Parenting News and Current Affairs

Three children have caught measles after being exposed to a infected child from a non-vaccinating family.

Non-vaccinated child spreads measles to other children

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Single parent Erin O'Dwyer with her twins when they were babies, Ambrose (right) and Clancy (left).

My day as a 'lazy' single mother of twin boys

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David Archibald speaks at a rally in Perth in 2011.

One Nation stand by WA candidate after calling single mums 'lazy and ugly'

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Love at first sight as gorilla falls in love with a litter of kittens

She couldn't be happier.

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The Nick Xenophon Team and other crossbenchers are likely to vote against the visa ban.

Government's paid parental leave changes on the rocks

The government's proposal to wind back paid parental leave is doomed after Senate crossbench powerbrokers the Nick Xenophon Team were forced to rule out support because of an election commitment.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 27: Andrew Pappas poses for a photo on the Upfield bike path in Brunswick on October 27, ...

'After Jill we're all responsible': Men step up to stop bike path rape

A split-second decision by four men to respond to the screams of a pregnant woman along a Brunswick bike path prevented what could have been a far worse crime, police say.

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Johnson & Johnson is facing massive claims.

Woman awarded $70m in Johnson & Johnson talcum power case

Johnson & Johnson lost a third straight trial over claims its talcum powder can cause ovarian cancer.

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Police are concerned for the welfare of missing three-month-old Mia.

Concern for missing three-month-old Melbourne baby

Police are concerned for the welfare of a three-month-old baby girl, who has been missing for two days.

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Mum gets to hold separated twin for the first time

After a 13-month wait, a US mother is finally able to hold her son.

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"It feels real good to have a cheque like that": Glenda Blackwell.

She wanted to teach her husband a lesson - but won $1 million instead

As she scratched the metallic shaving from the cardboard, it quickly became clear she wasn't going to be gloating.

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Advocates for paid maternity leave say it promotes equality and enhances the health and development of mothers and children.

Seven month pregnancy? A lesson about the birds and the bees for our MPs

The debate about the government's changes to paid parental leave misses the point.

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Grandmother’s horror as stranger gives grandson ‘prolonged’ kiss on the lips

A grandmother from Manchester has told reporters of her shock after a stranger approached her and demanded to kiss her baby grandson.

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Australia's government paid parental leave scheme is about to become the most miserly in the developed world.

Australian parents will soon take the wooden spoon

Very soon, Australia will inherit the title of the country with the most miserly paid parental leave scheme in the developed world.

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David and Wendy Farnell have avoided facing perjury charges for lying under oath.

'Not in the public interest': Farnells escape perjury charge over baby Gammy lie

The Bunbury couple at the centre of the baby Gammy surrogacy scandal have escaped facing perjury charges for lying under oath about the genetic makeup of Gammy and his twin sister Pipah.

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