Sterilisation first option for the disabled

on January 2, 2013 by admin

PARENTS of women with intellectual disabilities are going straight for sterilisation procedures rather than ”existing and viable options” to help control menstruation and contraception, a national Senate inquiry has heard…

Grant Hackett to sue over pre-nuptials with wife Candice Alley

on December 31, 2012 by admin

Fallen swim star Grant Hackett claims a botched pre-nuptial agreement with pop star wife Candice Alley has left him with financial losses…

SchoolKids Bonus payments and paternity leave to be introduced in January

on December 30, 2012 by admin

PARENTS can expect a back-to-school January cash splash from the Gillard government with payments of up to $820 for every child…

Battling for The Children over the Christmas Holidays

on December 23, 2012 by admin

EMOTIONS can run high at Christmas as fractured families attempt to find common ground. Reminds me of something the late comic George Burns said: “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”..

Sole carers in cash bind

on December 19, 2012 by admin

HUNDREDS of single parents in Geelong could be up to $100 a week worse off when they are pushed off the single-parent pension and on to the Newstart allowance in less than two weeks…

Divorcee with cancer can stay in luxury home after eviction bid fails in Family Court

on December 19, 2012 by admin

AN ex-wife who is battling cancer has won a bitter court fight to stay put in a $3 million mansion in Queensland after a failed bid by her ex-husband to kick her out of the former marital home…

For some, carbon tax is a baby bonus

on December 18, 2012 by admin

A GROUP of first-time parents will get help with soaring power bills after the birth of their child as part of a new energy efficiency program…

NSW puts counselling before courts

on December 18, 2012 by admin

FAMILIES would spend less time in court and more time in conferences under a new approach to child protection in NSW, Minister for Women Pru Goward says…

Government slashes Victorian Legal Aid funding

on December 18, 2012 by admin

CUTS to Victorian Legal Aid services will increase delays in an already clogged court system, Bendigo Law Association president Luke Docherty says…

Legal Aid’s $3m deficit leads to cuts

on December 17, 2012 by admin

VICTORIA Legal Aid gave private lawyers and staff a pay rise of more than $7 million a year before announcing drastic changes to its eligibility guidelines to quell its funding crisis…