More than a million families to benefit from childcare boost

More than a million families to benefit from childcare boost

More than a million families battling the cost of living will get some relief with the federal government’s new childcare rebate boost coming into effect. From Monday, families earning more than $80,000 and less than $530,000 with one or more children under five will receive childcare subsidies of up to 90 per cent depending on … Read more

Aussie paramedic’s warning about garden hoses everyone needs to know: ‘This is scary’

Aussie paramedic’s warning about garden hoses everyone needs to know: ‘This is scary’

A former paramedic has warned parents about the dangers of using a garden hose over summer — after a baby boy suffered serious burns from scalding hot water. Nikki Jurcutz, a paramedic for eight years with Ambulance Victoria, explained how the water inside a hose can heat up quickly between 55C and 60C under the … Read more

Aussie couple’s Christmas miracle after seven years of infertility, 18 failed IVF treatments and multiple miscarriages

Aussie couple’s Christmas miracle after seven years of infertility, 18 failed IVF treatments and multiple miscarriages

For the past seven excruciating years, Nikki Quinn tried desperately to have a baby. The 32-year-old, from Sydney, wanted nothing more than to fulfil her dream of starting her much longed-for family with her fiancé Jade. But the couple endured years of heartbreak with 18 IVF cycles, six embryo transfers and seven devastating miscarriages. For … Read more

SA Premier Peter Malinauskas welcomes new baby

SA Premier Peter Malinauskas welcomes new baby

South Australian Premier Peter Malinaukas and his wife, Annabel, have welcomed their fourth child. The Premier announced on X, formerly known as Twitter, that George Robert Malinauskas, was born on Thursday, November 16, weighing 4.14kg. He also shared a photo of George with his older siblings, Sophie, 8, Jack, 6, and Eliza, 3. Watch the … Read more

Vandal ruins nine-year-old Wodonga cancer patient’s Christmas display

Vandal ruins nine-year-old Wodonga cancer patient’s Christmas display

A regional Victorian community has banded together to raise money for a nine-year-old cancer patient whose Christmas display outside his home was destroyed. Security cameras captured the moment a vandal tore down Ethan Simpson’s display in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The display was posted in the front yard of his Wodonga home and … Read more

NSW parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma to hear from new mums after claims of poor treatment at Wagga Wagga base hospital

NSW parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma to hear from new mums after claims of poor treatment at Wagga Wagga base hospital

A new mother enduring excruciating pain, bleeding and bruising from a severe birth injury was dismissed with one short sentence: “you’ve just had a baby”. It is one of many stories set to be aired at the NSW parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma, sitting in Wagga Wagga on Tuesday. The committee, which has received 4000 … Read more

Sydney mum’s desperate road safety plea after boy killed in festive season crash

Sydney mum’s desperate road safety plea after boy killed in festive season crash

“It just takes one second.” Those are the words of Michelle McLaughlin, a Sydney mum raising awareness about the “national crisis” of child pedestrian fatalities in Australia. One second was more than enough for McLaughlin’s world to forever change, when her four-year-old son Tom was fatally struck by a four-wheel-drive in 2014. Watch the latest … Read more

Baby born after uterus transplant at Sydney’s Royal Hospital for Women in Australian first

Baby born after uterus transplant at Sydney’s Royal Hospital for Women in Australian first

Henry Bryant is only a few days old, but he has already entered the history books. The 2.9kg infant was the first baby born in Australia from a transplanted uterus, arriving into the world via caesarean (C-section) at Sydney’s Royal Hospital for Women on December 15. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Mother becomes first woman in … Read more