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More than 100,000 Aussies stranded in Middle East
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (58+ words) More than 100,000 Australians are in the Middle East but the federal government isn't planning on providing any repatriation flights at this stage. More than 100,000 Australians are in the Middle East but the federal government isn't planning on providing any repatriation…...
Deborah’s mother gave birth to nine children. Six of them were taken
13+ hour, 26+ min ago (451+ words) March 2, 2026 " 5:00am Each week, Benjamin Law asks public figures to discuss the subjects we're told to keep private by getting them to roll a die. The numbers they land on are the topics they're given. This week, he talks to Deborah…...
She tried to leave her abusive partner. It cost Sophia her children
13+ hour, 26+ min ago (1004+ words) March 2, 2026 " 5:00am "They were like, "Oh, we can't really help you get a place,' and I was like, "Well, I'm about to have open-heart surgery, and I've got a four-month-old little boy, what do I do?' They were just like, "Oh,…...
‘Empty inside’: The Australian family fighting Italy for their ‘unschooled’ children
21+ hour, 36+ min ago (994+ words) March 1, 2026 " 8:50pm An Australian family who had their three children taken from them by Italian authorities because of their controversial upbringing has called on the Albanese government to intervene to help get them back. The eight-year-old daughter and six-year-old twins of…...
Heath and Darren met at Mardi Gras 30 years ago. This year they said, ‘I do’
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (492+ words) February 28, 2026 " 3:22pm It was sheer coincidence that Heath Seib and Darren Sheen had never crossed paths before they found themselves dancing through the night at Mardi Gras in 1996. The strangers, who met at a mutual friend's pre-party, grew up within 10 kilometres…...
Commercial childcare operators fight to survive as parents head for exits after scandal
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (1138+ words) February 28, 2026 " 5:00am Last year's childcare sex abuse scandal dropped a bomb on Australia's for-profit operators, which found themselves at the core of the tragedy, and for good reason. Their high staff turnover and lax standards have been described as fertile ground…...
This boat builder had nightmares of boats crashing. The reality was far worse
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (803+ words) On Friday, the 13th of February, Jack Taylor looked at an empty exhibition centre filled with high-performance catamarans and said he no longer suffered from nightmares about any of them breaking. It was the afternoon before the Auckland Sail Grand Prix,…...
I’ve always been a proud swearer. There are no ‘bad’ words, just poor uses for them
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (628+ words) February 26, 2026 " 7:00pm My maternal grandfather was a Yorkshireman, and a dour Yorkshireman at that. He didn't say much, just glowered. Perhaps that's why one family lunch stands out in my memory. He was usually very abstemious, so maybe it was the…...
I was 10 when I started feeling the pain, but well into adulthood before anyone believed me
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (775+ words) February 26, 2026 " 3:30pm One hundred and twenty-seven. That's precisely how many grey speckled dots are on the ceiling of my primary school sickbay. I'm 10 years old and lying down on a scratchy bed, knees pressed to my chest with rattled breaths trying…...
When a school mum wanted to keep the WhatsApp after graduation, this was my reaction
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (327+ words) February 26, 2026 " 5:00am Last year I lost roughly three months of my time on five apps for my kids. Honestly, I never knew the school app and various parent group chats would absorb so much of it. All the school mums I…...