It’s been revealed Australia’s favourite showman Barry Humphries waged a  long secret battle with inoperable cancer before his death in Sydney last week. 

If Kathleen Folbigg is released from prison, which now appears more likely than not, she will swap her jail cell for the wide open spaces of a farm in the Northern Rivers not far from where she is currently imprisoned. 

Parents will be able to get their kids vaccinated at pharmacies for as little as $19 from next year as part of a $2.2bn budget spend aimed at improving access to primary care. 
 
James Packer’s growing friendship with Australian human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson, associate of Amal Clooney and Geoffrey Robertson, has sparked rumours of a potential love match. 

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