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Our What Would You Do question this week (page 26) caused a lively conversation among the tl! team. A reader wanted advice on how to get her adult children to help around the house. They keep saying they’re busy, she wrote. But so am I! Plenty of par

Thank you so much that’s life! for my skincare products prize! Kath Kaufer, Mona Vale, NSW Visiting Gibraltar Falls – a beautiful place in the ACT – to enjoy time in nature with my family; husband Stanley and kids Augustine, 13, Abigail, eight,

Keana Ball, 21, Perth, WA Walking into the pub, I spotted my date, Mark. ‘Hi,’ I smiled. ‘Hey, let me get you a drink,’ he said. He seemed shorter than he’d made out on his Tinder profile and definitely looked older than his profile age – 25. Still

Dr Kirby White, 38, Bendigo, Vic Sifting through our supply closet, I felt a sense of panic. How can we be running out of gowns already? I thought, frustrated. It was March 2020, just weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, and my newly opened medical pr

Boof, three, just loves to relax on nature’s bed. Kylie Thompson, Port Kennedy, WA What did Mama cow say to Baby cow? It’s pasture bedtime. Kenny just relaxing outside. Hayley Sanger, Bundaberg, Qld Each week we bring you the cutest pet

If you look at the two pictures, we’ve made a change to the second picture. When you have found the change, write the number of the quadrant in which the change occurs on the puzzle entry coupon on page 54 for your chance to win. Turn to entry coupo

Cat Delaney, 60, Sydney, NSW Leaving the hospital in the early hours of the morning, I felt exhausted. It was December 2002, and aged 41, I’d got a job as an agency nurse after recently moving to Sydney. I hadn’t made any friends yet, but I had a c

My name‘s Sam and I’m an average Aussie mum determined to uncover every money-saving, budget-friendly tip I can. Each week, I’ll share them with you, so that your family – and mine – can get into the best financial shape of our lives! And if you ha

I’ve always said that whoever decided it was a good idea for the teenagers at my son’s school to wear white shirts hasn’t got teenagers themselves! I go through a LOT of laundry stain remover spray and, at $14.29 a litre, it’s a significant expense

How do I get my adult children to help around the house. They keep saying they’re so busy with studying and part-time jobs, but I’m busy too. My husband, who really doesn’t want them to leave home, cooks each night, keeps doing their washing and ti

■ After washing beanies or hats, dry them on an inflated balloon so they keep their shape. ■ Fill a balloon with a little water and freeze for a makeshift ice-pack. ■ Using a funnel, fill a balloon with some flour and tie the end securely to use as a

Newlyweds Gail and Rick Brink had just moved into a new home. Gail, 22, loved crafts and Rick, 28, dabbled with woodwork and worked at an office furniture company. The pair looked to have a long, wholesome life ahead. Then, one horrifying day in Nove

If you can’t bear the taste of coriander, it may all be in the genes! Scientists say it’s due to variations in the OR6A2 gene › which is the reason why coriander can taste ‘soapy’ to some people. ■

There may be promising news for sufferers of the auto-immune disease lupus, with reports that a new drug has been approved for use in the US by the FDA. The drug was trialled in a study led by Australia’s Monash University. Called anifrolumab, it’s c

QI am feeling lonely, as I lost touch with people during the first lockdown last year. Even when I can go out, I only do so about once a week to do my food shopping, and apart from that I often don’t even get dressed. A A lot of people have really

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• Germ cells are the cells that become an embryo and develop into a child in the womb. • Some of these cells remain in different parts of a child’s body after birth and may produce tumours. • The tumours can be cancerous or benign and appear at any

Tania Chumbley, 50, Adelaide, SA I saw them again’ I said to my dad, Michael, terrified. Ever since I was little, I’d seen spirits. They’d appear as flashes of light in my room, and I’d be so scared I’d jump into my sister’s bed. Dad was understand

Weighing in at a tiny 212 grams, roughly the size of a large apple, baby Kwek Yu Xuan was delivered by emergency C-section in June last year, four months early, in the National University Hospital in Singapore. Given little chance of surviving, the l