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Family feuds: Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus wants a simpler approach in custody cases that is focused on children.
Opinion
Domestic violence

Too often, alcohol and family violence go together. Now, we need to separate them

The kids who hide in closets and bathrooms – hearing furniture being thrown and adults screaming – know that when drinking is involved, it’s like pouring petrol on a bonfire.

  • by Kym Valentine
About 40 homes have been damaged with some completely destroyed after thier roofs were ripped off.
Extreme weather

‘Hazmat emergency’ over WA tornado asbestos exposure

  • by Rachael Ward
Wollongong train station, pictured in 2008.
Crime

Man arrested after body found in Wollongong train station car park

  • by Clare Sibthorpe and Josefine Ganko
Yarra Valley Grammar School principal, Mark Merry.
Opinion
High school

Expelling problem students sounds impressive. But all it does is pass the buck

  • by Adam Voigt
The aurora australis (southern lights) over Williamstown, Melbourne on Saturday.
Meteorology

Aurora australis stuns Australian stargazers – and you can still watch it

  • by Ashleigh McMillan

Healthcare

Martin Leckey can’t use the Sydney Road trams near his home because they are not wheel chair accessible.
Public transport

Brunswick’s ‘sky rail’ has been delayed. In the meantime, this is what locals want

Advocates have presented their Sydney Road wish list to the Victorian government, saying the delay is an opportunity for major change before the Upfield line is ripped up.

  • by Patrick Hatch
Shae Bradshaw and daughter Makenzie.
Healthcare

The helping hand that taught Shae how to connect with her baby

Shae Bradshaw had hoped once her baby daughter was born all her fears about being a failure as a mother would disappear.

  • by Melissa Cunningham
Pregnancy and parental discrimination are illegal, but experts say confidentiality clauses make knowing how common the issue is difficult.
Industrial relations

‘You’ll bankrupt the business’: Pregnant workers made redundant

  • by Amber Schultz
Paramedic Anna Esposito and midwife Kerry Tosswill in the birthing unit at Nepean Hospital.
Pregnancy

When Anna is called to deliver a baby, the birth plan has not gone to plan

  • by Mary Ward
Jemma Collins has decided she won’t be booking in tongue-tie surgery for her third child, 12-week-old Eric.
Children's Health

A miracle solution for some, ‘barbaric’ for others. The truth behind the boom in cutting babies’ tongues

  • by Henrietta Cook
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