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Life: What Nat to Do by Nat’s What I Reckon

Everyone’s favourite lockdown chef is now dishing out the life-advice! Nat’s got a loud mouth and a taste for taking the piss out of stuff – it’s how he lives, laughs and loves. Nat has zero qualifications as a philosopher or life coach, and he doesn’t feel like becoming either one anytime soon. But as someone who has struggled to find the ray of positivity in most days of his life, he knows what it’s like to feel the relief from a moment of joy. So buckle up for Nat’s unrequested take on pushing back against expectations and rolling through life with some laughs and kindness like a real, righteous ratbag! Imprint: Ebury Australia RRP $29.99

First, Cream the Butter and Sugar by Emelia Jackson

This beauty includes comprehensive chapters on Cookies, Cakes, Choux Pastry, Tarts and working with yeast. You’ll also find a couple of sneaky savoury recipes in there, but the bulk of the book is angled to all things sweet. It covers a range of skill sets and experience, from the humble chocolate chip cookie to the more advanced chocolate entremets and compressed choux pastry. Along with the recipes, Emelia has included a few tips and tricks she’s picked up along the way to make your baking experience easier, less stressful and overall, more enjoyable. Published by Murdoch Books. RRP $59.99.

Dear Dolly - On Love, Life and Friendship by Dolly Alderton

Since early 2020, Dolly Alderton has been sharing her wisdom, warmth and wit with the countless people who have written in to her Dear Dolly agony aunt column in The Sunday Times Style. In this collection of her favourite letters you'll find breakups and body issues, families, friendships, dating, divorce, the pleasures and pitfalls of social media, sex, loneliness, longing, love and everything in between. Without judgement, much-chronicled adventures in love, friendship and dating, Dolly leads us by the hand through the various labyrinths of life, proving that a problem shared is truly a problem halved. Published by Penguin - Fig Tree. RRP $35.00

I Am NOT Fine, Thanks by Wil Anderson

Good sense, good jokes, and good WIL - a book about enduring turbulent times with humour, community and just a dash of Apple Cider Vinegar. What do you get when a housebound comedian is left with no option but to make comedy using only a rampant washing machine, a lot of Vaseline (it's for the pipes - no, not that pipe), a roast chook and an unused exercise bike to keep him company? You get I Am NOT Fine, Thanks. From prime ministers who don't hold a hose, to billionaires who think they're astronauts, to people who think lizards are ruling the country and that thermometers are wiping your memory, it's abundantly clear that the world is going to hell. Published by Allen & Unwin. RRP $32.99.

Australia could become the first country in the world to eliminate cervical cancer

However a poll of 1,000 Australian adults1 found:

4 out of 5 Australians are unaware Australia could become the first country in the world to eliminate cervical cancer

Half of Australians did not believe they could play a role in eliminating cervical cancer

Despite our world-leading cervical cancer prevention programs, many Australians remain unclear about what causes cervical cancer or how to prevent it

This included 62% of people identifying as male and 41% of people identifying as female Common reasons cited: • Lack of knowledge • Not having a cervix • Not having a scientific or medical background

Only 5% correctly identified most Australians2 will have at least one HPV infection in their lifetime

43% did not recognise HPV vaccination as a prevention strategy

32% did not identify cervical cancer screening as a prevention strategy

Despite our world-leading cervical cancer prevention programs, many Australia was the first country to launch a national HPV vaccination Australians remain unclear about program in 2007 but today many Australians are unaware of the what causes cervical cancer or how program or catch-up options to prevent it.

41% knew girls in Year 7 or 8 were able to receive the free HPV vaccine

15% knew boys in Year 7 or 8 were able to receive the free HPV vaccine

35% were aware that girls aged ≤19 years can receive free HPV

vaccines if they have missed doses at school and only 11% were

aware that boys aged ≤19 years could also do so