Maddison Leach

5 days ago | 9news.com.au | Maddison Leach

For 30 years, doctors have been telling Lily* that the excruciating pain she experiences during sex is all in her head. It's actually vaginismus, a common vulvovaginal disorders which causes involuntary vaginal muscle spasms. But after decades of poor experiences with healthcare providers she's given up on finding treatment.

6 days ago | honey.nine.com.au | Maddison Leach

The pub crawl is dead. Long live the new alternative; the book crawl.Pub crawls have been on the decline for a while as the result of cost of living pressures, changing social habits and shifting attitudes towards alcohol consumption. One in five young Australians reported they drink 'infrequently' in the National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2022–2023, compared to just over 13 per cent in 2001.

6 days ago | 9news.com.au | Maddison Leach

For the last three years, Sussan Ley served as deputy opposition leader under Peter Dutton. Now she's confirmed she wants to replace him. Ley is bidding to become the next leader of the Liberal Party and Australia's first-ever female opposition leader, following Peter Dutton's ousting from the seat of Dickson.What do we know about the woman who has spent three years as deputy opposition leader and is now serving as acting leader of the Liberal Party?

1 week ago | honey.nine.com.au | Maddison Leach

Most Christmas family photos evoke nothing but good memories. Not this photo, not for Lavania Parker.It looks like your classic holiday happy snap, but the Victorian mum of two will never look at it the same way because of what she learned just weeks after it was taken. READ MORE:'I'm a silent sufferer': Layne Beachley's hidden battle every MayLike millions of Australian women and girls, Parker knew "nothing" about ovarian cancer before she was diagnosed in January 2024.

1 week ago | 9news.com.au | Maddison Leach

Australians are being warned to "reconsider" travel to Pakistan after India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory early this morning. Indian airlines have since announced that they are cancelling flights to Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir's main city.