Robert Dessaix:Women create the world I like to live in

Robert Dessaix:Women create the world I like to live in

The author opens us on what he’s learnt about women and throughout his career.

  • byRobyn Doreian

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'Amazing extended family':Adoption rates rise in NSW

'Amazing extended family':Adoption rates rise in NSW

Felicity and Adam Moreau tried to conceive a baby for 10 years before becoming one of a growing number of families to adopt a child from foster care in NSW.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Clover Moore:'Christ was a real radical. He took on the establishment'

Clover Moore:'Christ was a real radical. He took on the establishment'

Marching in Mardi Gras one night and giving a church reading the next day? Sydney's lord mayor Clover Moore has no problem showing her radical side.

  • byBenjamin Law
'Grieving mothers were given no tools to deal with their loss'

'Grieving mothers were given no tools to deal with their loss'

Years before she became one of our most prominent arts patrons,Ashley Dawson-Damer suffered a raft of personal tragedies that would test her sense of self.

  • byAshley Dawson-Damer
The long goodbye as my son takes off on his own

The long goodbye as my son takes off on his own

A mother farewells her son as he starts university and a new chapter begins for both of them.

  • bySusan Murphy
Baby reunited with family after hospital holds boy over bill

Baby reunited with family after hospital holds boy over bill

A baby has been reunited with his family after an anonymous donor stepped in to pay a hospital bill and end a stand-off that led to threats of forced adoption.

  • byJames Massola andKaruni Rompies
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'It walks with you forever':Mothers sue hospital that took their babies

'It walks with you forever':Mothers sue hospital that took their babies

As unwed mothers,they were told by the authorities they would not be allowed to keep their babies. Almost six decades later,they're suing the Royal Women’s Hospital and adoption agencies.

  • byJewel Topsfield
Woman charged with human trafficking after baby found in bag at airport

Woman charged with human trafficking after baby found in bag at airport

Authorities say an American has been charged with human trafficking after attempting to take a baby to the US inside a bag.

Major changes to WA foster care system coming

Major changes to WA foster care system coming

The government is seeking input from carers about the way foster carers are recruited,assessed and supported with a view to improving relations between families and case workers.

  • byDaile Cross
The man uncovering family secrets and making millionaires

The man uncovering family secrets and making millionaires

James Chalmers is something of a gene detective,scouring all manner of public and private records to deliver sums and shocks to mostly-unwitting next of kin. One person to receive such a bolt from the blue was Melbourne's Marilyn White.

  • byZach Hope
WA communities head responds to foster carers''toxic culture'claims

WA communities head responds to foster carers''toxic culture'claims

The director general of WA’s Department of Communities says she is “disappointed” at news carers feel they are being unfairly treated in the wake of accusations of a “toxic” culture within the department.

  • byDaile Cross