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Fiona Harari is an award-winning journalist who has worked in print and television. A Walkley freelance journalist of the year and the author of two books, Fiona returned to The Australian in 2019 after 15 years.

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Reporter Fiona Harari at a B&S ball in Goondiwindi in 1993

Getting down in the dust and having a ball with Sir Bob Geldof and pals

One of the biggest celebrities to visit an Australian cattle station found fame is nothing when you’re the background noise to a bush rave.

Fiona Harari

MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTERwellbeing

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Can’t find a good doctor? Here’s how to match with the right GP

They’re the first point of contact for many people needing medical help. But finding a regular GP – and securing a same-day appointment – can be tough. In part 3 of our series on improving your health we tackle how to access a doctor who’s suitable for you.

Fiona Harari

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Splash arrt for caravan yarn - same family same place for years

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Neale Daniher, who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2013, has revealed the most important things he learned about himself and how to face life in a new book. Pictures: Elke Meitzel, Tim Carrafa

Neale Daniher on the mindset shift from ‘why me’ to ‘what now?’

No longer able to speak or move his hands, the Australian of the Year used technology that tracks a person’s eyes on screen to answer written questions for this interview with The Australian | WATCH AND LISTEN

Fiona Harari

Fighting MNDwellbeing

10 December 2025; a photo comp of Neale Daniher with a gradient yellow and green behind him. Artwork by Emilia Tortorella. Sources: supplied. Ratio 4:3.

The remarkable resilience of Neale Daniher: ‘Every day, I choose how I show up’

The outgoing Australian of the Year can no longer speak as he battles his terminal illness. But he has a loud message about the importance of choice, and enjoying the best of life | WATCH

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InquirerInquirer

Holocaust Survivors. The story of twins Anetta Able and Stephanie Heller have been collected in We are Here: Taking with Australia's Oldest Holocaust survivors. The pair survived the macabre experiments of the Auschwitz physician Dr Josef Mengele. Anetta and Stephanie with their mother Theresa in the late 1920's. Picture: Eugene Hyland

She survived Mengele’s twin experiments. Then she chose kindness over hate

At 101 the oldest twin survivor of the Holocaust, Annetta Able experienced the worst but chose kindness – only to witness the resurgence of anti-Semitism.

Fiona Harari

Health holesMedical

23/10/2025: Dr Tom Clarke who was on the verge of having to shut his joint owned medical clinic, talks about limited health facilities in Chinchilla, 300km west of Brisbane. Residents struggle to access healthcare in all sorts of ways - from giving birth to having their mental health. The big GP premises in town came very close to shutting recently, before a new owner miraculously arrived . pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Rural check-up: one town’s struggle for basic healthcare

In Chinchilla, population 7000, a doctor’s retirement almost spelled disaster for the entire community. It’s a story that could have been set almost anywhere in rural Australia.

Fiona Harari

ALL TRICK, NO TREATCulture

Sugar-fuelled pilgrimages, monster children: Why I hate Halloween

While I love chocolate and the kids are adorable, something about Halloween fails to cast its spell. This is how I plan to hide from this American holiday.

Fiona Harari

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