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Philippa Christmass
Pip Christmass is a Yahoo news producer based in Perth, Australia. In her previous life she was an arts and entertainment writer for Perth's daily newspaper. Contact her at philippac@oath.com
Yahoo News AustraliaCouncil requests licence to kill magpie after attacks on children
The council wants approval for a 'dangerous fauna licence' after a series of swooping attacks injured young children.
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Family's plea after cause of teen's extreme headaches revealed
The 15-year-old woke up one morning in "indescribable" pain - and that was only just the beginning of the nightmare.
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The new checkout plan to change the way you shop at Woolworths
The new technology will allow Woolworths customers to pay using an app, then leave the store without going through a traditional checkout.
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Parents terrified as baby boy suffers stroke just one day after birth
When Sydney mum Jessica Hill held her baby boy for the first time, she knew something wasn't quite right.
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'Go back to your dirty country': Stranger's shocking racist note to successful mum
A Sydney student has opened up about the pain her mother felt after being sent a shocking racist note.
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How mum reduced family's waste to just one bag a week
Rachael Lovett has done the seemingly impossible.
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Everything you need to know about the blood moon rising this weekend
There will be a rare treat for skygazers around Australia this weekend, with the longest total lunar eclipse this century and an intense blood moon coming our way early Saturday morning. Right across Australia, everyone will be able to see the moon enter Earth’s shadow, starting around 4.25am AEST with the total eclipse starting around 5.30am. Totality – when the moon will become a reddish-orange colour – is estimated to last well over an hour.