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Pregnant women spared paid parental leave cutback
Pregnant women will be spared having their taxpayer funded parental leave payments withdrawn.
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Our struggle with microcephaly, the birth defect linked to Zika
The morning after Christine Grounds gave birth to her son Nicholas, she awoke to find a neurologist examining her baby.
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Preschooler death 'unrelated' to mass gastro outbreak
Health authorities believe that the death of a preschooler on Sunday was not related to a gastro outbreak at their childcare centre on the lower north shore.
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Pumpkin Patch appoints administrators
Children's clothing retailer Pumpkin Patch has been tipped into receivership by its lenders and has appointed voluntary administrators after failing to reinvent itself in the face of shrinking sales and too much debt.
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Taxpayers slugged for Joe Hockey's babysitting bills
Having once declared the age of entitlement over, Joe Hockey is now charging taxpayers for babysitters while he wines and dines VIPs.
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'They don't care': Paid Parental Leave cut leaves women devastated
Amy Shipp will be forced to leave her twins when her gorgeous daughters are just seven months old.
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Breakthrough for male contraceptive pill
Scientists hailed the results as "startling - and almost instant".
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Parental leave crackdown hurts mothers: Labor
Thousands of pregnant mothers will lose money under a government crackdown on paid parental leave that could start as early as January.
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Staffy hailed as a hero after jumping into dam to save toddler
The soaking wet dog ran to the house for help.
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Children's clothing retailer Pumpkin Patch teetering
The unprofitable children's clothing retailer, which has dozens of stores in Australia, fights for survival.
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The woman who terminated her baby to save her brother's life
It is hard to imagine a more difficult choice to beĀ faced with - the life of your unborn baby or that of a much-loved family member.
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