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Mercedes MaguireFeatures Writer

Mercedes Maguire is a features writer specialising in parenting and lifestyle as well as celebrity profiles and travel.

Mercedes Maguire

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Entertainment

Experts ready to watch MAFS craziness unfold

Married At First Sight experts Mel Schilling and Alessandra Rampolla are bracing themselves for when the craziness really starts after a bigger and better season 11 starts on Monday.

Entertainment

So hot right now: 55 years and not out yet

Warned for decades she would ‘age out’ of the industry, Sydney model Kate Bell, 55, is getting more work than ever as society shrugs off old attitudes about age and desirability.

Lifestyle

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My daughters and I became Derry Girls for the day

My little family went on a pilgrimage from Sydney to see where our favourite show, Derry Girls, was created and filmed.

National

Four-year-old Anthony Schiller was six months old when he had a liver transplant which has allowed him to grow up as a normal, healthy little boy who even competed in the World Transplant Games in April, the youngest competitor to do so. Photo with mum Louise and dad Cameron. 19th July 2023. Picture: Brett Hartwig

‘So glad to be alive’: transplant recipients thank donors

A liver transplant at nine months changed Anthony Schiller’s life, allowing him to walk, then run, then become the youngest competitor at this year’s World Transplant Games.

Illness

ATTN DO NOT RUN BEFORE July 23Ã.. Sonya Leeding holds a photo of her late husband, Detective Senior Constable Damian Leeding, It's for a story, running July 23, looking at the fact just over half of Australian families are saying ÃyesÃ to their loved ones becoming organ donors when asked. Sonya consented to her Damian becoming an organ donor and he was able to donate both kidneys.

Question fewer Aussies are saying ‘yes’ to

Australia’s organ donation consent rate has plunged in recent years. Here, families who’ve said ‘yes’ share how their tragic losses had lifesaving outcomes for others.

National

Why fewer families are saying ‘yes’ to organ donation

Australia’s organ donation consent rate has plunged in recent years. Here, families who’ve said ‘yes’ share how their tragic losses had lifesaving outcomes for others.

EXCLUSIVEEntertainment

Sydney ‘fat kid’ who took on USA’s competitive eating circuit

At 27, James Webb lay paralysed in intensive care and was told he would never walk again. Today, he is fitter than ever and travels to the US to take on the big boys in the world of competitive eating.

Illness

ADV NewsMia Fulgencio and her baby Thea Hattersley (about 18 months) who is on the waitlist for a liver transplant.One in five Australians on the waitlist for an immediate organ transplant are aged below 40, including 32 Australians aged below 18. At its peak this year, the nationÃ¢â¬â¢s waitlist blew out to 1891 patients in April..Image/Russell Millard Photography

‘Really tough’: Aussie mum’s plea for organ donors

More than 1800 Aussies are waitlisted for a lifesaving transplant, from a baby who needs a new liver to a young dad awaiting a third kidney donor.

National

‘Don’t let me die’: Aussies linger on organ waitlist

More than 1800 Aussies are waitlisted for a lifesaving or life-changing transplant, from a baby who needs a new liver to a young dad awaiting a third kidney donor. Read their stories.

Lifestyle

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Best thing I ate at world’s most luxurious hotel

Does a celebrity-created menu beat home cooking? It takes a trip to an extraordinary hotel to find out.

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