‘Surely a hoax’:The call no mother wants
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‘Surely a hoax’:The call no mother wants

In 2012,American journalist James Foley was seized by militia in Syria. His parents waited two agonising years to learn of his fate.

  • byColum McCann andDiane Foley

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How Amy’s newborn dream turned into a financial ordeal

How Amy’s newborn dream turned into a financial ordeal

The first time mother loved being home with baby Bernadette. But the months-long wait for parental leave payments became a financial problem.

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‘With seven brothers,lord help you if you liked a guy!’:Angelique Kidjo on love

‘With seven brothers,lord help you if you liked a guy!’:Angelique Kidjo on love

“If you wanted to bring a boy home,my brothers would line up and my father was at the end of the row,all asking questions.”

  • byJane Rocca
‘Don’t waste time worrying about trivial crap’:Rebecca Gibney on a life worth living

‘Don’t waste time worrying about trivial crap’:Rebecca Gibney on a life worth living

Once described as the “mother of the nation”,the veteran actor speaks frankly on mental health,menopause and her latest role as a calculating church leader.

  • byLorna Gray
I have one gift I want to give to my daughter – and it doesn’t cost a thing

I have one gift I want to give to my daughter – and it doesn’t cost a thing

It’s often said that we want for our kids what we didn’t have ourselves.

  • byJo Stanley
The restaurant where the best thing on the menu isn’t the food
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The restaurant where the best thing on the menu isn’t the food

RSLs provide solid meals at reasonable prices,but that’s really only part of the appeal.

  • byKerri Sackville
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How a ragtag bunch of women renewed my love of football

How a ragtag bunch of women renewed my love of football

They were a pleasure to coach,in part because they never took their footballing adventure,or me,for granted.

  • byPaul Connolly
The tennis-superstar mum:It’s the birth of a new era – almost

The tennis-superstar mum:It’s the birth of a new era – almost

A raft of former top-ranked players competing in this year’s Australian Open are now mums. But what seems like a new trend is,in fact,anything but.

  • byAlan Attwood
‘The hardest thing I’ve ever done’:Ash Barty on her second set as a mother
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‘The hardest thing I’ve ever done’:Ash Barty on her second set as a mother

Her fruitful pro tennis career behind her,Ash Barty is now being served some different challenges.

  • byKonrad Marshall
The groundbreaking Australian scientists growing human eggs outside the body

The groundbreaking Australian scientists growing human eggs outside the body

Research that helped one Melbourne mum have her own biological twins after cancer is being expanded to give other people more ways to have babies.

  • byWendy Tuohy
‘What kind of parent does this?’:How (and why) to stop yelling at your kids

‘What kind of parent does this?’:How (and why) to stop yelling at your kids

Even the most gentle,positive or responsive of parents aren’t immune to yelling at their kids. But it can often make everyone feel worse.

  • byShannon Shelton Miller