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Lauren Ironmonger

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Aug 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Lauren Ironmonger

    ‘Bloody competitive’: Welcome to the Olympics for the organ transplant world (opens the original)

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    You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Next month, 21-year-old Lauren Ball will sprint down the racetrack at Launceston’s Northern Athletics Centre in Tasmania, her arms and legs pumping as hard as they can, wind in her hair, and air coursing through her lungs. As a competitor in the 18th Australian Transplant Games she won’t be alone, but will also carry with her the memory of the little boy who gave her these air-filled lungs. “He wo

  2. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Lauren Ironmonger, Abby Seaman

    The best Father’s Day gift to give, with help from some famous Aussie dads (opens the original)

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    You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. It can be tricky buying gifts for the special guy in your life; they often buy whatever they need before you know they need it and rarely fuss over items they find fanciful. Nonetheless, Father’s Day is an opportunity to show your dad how important he is. For everyone still hunting for the perfect gift, we’ve got you covered and even called in some help from notable Australian dads. Whether you ar

  3. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Lauren Ironmonger

    After a terminal diagnosis, this simple act brought Matthew joy (opens the original)

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    Matthew Cumming grew up a keen sailor. But life – a career in advertising and then raising kids – got in the way. So, after receiving a diagnosis of stage-four prostate cancer, which had already metastasised to his spine and pelvis, in 2020, being on the water was at the top of his bucket list. In the years since, Cumming has sailed around the Whitsundays, seen his daughter Maya perform at Coachella with Australian musician Flume (with wife Annette and youngest Indigo by his side) and travelled

  4. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · Lauren Ironmonger

    Jacob thought he was served a death sentence at 24. This drug changed everything (opens the original)

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    You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Greg Johnston was working as a pharmacist on Oxford Street during the height of the HIV/AIDs crisis in the 1980s and 1990s. But for the 62-year-old, who is not HIV-positive, recollections of that period in his life – as a twenty-something from rural Tasmania, newly out and making his way in a cosmopolitan Sydney – are infused with joy. His latest novel, For a Moment More, opens with a hedonic scen

  5. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · Lauren Ironmonger

    In her 20s, Emma’s autism made her blind to dating ‘red flags’. Then she met Nathan (opens the original)

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    Dating in the modern age is hard. But Vicki Gibbs, head of research at Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect), says the challenges can multiply for people who are neurodivergent (a blanket term that encapsulates autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, synesthesia and obsessive-compulsive disorder, among others). “Everything that’s hard about dating in today’s world is amplified for them,” she says. A recent Aspect survey of autistic adults across Australia, the US and UK found th

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