April 6, 2013 Hundreds of Australians linked to secretive offshore entities have been identified in a massive trove of leaked international financial documents.

April 6, 2013 Stressed-out families are turning to young travellers to solve their childcare problems, using online social networks to find live-in au pairs from around the world.

April 6, 2013 When a disease gets its own berth in the calendar and campaign gimmick you know it has hit a sweet spot in the public mind. SIDS' red nose day in June. Men's health's Movember five months later. Breast cancer's pink … The new kid on the block? Food allergy's ''one in 10'' campaign. In its second year this May, the campaign hopes to raise awareness about food allergies and anaphylaxis - its most severe form - through a week's activities. Comedian Peter Helliar and The Wiggles' Anthony Field are the ambassadors and its gimmick is asking supporters to paint one in 10 of their fingernails - or one in 10 of their painted nails a different colour - to represent the number of children it claims have a food allergy.

April 6, 2013 There has been an explosion in diagnosis of food allergies. But the risks may be overstated by some.

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April 5, 2013 Julia Gillard plans to sidestep protocol to directly raise the security crisis on the Korean peninsula.

April 5, 2013 Adrian Ernest Bayley has formally pleaded guilty to murdering Jill Meagher.

April 5, 2013 Medical tourism is a growing international phenomenon.

April 5, 2013 More than one in five Australian kindergarten children is developmentally vulnerable in at least one key area, federal government data reveals.

April 5, 2013 Can his knack of saying a lot without saying much at all make Tony Abbott the real thing, asks Rocco Fazzari.