Hanan Angalo works as a cleaner at a western Sydney school. In another life, she was “Mama”, the wife of Commander Yousif Kuwa of the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army.

John Cummings was a married father of three daughters until he turned 52. That year he did something that he had wanted to do his whole life. He became Katherine.

In 1975 Abel Guterres took a chance, leaving East Timor for Australia. Meet the former tram driver who became East Timor’s ambassador to Australia.

Pain medication fentanyl is liberally prescribed by Australian doctors, with increasingly fatal consequences.

As an opera singer, Emma Slaytor sang in Carmen and performed on stage with Joan Sutherland. Then she became a litigator, specialising in medical defence work.

By accident, choice or fate some of us transform our lives completely. Today, meet Xiao Tang Qin who was a concert violinist in Beijing and now plays for customers of his Sydney dumpling shop.

As dementia tugs at the mind, what happens to a life, a home, a loving relationship? Watch, read and listen to the stories of couples living through the long goodbye. We invite you to share your own stories, too.

Following our profile on her makelovenotporn start-up, entreporneur Cindy Gallop drops into The Global Mail to make a video.

A four-letter flare-up can cost you as much as running a red light — but is maintaining order really at risk from modern expression?

Fears over processing rare earths are delaying an Australian project on the east coast of Malaysia.

The American Taser manufacturer has set its sights on the private security market. Should they be allowed to expand?

The Global Mail has created a new online tool for consumers to check the oversight records of hundreds of aged-care facilities.

An email contained a bad joke, but led to concerns over the independence of some aged-care advocates.

The government admits aged-care costs have ballooned by nearly $2 billion, but has kept quiet on the real reasons why.

Some disciplinary records don't show up on the national register — a new tool meant to improve transparency.