The November 18 Edition

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The November 18 Edition

The intense interior life of Treasurer Jim Chalmers | Aussie of the Year Taryn Brumfitt’s body-positivity zeal | Sperm levels are plummeting! Or are they? | Sigrid Thornton’s golden rule for acting success | Brothers who bonded over dual health scares

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The November 18 Edition

‘I don’t do moderation, in anything’: Why Treasurer Jim Chalmers went on the wagon

He loves hip-hop, hoops and the Broncos. As well: Welsh poets, Paul Keating and, until three years ago, alcohol. Meet the complex man beyond the TV cameras.

  • by Deborah Snow
“It bothered me for a minute,” says Taryn Brumfitt of criticism of her selection as Australian of the Year, “and then I had to move on. Because I could see how distracting all that is to your mission.”

Taryn Brumfitt and the body-positivity movement: All you need is love?

Being Australian of the Year has given the body-love campaigner a great platform for promoting her message. Do the facts back up the buzz?

  • by Jane Cadzow

‘Spermageddon’: Behind the headlines of the great Western fertility furore

Research suggesting human sperm counts are plummeting across the West generated panicked global headlines. But fear not ...

  • by Tim Elliott
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Two of Us: Brothers Gerry Eeman, left, and Harry Eeman, with glasses, right.

‘We’ve both survived something that was pretty terrifying’

Brothers Harry and Gerry never felt closer than when each suffered a sudden, devastating medical crisis.

  • by Carolyn Webb
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Sigrid Thornton’s golden rule for acting success

The award-winning actor on her long career – including a play that had 10 love-making scenes.

  • by Benjamin Law
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Help! My neighbour’s front-door food gifts are going to the dogs

At least it’s not raw meat, as happened to our Modern Guru.

  • by Danny Katz
The sauce is versatile and also works great in a white-bread sandwich with shaved lettuce and boiled egg.

Cauliflower fritters with Japanese-style curried-egg sauce

This versatile sauce also works well in an egg and lettuce sandwich.

  • by Karen Martini

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