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Pauline Hanson makes her views clear on abortion

1+ hour, 40+ min ago  (56+ words) The One Nation leader said there were "too many abortions in this country" and would prefer to educate about the use of contraception. Updated June 17, 2026 " 2: 35pm, first published 2: 31pm...

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We get that human trafficking is wrong. Why are we trafficking babies?

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (640+ words) May 9, 2026 " 9: 30am After reading yet another devastating story about surrogacy gone wrong this week, there was just one person I really needed to talk to. This week's horror? Two Canberra women, Melinda and Gail Mc Cann, paid censured Melbourne lawyer Paul…...

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Walk in my shoes for a bit: Cyrils fight to die on his own terms

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1036+ words) March 31, 2026 " 5: 00am When Cyril Land's voice began to fail, changing overnight into a croaky whisper, his wife, Lee, knew something was wrong. It took another seven months before the Wodonga man received a devastating diagnosis: motor neurone disease. But that was…...

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Abortion, again, threatens to bring Crisafulli's careful plan unstuck

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (734+ words) February 14, 2026 " 10: 00am Coming into the second calendar year of their first term in government in more than a decade, the LNP has been ticking off much of what it came to power promising to do. Premier David Crisafulli and his team…...

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Hastie, Joyce ignite late-term abortion fight over paid leave for stillbirth law

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (862+ words) Four Coalition MPs have renewed a debate over "late-term abortions" in federal parliament, raising concern that laws guaranteeing paid leave for parents of stillborn children will be used by mothers whose pregnancies are terminated. Outspoken MPs Andrew Hastie and Barnaby…...

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Single and aged 31, I froze my eggs through IVF. Now I'm faced with a difficult choice

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (750+ words) Nearly three years ago, I made the decision to take my fertility into my own hands at 31 and begin IVF by myself. Freezing my eggs while I was not in a relationship felt empowering " it helped me feel as though…...

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Would-be mothers to get "more transparency" on what egg-freezing may do

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (963+ words) Fertility technology has leapt ahead since the first IVF birth in Australia in 1980, but one significant barrier for would-be mothers remains: age. One in 16 babies nationally is now born with the help of IVF, or 17, 963 babies in 2022, but a key…...