
‘Eradicate’ Down syndrome? This mum fears it’s coming to Australia
When Rosanne Stuart, then 25, was told her newborn daughter had Down syndrome, her dad’s reaction was swift. “He said: ‘You’re not...

`Tis the season to be wary: ‘ATO’ phone scammers get a dose of their own medicine
It’s scam season and the con artists are out in force, according to the Australian Taxation Office, which has been inundated with...

Censoring Christmas? The song that’s just too problematic for 2018
‘Tis the season to be censored. The internet lit up recently when a Canadian radio station issued a statement explaining why it...

The blind teenager who changed Australia’s currency
It’s a rainy weekday afternoon in Sydney, and Connor McLeod, 17, breaks from HSC study to speak with The New Daily. “I’m...

Inside the world of Madeline Stuart, one of Australia’s most in-demand models
It’s 10am in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Australian model Madeline Stuart, 21, is yawning awake but, after 13 hours beauty sleep, raring to...

Your ‘anti-bucket list’: What to skip before you die
What would be on your anti-bucket list? For author Kathy Lette, it’s orgies. For media personality Jane Caro, it’s Singapore (“like being...

Inside the secretive world of Australia’s men-only clubs
“We want people to understand we’re not a secret sect, just a bunch of gents that like to get together,” I’m told...

Inside one of Australia’s first – and most extravagant – same-sex weddings
Michael Petchell, 28 and Benjamin Gresham, 29, have invited Australia inside one of the country’s first legal same-sex weddings – and the...

Boy with Down syndrome crowned ‘legend’ after complaint forced him to quit soccer
When Marc Reichler-Stillhard, 16, added a special trophy to the big collection already in his bedroom last Monday night, his mum Enid witnessed...

Beyond Bob Katter: Our pollies being wallies on the global stage
Bob Katter’s bizarre response to marriage equality is making international headlines. But he’s far from the only Aussie pollie to cause us...