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If you want to adopt an Aussie child, move to NSW - or prepare to wait
NSW is doing much better at local adoption but the rest of the country isn’t keeping up. more
What it's like to be a parent when you were sexually abused as a child
The mother of three who wrote this story about her sexual abuse as a child has never opened up about it publicly before. It took...more
This tragic photo from 1998 has a heartwarming ending ...
This cop heroically rescued a young girl from a fatal blaze in 1998. Now, 18 years later, the girl has been reunited with her ‘savior’...more
WA Court makes decision about six-year-old's cancer treatment
Oshin Strachan’s parents didn’t want their gorgeous boy to suffer anymore, and the Western Australian Family Court agrees. more
“Dad should never have been the one to find my brother’s body”
Loren says if the police did their job properly, her father would not have discovered his own son’s body under their family...more
A mum saved this little boy's life - from 4,000 miles away
Read the heart-warming story of the mum who could not ignore a boy whose picture stopped her in her tracks and made her take action....more
"I never told him he was dying. I was such a coward. But he knew."
When her son was diagnosed with a brain tumour, this mother was told there was nothing that could be done to save him. more
“I HATE autism”: One mother’s honest and heartfelt account
One mother’s incredibly honest words about living with what she believes is undiagnosed autism when least three of her children...more
Yeow! The Offspring trailer for season six is here!
It’s finally here – just what we have all been waiting for … more
Egyptair: Terrorism more likely than accident, says minister
French officials are not ruling out the possibility that flight MS804 has vanished from the sky due to a terrorist attack. more
A child and two babies were on vanished Egyptair flight
The Airbus A320 vanished after it entered Egyptian airspace when it was about ten minutes from landing. more
This boy's daycare scrubbed his face until it bled
When Agustin Luna dropped his son off at daycare with marker on his face, he told staff not to worry about it. However, when he...more
Does this mum who killed her disabled daughter deserve our compassion?
Bonnie Liltz has been sentenced for killing her adopted disabled daughter, Courtney. There are no happy endings to this story. more