A former Aussie drug lord whose Swedish model ex-fiancée tried to order contract killings on prosecution witnesses has found love again – with a woman less than half his age. Steven Spaliviero, now 59, was jailed for 11 years after pleading guilty to running a drug lab that manufactured hugeContinue Reading
Welcome to You Got This, news.com.au’s weekly fitness series featuring stories and ideas from real women who’ve experienced it all. A teenager with cerebral palsy thought she would never be able to play a team sport is now getting ready to play in the Para World Cup. Karina Grigorian wasContinue Reading
Liam Togher is more at home in the swimming pool than on the trail, but this weekend he’s taking on his biggest challenge yet – an 18km trek up Australia’s highest peak. This endeavour would be a challenge for even the most dedicated of hikers, but is an incredible effortContinue Reading
More Australian children living with cerebral palsy will be able to benefit from early intervention therapies, thanks to a funding boost from the Coca-Cola Australia Foundation. The $14,000 grant, awarded to the Cerebral Palsy Alliance, will “help make early diagnosis of cerebral palsy possible”, occupational therapist Jane Berry said. Berry,Continue Reading
A shocking report has detailed widespread rates of abuse and neglect facing millions of Australians living with disability and made a bombshell call to phase out special schools and group homes nationwide. On Friday, findings from a four-and-a-half-year-long investigation into Australia’s disability care sector was released to the public. TheContinue Reading
A long-awaited report on the disability royal commission will contain “disturbing” findings. The government is set to hand down findings from a four-and-a-half year-long investigation into violence and abuse against people with disabilities in Australia on Friday. Since it began in 2019, the $599m inquiry has heard harrowing accounts ofContinue Reading
A Qantas passenger was “embarrassed” and had to crawl to her seat when airline staff dropped her from her wheelchair as she was boarding a flight home. Nikita Bennett, who has cerebral palsy, was also made to wait for half an hour to be provided with a wheelchair despite QantasContinue Reading
Putting your health and fitness first has never been more rewarding. With spring fast approaching, Aussies are being urged to ramp up their daily steps for STEPtember to not only improve their health but help people with cerebral palsy – a group of disorders affecting a person’s ability to moveContinue Reading
When police suspected an Aussie man was committing vile crimes inside his granny flat, they discovered what a judge described as “quite frankly frightening”. Scott Andrew Moore, 36, was sentenced in Penrith District Court on Wednesday for possessing and disseminating child abuse material, the nature of which is too graphicContinue Reading