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Assisted Beauty – The Courier Mail
THINKING about having plastic surgery? Better examine your motives before seeing the surgeon.
According to Gold Coast plastic surgeon Dr Craig Layt, the most important part of the process is the initial consultation.
"In the end it all comes down to professionalism," Layt says.
"You first have to ask, 'Is what this person is concerned about reasonable? And second, is what they want really achievable?'
(continues in The Courier Mail)

Children and Dogs – The Courier Mail
ATILLA sits on his hair-covered bed, tongue lolling happily as the children play around him.
Atilla, 11, is a rottweiler-labrador cross. The children playing are his owners, Rebecca, 13, Michael, 11, and their cousin, Virginia, 9.
As parents, we would consider the children safe under his watchful eye. Right? Maybe, is the experts' answer.
(continues in The Courier Mail)

Mark McCrindle – Social Researcher. Coffee Club article
IT'S 9am Wednesday on the Gold Coast and Gloria Jeans in Burleigh is already busy. Tables of mums, having just dropped their children at the local school, are catching up before their busy day continues.
Burleigh mothers, Camilla Gallagher, 34, Amanda Bowie, 39, and Donna Davidson, 36, catch up for coffee at least twice a week. Mondays and Fridays are the busiest days at the coffee shop, they say. "Going for coffee is a great way to start the day before you have to go home and do the dishes and the floors," Bowie says.
(continues in The Courier Mail)

Travel Articles

Make Mine Malacca – The Australian (Travel feature)
Oozing charm and history, timeless Malacca, just a few hours south of Kuala Lumpur and a few hours north of Singapore, is worth a visit for anyone interested in the cultural heritage of Malaysia. (continues in The Australian)