Miniature heart set to save lives
A NEW trial of a miniature artificial heart will be trialled in Australian patients to help those with weakened hearts.
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Just a kid changing the world
JAZZ singing autism sufferer Holley Somerville-Knott is only 12, but has been changing the world for years.
Mother’s brave fight earns awards nod
RENEE Coffey’s passion and tireless dedication to MS research and courage in speaking publicly about her experience of MS has earned her a deserving nomination for the Pride of Australia Medal.
Curtis stands tall against adversity
JUST last year a footy tackle put him in hospital with a broken neck but Curtis would not stay down and is back at school, walking taller than ever.
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Pride of Australia: ‘Girl power’ wins the day
WHEN an armed robber rampaged through a chemist demanding drugs, the instinct of the four female staff was to pick up walking sticks and “clobber him”.
The frontline heroes to be proud of
Jhan Leach knows she is up against it. Living in the heart of domestic violence, the Blacktown mum wages a small-scale daily war against the kind of assaults she knows painfully well.
Marine police ready to rescue
BATTLING high seas, strong winds and five separate mayday calls at once, the four members of the small NSW Police crew feared they too would need rescuing.
Fighting on in beloved Charlie’s name
PRIDE OF AUSTRALIA: CANCER stole Melissa Carr’s daughter from herbut she remains determined to find a cure for the deadly disease.
‘You’re not going to leave a mate’
PRIDE OF AUSTRALIA: DALE Carr feels like he won the lottery in August last year. Hard to believe given that that was the day a great white shark mauled him so savagely he lost 2.5 litres of blood and almost died twice.
High seas heroes put lives on the line
THE biggest storm in 40 years, dire warnings from experienced surfers and the pleas of his young son were not enough to stop Jason O’Donnell from saving a life.
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Veteran volunteer keeps on sewing
GREAT-grandmother Joan Cottrell is part of the furniture at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, where she has lovingly donated her time to sick children for the past 20 years.
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How courageous Chad refused to surrender
WHEN Chad Graham was just 16, he had an accident which left him as a quadriplegic. League Nathan Hindmarsh has nominated him for a Pride of Australia award, after Chad started the Roll101 charity.
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