dailylifeSeat swap outcry moves Virgin to think again

Bridie Jabour Virgin Australia has been accused of treating male passengers like paedophiles after it made a man swap seats because he was beside two unaccompanied minors.

Freed lawyer speaks to family from Libya

Bridie Jabour An "ecstatic" Janelle Taylor heard her daughter, human rights lawyer Melinda Taylor, say "I love you" this morning as she was freed after spending more than three weeks jailed in Libya.

Sexism and Politics

LNP staffer quits after anti-feminist rant

Bridie Jabour LNP staffer quits after telling a Queensland feminist to "get a life" and calling her a "sourpuss" for writing an opinion piece about the need for more women in parliament.

Picking up the pieces after Townsville's tornado terror

Bridie Jabour When Jelous Pfumayagaramba was cowering in his bathroom with his wife and two adult children, the roof being torn as a probably tornado raged overhead, he thought he was going to die.