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Rebecca Aliberti with daughters Shekinah, Makaysha and Kasharna and husband Francis.

Hospital patients lose free family accommodation for new apartments

The Victorian government stripped free housing from breast cancer patients and parents of ICU babies months ago, with no alternative system in place.

  • Sophie Aubrey

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‘Will I have mattered?’ What legacy means for the child-free

We are in the midst of the greatest intergenerational wealth transfer ever. But for those without children, deciding where their money should go is a complex affair.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Professor Richard Scolyer is recovering at home with a long scar on the left side of his head.

Former Australian of the Year down to ‘months, not years’ after brain tumour returns

Surgery has revealed that Professor Richard Scolyer has had a recurrence of his highly aggressive glioblastoma.

  • Garry Maddox
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The retsina diet will have to wait

It’s all Greek to feed.

Professor Richard Scolyer at the Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney University.

Former Australian of the Year heads into brain surgery after devastating scan

World-renowned pathologist and researcher Richard Scolyer is facing an operation to explore fears of a lethal tumour growing back.

  • Garry Maddox
Queensland Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski.

Police commissioner on leave after shock cancer diagnosis

The Queensland Police Service confirmed the news on Friday afternoon, through a brief statement from its media unit.

  • Cameron Atfield
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University of Sydney professor Georgina Long said the trial would uncover whether the approach she has pioneered to treat melanoma could be used to fight glioblastoma.

Can this melanoma therapy beat brain cancer? We’re about to find out

A world-first clinical trial will investigate whether the experimental treatment given to a former Australian of the Year can treat aggressive tumours in other patients.

  • Angus Thomson
Too good to be true: Kaitlyn Dever as wellness scammer Belle Gibson.

Who’s real in Netflix’s hit wellness fraud drama, and where are they now?

Apple Cider Vinegar, the story based on scammer Belle Gibson, has topped Netflix charts world-wide. Here’s a guide to the key players.

  • Karl Quinn
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Revealed: The Age stories that exposed Belle Gibson’s lies

Wellness warrior Belle Gibson was a successful young app developer, author and mother. This is how our journalists exposed the holes in her story.

Melissa’s father, Ziggy, passed away from mesothelioma last year following asbestos exposure at the ABC in Melbourne.

At least four ABC employees die from asbestos exposure

Many more are believed to have been exposed to the deadly substance at the broadcaster’s old studios in Elsternwick and the CBD.

  • Henrietta Cook

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