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Melissa is the Group Features Editor for news.com.au managing the entertainment, lifestyle, business, technology and travel sections. After completing a law degree, she decided story telling was her first love and has been a journalist for over ten years working in magazines, online, TV and radio.More from Melissa Overman

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Interiors

home What's On Inside Out editor Claire Bradley

The 5 golden rules of renovating

THERE’S a lot that can go wrong when renovating. Inside Out editor Claire Bradley learnt that the hard way after she made the one mistake she warns all her readers about.

Superannuation

Who is Tony trying to schmooze now?

IF TONY Abbott is to stay in power he needs to win over one key group of Australians and he has a plan to do it.

Mobile Phones

Outdoor portrait of modern young man with mobile phone in the street.

How do you use your phone?

WE want to know what you think of technology. Take our quick tech survey and let us know your likes, dislikes, passions, habits, predictions and suggestions.

Celebrity Life

04/02/15, Sydney, N.S.W. Australia Â© Andrew Murray Jodhi Meares and Jon Stevens at the 2015 Spring/Winter David Jones launch

Jon Stevens crash victim a top journo

THE 69-year-old man run over by ex-Noiseworks singer Jon Stevens has been identified as a high-profile journalist.

At Work

Pic shows: Japanese porn star Rola Misaki has been offered a 15 years of exclusive service as as a personal assistant by a Chinese buisinessman. A Japanese porn star has been given a 5million GBP contract to give a Chinese businessman 15 years of exclusive service. Double-D Rola Misaki, 22, who also appears using the name Rola Takizawa and who is half Russian, has been offered the exclusive deal as a personal assistant by the mystery businessman who is said to work in the entertainment industry. According to sources quoted in local media:

Porn star paid $10 million to be PA

A JAPANESE porn star has been offered a huge amount of money to work for a Chinese businessman for 15 years as his personal assistant.

Red Carpet

TOPSHOTS (From L) US actress Rooney Mara, US director Todd Haynes and Australian actress Cate Blanchett joke as they pose during a photocall for the film

What’s going on behind this photo?

SHE’S known for her playful nature and Cate Blanchett didn’t disappoint on the Cannes red carpet with her latest antics.

Kids

What mums really think of childcare

WHAT needs to happen with childcare to actually make mum and dads happy? Here are the answers. Pollies, listen up.

Celebrity Life

Depp’s dogs told to ‘bugger off’

TWO pet dogs belonging to US actor Johnny Depp will be put down unless the actor removes them from Australia, says agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce.

Kids

***ONE TIME DIGITAL USE ONLY*** **PLEASE CONTACT NETWORK PIC DESK FOR PRINT RIGHTS*** MUST CREDIT HotSpot Media/Picture Media Pic By HotSpot Media - STRANGERS ACCUSE MUM OF BURNING SUN ALLERGY DAUGHTER -IN PIC- Bethany in January 2012, after a severe reaction - The mother of a little girl, who suffers from a one in 100,000¬†allergy to the sun is accused by strangers of burning her daughter. Brave five-year-old, Bethany Wagstaff, from Carshalton, Surrey, suffers from a¬†rare form of photo aggravated eczema which causes her skin to burn and blister when exposed to sunlight - leaving her in agonising pain. And mum Amy Wagstaff, 26, is the target of cruel abuse from strangers who gawk and shout abuse at her daughter in the street. The mum of two, who works as a teaching assistant, says:

‘They accused me of burning my daughter’

YOUNG Bethany’s skin was burnt and blistered because of an incredibly rare condition. But her mother has been accused of abusing her by strangers.

Babies

***EXCLUSIVE*** LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - UNDATED: Sarah Swann with her children George and new arrivals Lilah and Noah pictured at home in Leicester, England. When mother Sarah Swann tells people her three children are triplets they can?t believe it. Triplet brother George arrived into the world THREE years infront of his sister Lilah and brother Noah - but they were all conceived at the same time. The threesome have made her family complete for Miss Swann who didn?t start trying for a family until she was 40. PHOTOGRAPH BY Worldwide Features / Barcroft Media UK Office, London. T +44 845 370 2233 W www.barcroftmedia.com USA Office, New York City. T +1 212 796 2458 W www.barcroftusa.com Indian Office, Delhi. T +91 11 4053 2429 W www.barcroftindia.com

Triplets born three years apart

WHEN mother Sarah Swann tells people her three children are triplets they can’t believe it because they were born three years apart.

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