxiety

    Topic:Perspective

    Carlie Schofield stands and smiles, with the bush behind her.

Wellbeing

  • Chronic conditions dismissed as anxiety, low iron

    • T

      By Tessa Flemming

    • Topic:Women's Health

    A girl looks to the side in a dimly lit room.

    Young women have detailed their experiences being dismissed and misdiagnosed as chronic pain sufferers. Now, they're teaching others how to advocate for their health.

  • 'Lacks rationality': Japanese court rules on women's right to sterilisation

    Topic:Women's Health

    Four women stand in coats and winter jackets outside on a sunny day in a city setting. Three are wearing facemasks
  • What is vaginismus and how do you know if you have it?

    Topic:Explainer

    Madeleine Edwards poses with her baby Carmine on a hotel balcony, with a sparkling blue beach visible behind her.
  • Meet the WA farmer training to run the entire length of Canada

    Topic:Mental Health

    Lachie Young
  • Focus on men's health may improve pregnancy outcomes, experts say

    Topic:Men's Health

    Middle age Caucasian father kissing sleeping newborn baby girl.
  • Mothers in WA's north to be left without a private midwife

    Topic:Pregnancy and Childbirth

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Relationships & Family

  • Loved one stuck inside the manosphere? Here's how to help

    • ABC journalist Adam Langenberg.
      A

      By Adam Langenberg

    • Topic:Explainer

    Screenshots of TikTok videos with titles about masculinity and "alpha" vs "sigma" males.

    Don't panic, don't erupt, remain open and ask questions: Here are some of the tips from experts on how to reclaim a loved one from the manosphere.

  • What should you do with the family home after a divorce?

    Topic:Divorce

    Two sets of keys with half-house key chains.
  • Singapore has gone to great lengths to boost its fertility rate. Why hasn't it worked?

    Topic:Fertility and Infertility

    bride in a strapless white gown and veil over shoulder sits with groom in black suit blue shirt and glasses both hold red bowls
  • Deirdre has cared for her son for 45 years. He'll soon enter the unknown

    Topic:Human Interest

  • Are couples happier sleeping separately?

    Topic:Sleep

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  • As my destination wedding loomed I knew it would ruin our lives

    Topic:Relationships

    Sashi Perera stands with a microphone in her hand, smiling. It is night time and there are people in the background.
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Food & Recipes

  • Why this popular dairy product has been flying off the shelf

    • Topic:Shopping

    • Topic:Health

    A dairy fridge in a supermarket showing an empty shelf where Greek yoghurt goes.

    Greek yoghurt has been flying off the shelves as viral social media trends spruik its high-protein benefits.

  • Scientists create wheat that turns white bread into a higher-fibre food

    Topic:Food Technology

    A loaf of bread sits next to slices of white bread.
  • The latest viral health food trend claims to lower your BMI

    Topic:Explainer

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  • 'They basically stole the word': Farmers fight to reclaim 'milk'

    Topic:Dairy Farming

    plant-based milks on a supermarket shelf
  • Five of our most popular easy vegetarian meals

    Topic:Food and Drink

    Easy shakshuka with crumbled feta (poached eggs in a spicy tomato sauce) in a pan served on white table with bread.
  • Ready-to-go breakfast sandwiches that will get you through the day

    Topic:Recipe

    English muffins cut in half, laid out and topped with small round omelettes, cheese and turkey slices.
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Personal Finance & Work

  • Major banks respond to Reserve Bank cash rate increase

    • By Brianna Morris-Grant

    • Topic:Interest Rates

    A composite image of signage of Australia's 'big four' banks ANZ, Westpac, the Commonwealth Bank and NAB signage

    Australia's four major banks respond to the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to increase the national cash rate to 4.1 per cent.

  • Watching elderly at the ATM to demand cash is just one form of financial abuse

    Topic:Indigenous Australians

    A graphic of an Aboriginal woman at ATM, hands holding forty dollars for them and sixty for her
  • Basic habits to help young people be financially resilient

    Topic:Personal Finance

    A graphic of coins in a jar, a downward arrow, percentage symbols, and a person falling into the jar.
  • Millionaire economist's dire warning for Australian property market

    Topic:Income Distribution

    A man in a black t-shirt and hoodie stands looking in the distance with his arms folded inside a large building on a balcony.
  • When is it worth forking out for comprehensive car insurance?

    Topic:Personal Finance

    Suspicious or confused young asian woman looking at her laptop at home.
  • Five simple steps to saving cash (while still having a life)

    Topic:Explainer

    An illustration shows a hand holding a handbag that looks like a piggy bank.
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Home & Garden

  • Desert gardener's 'little oasis' where trial and error are key to success

    • A woman with a white blouse and glasses smiles as she looks towards the camera.
      C

      By Coquohalla Connor

    • Topic:Feel Good

    A woman stands holding a magazine.

    At Helen Murray's home in Silverton in far west New South Wales, where temperatures often push past 30 degrees Celsius in summer, figuring out what will grow is often a jigsaw puzzle of trial and error.

  • Tumut's dream to grow nation's biggest pumpkins can't be squashed

    Topic:Gardening

    man sitting in a hollowed out pumpkin using a shovel as an oar
  • Bringing old Aussie homes into an energy efficient future

    Topic:Energy Policy

    Front view of a 1960s vintage brick and tile home with a garden.
  • From emotional buys to bad bones: Avoid these traps when looking for a house

    Topic:Home

    Georgia holds onto Mete as the pair sit on their dark velvet couch against a wallpapered wall with a vintage painting print.
  • Can you ask a neighbour to cut or trim a large tree?

    Topic:Explainer

    tree overhanging neighbouring fence
  • Desert flower blooms thousands of kilometres from its outback home

    Topic:Nursery and Flower Production

    A red flower made up of several red oblong petals with black spots in the middle.
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