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Lisa Wachsmuth is a senior reporter for the Saturday and Sunday Telegraph, focusing on education issues. An award-winning journalist of 25 years, Lisa was formerly the deputy editor of the Illawarra Mercury before joining News Corp in 2022. If you have a story contact her at lisa.wachsmuth@news.com.au

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Daughter supporting her terminally ill mother lying on hospital bed, hospice istock image

‘Some beautiful deaths’: First snapshot of assisted dying in NSW

More than 130 NSW residents received medical help to end their lives in the first three months after the state legalised voluntary assisted dying, a new report reveals.

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Ambrose Lowe ended up in hospital with a severe case of whooping cough.

Mum’s vax plea after son hospitalised 50 times

The mother of a five-year-old who has been hospitalised 50 times has urged others to get vaccinated.

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WARNING. WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. Five-year-old Azariah. Harb, Azariah was diagnosed at 20 weeks gestation with congenital heart disease., In her short life, she has undergone three open-heart surgeries, the first happening when she was six days old., After the third surgery, at age four, Azaria had to learn to walk, talk and eat again., Azariah still experiences many problems including a leaking valve and while she is not there yet, her parents live with the fear that the time will come when she needs a heart transplant.

3D-printed ‘mini heart’ is giving 5-year-old Azariah hope

Five-year-old Azariah Harb has already endured three open-heart surgeries, but a new invention could see surgeons build her a “mini heart” to give her the best chance at a normal life.

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Edie the cheetah is released into the wild

Watch as Australian-born cheetah is released into the wilds of Africa

Wild Cat Conservation Centre has done what no other Australian facility has done before — release a cub born in captivity here into the wilds of Africa. WATCH THE VIDEO of her release.

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All shook up: 3.6 magnitude quake left village shaken and stirred

In the small Blue Mountains village of Glenbrook, a 3.6 magnitude earthquake that struck on Friday night, prompting thousands of 000 calls, has become the talk of the town.

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Joey Fry 26yo pictured with his dog Isabella at Kotara Friday 15th September 2023. Joey was one of the Australians experiencing loneliness and on Christmas Eve 2019, attempted to take his own life, he was found by a friend on Christmas Day and rushed to hospital.Whilst unconscious, one leg was crushing the other, and although he survived, he awoke in the ICU to find his right leg had been amputated.Many months later, Joey was discovered by award-winning filmmaker Shannon Swan who was working on The Great Separation at the time.He sought out Joey and proposed he become the protagonist in the film, telling his story of how a relationship breakdown and his experience of social disconnect took him down the path of his life altering decision.The doco is set to air on SBS on Tuesday, 10 October, World Mental Health Day, pic Sue Graham

‘I felt I couldn’t escape’: The loneliness epidemic gripping Australia

More people than ever are feeling lonely and it’s the young who are suffering more than elderly. Joey Fry has travelled back from the greatest depths of loneliness and is sharing his story so others don’t suffer like he once did.

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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH. SEPTEMBER 9, 2023.Pictured in Georges Hall today is Inayah Hamdan 5, who was born with Heterotaxy Syndrome, a very rare congenital heart disease where the heart is not only on the wrong side of the body but also backwards. Before her fifth birthday, Inayah had already had six surgeries, spending months at a time in hospital. A heart transplant was the only way for her to one day reach adulthood. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Precious gift for tiny warrior with her heart in wrong place

Little Inayah Hamdan was born with her heart on the wrong side and facing backwards, but she’s been given a ‘second chance at life’ thanks to a donor heart, now in the right place.

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Inside the HQ where Corrective Services monitor former killers and rapists - ME

Evil among us: How to monitor a murderer

At a secret Sydney HQ the state’s worst murderers, rapists and pedophiles are monitored in real time after their release from jail. Take a look at the team keeping us safe.

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WEEKEND TELEGRAPH 9/8/23MUST CHECK WITH PIC EDITOR BEFORE PUBLISHING - Luke Field holds his 4mth old baby Frankie with Anthony Field on right today at the Wiggles HQ in Sydney. LukeÃs sister died from SIDS many years ago and he is supporting redness day this year. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

SIDS tragedy still haunts Wiggles family

The Field family is synonymous with The Wiggles, but they have also been raising awareness and funds for SIDS research for more than 30 years.

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WEEKEND TELEGRAPH - 28/7/23, , MUST NOT PUBLISH BEFORE CLEARING WITH PIC EDITOR - , , Cassandra Steppacher pictured holding 8 week old Masked Owlet in Bargo today. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Little owlet is a real sweetheart

At just eight weeks old, with a perfect heart-shaped face, this little owlet is set to charm schoolchildren across NSW as part of a bid to save her species. SEE THE VIDEO

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