Katri Uibu

Jan 8, 2025 | abc.net.au | Katri Uibu |April McLennan

Former Launceston mayor and current councillor Danny Gibson, who is alleged to have harassed and behaved inappropriately towards young adults, has posted on social media that allegations against him are "untested and slanderous". Cr Gibson's post comes as a call for mandatory Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) cards for Tasmania's elected officials is renewed.

Dec 18, 2024 | abc.net.au | Katri Uibu |Maren Stefanie Preuss

Ula Brown has never taken a contraceptive pill, used a "chemical deodorant" or owned a microwave. "I think it stems from my family. My nana and my mum were both quite alternative," she says. "Things were treated a lot at home before we would see a doctor."Some of these beliefs live on through Ula's own children. "My daughter has had a home birth. She had a qualified midwife, but she was quite happy to have a birth without intervention," she says.

Oct 24, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Katri Uibu

By Katri Uibu, ABCAustralian billionaire Tim Heath survived a kidnapping attempt by fighting off his alleged abductors who had pretended to be tradies painting the hallway of his apartment building. The Victorian business mogul has been living in Estonia since the early 2000s, setting up one of the country's most successful startups Yolo Group estimated to be worth 814 million euros (NZ$1.49 billion).

Jun 24, 2024 | abc.net.au | Grace Tobin |Lesley Robinson |Katri Uibu

Amelia Hawkshaw and her husband Zach Longe's round of IVF produced 17 embryos. Seventeen chances to make their dream of becoming parents come true. "We were so overjoyed," Amelia said. But that dream turned to tragedy in August last year. "We got a call … to say that the embryos had been contaminated with bacteria and so those 17 had to be destroyed, just all of them," Amelia said.

Mar 7, 2024 | abc.net.au | Louise Milligan |Amy Donaldson |Katri Uibu

In short: The headmaster has resigned following revelations he kept a teacher on staff who sent sexually explicit emails to a former female student. What's next? The boys' school was the subject of a Four Corners investigation this week and is preparing to go co-educational. The headmaster of Sydney's prestigious Cranbrook School, Nicholas Sampson, has resigned following revelations he kept a teacher on staff after discovering he sent multiple graphic emails to a former female student.