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Nicky Phillips is a Science Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.

Emotional rollercoaster ... James Packer touched on his father's passing and friendship with Tom Cruise in an interview on Channel Seven's Sunday Night.

Teary tell-all

Packer's last words to his son

Nicky Phillips DEATH gives most people perspective. When facing his end, the tough and, at times, ''terrifying'' Kerry Packer took the opportunity to tell his son, James, something every parent should say to their...

Faces from the past: the long search for pictorial identities

John William Lindt photograph

Nicky Phillips WHEN Janet and Sam Cullen bought a collection of early Aboriginal photographs to stop it leaving the country in early 2004, the couple had no idea their purchase was the beginning of a nine-year...