The breakthrough that could swing the fight against MND Australian scientists may soon be able to grow models of human spinal cords from live cells in a new effort to understand a fatal disease dubbed "The Beast". AAP · Feb 28
Shine Your Light giving trainer Cassandra Stummer golden chance in tough time Having a live chance in a $1 million race should be pure excitement for a young Hunter Valley trainer like Cassandra Stummer. However, for the mother of three from Muswellbrook, Shine Your Light's lead-up to Saturday's Golden Gift (1100m) at Rosehill has been "a nice little distraction" after a frightening… Newcastle Herald · Nov 3, 2022
Flood-weary residents assess the damage after Sydney's recent deluge Sydney resident Kevin has endured four floods in his home within the last six months. His yard is filled with filthy debris and he points to grime on the walls of his house up to the height of his shoulders caused by the flood waters. Reuters · Jul 5, 2022
Young women's memoirs of migration, dispossession and Australian 'unbelonging' demand to be heard Akuch Kuol Anyieth was born into a world of violence. Her memoir begins at the age of five, when she fled with her mother and her three siblings from civil war in South Sudan to a refugee camp in north-west Kenya. The Conversation · Jun 23, 2022
Friday essay: hunger, dust-storms, war – how I defied the odds as a South Sudanese child refugee My name is Akuch Kuol Anyieth. I am South Sudanese by birth, Kenyan by migration and life experience, and Australian by migration and citizenship. The Conversation · Apr 28, 2022