More education equals more pay: report

Rachel Browne Education pays off but women graduates are still lagging behind male counterparts.

Internet provides a bonanza for those wannabe HSC cheats

Amy McNeilage, Rachel Browne YEAR 12 students are openly swapping cheating tips online as they prepare for their first exam in the Higher School Certificate today.

Back to school for teen mothers juggling babies and the HSC

Rachel Browne FOR Ashley Bews, pregnancy did not mean the end of her education, but the beginning.

At home with Gail O'Brien

Rachel Browne The wife of the late Dr Chris O'Brien has weathered unspeakable tragedies but remains determined to see his dreams become reality.

'Toxic teacher' warning as debate rages on lifting uni entry marks

Catherine Armitage, Rachel Browne THE nation's elite universities warn that Australia is at risk of training a generation of ''toxic teachers'' who will pass their own deficiencies at school on to their students.

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Support scarce when cancer returns

Rachel Browne When Kirsty Smith was first diagnosed with breast cancer four years ago at the age of 28, she never felt she was alone.

Heavy burden for IVF patients

Rachel Browne ONE IN five couples who give up fertility treatment does so because of the psychological and physical burden of the process, according to a major study of assisted reproductive technology.

Not everyone's cup of tea

Rachel Browne The high tea has been hijacked. So say connoisseurs of the world's most popular brew.

Lack of new drugs for depression and obesity

Rachel Browne OBESITY and depression have been identified by the federal government as key health concerns, but a report shows that few new treatments to help both conditions have been developed over the past...

Bid for right to offend bereaved

Rachel Browne A MAN accused of sending offensive letters to the families of soldiers who died in Afghanistan will go to the High Court to have the charges dropped on the basis they infringed his implied freedom of...

At home with Carole Renouf

Rachel Browne It's clear from the moment Carole Renouf opens the door to her Waverley terrace that she's a woman who embraces change in all its chaotic glory.

HIV no longer means certain death

Rachel Browne After David Polson was diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus in 1984, he was advised to get his affairs in order.

Magnets that mark cancer

Rachel Browne USING magnets to target cancer drug treatment can help reduce serious side effects, Australian scientists have discovered.

Premier ignores reef concerns

Stephanie Peatling, Rachel Browne THE Queensland Premier, Campbell Newman, will not stop development in and around the Great Barrier Reef, despite a United Nations report warning the reef's survival is under threat.

Queensland puts coal before coral

Stephanie Peatling and Rachel Browne A scathing UN report demanding Australia act to protect an endangered Great Barrier Reef is rebuffed by the federal and Queensland governments.

It's the little extras that matter in health insurance

Rachel Browne FORGET hospital and ambulance cover. A survey of the reasons why people take out private health insurance reveals they are more interested in massages, gym memberships and plastic surgery.

Back to the future on breastfeeding

Rachel Browne Mothers should introduce their babies to solids at four months, not the recommended six months, to protect them against food allergies, according to a controversial review of the research.

Tributes - from Gough to Gillard

Rachel Browne and Stephanie Peatling AT 95, Gough Whitlam is physically fragile but remains as determined as ever. He travelled from his Elizabeth Bay nursing home to St Vincent's Private Hospital in Darlinghurst last week to spend what...

Margaret Whitlam a trailblazer

Rachel Browne, Stephanie Peatling NOT CONTENT to stay silent ''in a cage'', Margaret Whitlam was a trailblazer who broke the mould of prime ministers' wives in the social and political legacies she leaves her fellow Australians.