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In 2020 there were more than 51,000 missing persons reports made to police in Australia, which is more than 140 on every day of the year. Any person missing for more than three months is classified as a long-term missing person. There are approximately 2,600 long-term missing persons in Australia.

Every one of these missing people leaves behind countless devastated friends and loved ones, some of whom will unfortunately never get any answers or closure about what happened...

Princess Diana's niece, Lady Kitty Spencer recently had an extravagant Italian wedding, which included no fewer than five custom Dolce & Gabbana gowns and a whole host of celebrity guests.

For some brides and grooms, this is their ultimate fairytale and they will spend whatever it takes to achieve that on their big day, but for others a much simpler affair is what makes them happy...

At the start of the pandemic in 2020, there was very little concern for the impacts of the virus on children, as we were repeatedly told that they rarely caught the disease, or suffered any serious health consequences.

But 18 months on, a very different story is being told by health experts; as the Delta strain runs rampant in Australia and many other countries, the pressure to vaccinate children against COVID-19 is increasing...

Tuesday 10th August is officially Census Day 2021, but have you ever wondered what the point of it is, especially as the Government has decided not to ask about sexuality even though LGBTIQ+ advocates have said loud and clear that they want to be counted?

And last time we did this, it resulted in #CensusFail2016 when the website crashed and had to be taken down for 40 hours, so will this census be any better?

The Quicky speaks to a cyber expert, a demographer, and an advocate...

Millions of Aussies are struggling with anxiety as daily press conferences filled with endless facts and figures about Covid-19 negatively impact our mental health, but what happens if you can't turn off the news?

For journalists all over the world, the mental health toll of having to constantly provide updates to the public and be tuned in to what's happening with outbreaks every waking moment of their day is having a seriously detrimental impact on their wellbeing...

If you have received a debt letter from Services Australia claiming that you owe thousands of dollars in childcare subsidy overpayments dating back several years, you are not alone.

We received hundreds of your stories about these sudden demands for repayment, with many of you saying you believe the amounts are incorrect and unfair...

There are many male celebrities without much hair on their heads who are still considered sex symbols, such as Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Jason Statham, and Tyrese Gibson to name a few, but finding a celebrated bald woman is much more difficult.

It seems that when it comes to women and their hair, losing it or not having much to start with is still considered taboo, leaving many women with deep insecurities that they often can't even discuss with their closest friends or loved ones...

There has been a lot of mixed messaging and confusion about who should receive which COVID-19 vaccine in Australia, but now a third vaccine has been provisionally approved for use in everyone over the age of 18...

A deepening crisis in Afghanistan is starting to dominate news headlines, as the Taliban has re-taken control of almost the entire country, putting millions of lives at risk.

Shocking footage shows people desperately trying to flee as violence and kidnappings of women and girls broke out across the country...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released a new report on the state of global climate change and the findings were damning, especially for Australia.

The situation is now so bad, UN Secretary-General António Guterres says the report is a “code red for humanity” and greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk...