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4 easy ways to make the festive season less annoying if you’re pregnant

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - Advertiser Photos DECEMBER 1, 2025: Adelaide Thunderbirds Netball player Tayla Williams at Netball SA Stadium. Picture: Emma Brasier

Sport star opens up on dilemma: ‘I don’t want to have to choose’

Adelaide Thunderbirds star Tayla Williams faces a career dilemma shared by 90 per cent of elite netballers. Now, there’s a fresh plan to help them.

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Serge of storm babies at the Mater ,Mums are having babies early due to the air pressure . Kate Greedy with her newborn baby (she hasnÃt named yet ) and Remy with her newborn baby Maya Merlo . Storm Babies. Ph Stuart Sherwin 0438011226 . Picture Annette Dew

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Baby kaboom: Storm theory reborn amid flood of deliveries

Brisbane’s catastrophic storm has triggered an extraordinary baby boom, with doctors confirming the weather phenomenon can cause waters to break and labour to begin unexpectedly.

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Brandan Triffitt, with his sons Charlie and George. Picture: Supplied by family

Father’s suicide attempts after loss of newborn twin exposes shortfall

These Mount Gambier parents have revealed their devastating struggle with grief and guilt after losing one twin at 18 hours old. Now they’re calling for better access to peri-natal mental health.

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‘An important step’: Legal advice for parents fearing asbestos exposure

A lawyer who specialises in asbestos compensation cases says parents worried their kids have been exposed to asbestos-tainted play sand need to do one thing immediately.

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Amy Christie is 35 weeks pregnant and taking fishoil (omega 3) to reduce risk of preterm birth, thanks to a SA breakthrough about to go global. Picture: Brett Hartwig 13th November 2025

Huge benefit of having enough Omega-3 discovered

Pregnant women who have enough Omega-3 can reduce their risk of this happening by 42 per cent.

EMBARGOED TILL MONDAY 17TH NOVEMBER - Cervical Cancer Awareness 2025 - Shauna O’Neill with husband Tom, son Alex and daughter Layla, as well as Shauna undergoing treatment at Mater Hospital Brisbane Picture Supplied

Killer complacency: 250 Aussies die despite homegrown vaccine

Queensland medical experts have issued an urgent warning as hundreds of women continue dying from a preventable cancer despite world-leading vaccination programs.

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Teens and kids who are not on social media. (L-R) Gavi (10), Ami (3, front), dad Yoni, Eitan (7), mum Tarryn and Dinah (13). Picture: Josie Hayden

I’m a 14yo who has never used social media. This is what it’s like

Dina Hersh is 14 and has never used social media in her life. She reveals what it’s like and how she spends her time, ahead of the looming ban for anyone under 16.

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A Melbourne nutritionist and food influencer Stacey Hatfield has died just hours after giving birth to her first child, Stacey Hatfield and husband Nathan Warnecke. Picture: @naturalspoonfuls/Instagram

Doctors and midwives push to outlaw doula-led ‘freebirths’

Midwives and doctors have called for an “end to freebirth deaths” in Australia after several recent tragedies. See the changes they have proposed.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - October 29, 2025: Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Sad reality for Australians despite moves to boost bulk billing

Thousands of Australians face continued out-of-pocket costs as less than one in seven metropolitan GP clinics embrace Labor’s Medicare bulk billing scheme.

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MP Olivia Savvas with her mother Rachel Koopmans-Flanagan. Picture: Supplied

‘Forever shaped’: MP’s silent pain inspires brave mission

Twenty-five years after losing her baby brother, MP Olivia Savvas has helped secure landmark reforms for families experiencing the devastating loss of stillbirth.

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TOOWOOMBA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - JANUARY 23, 2025. Toowoomba Hospital generics Picture: Dan Peled / NewsWire

‘Not safe for women’: Maternity unit turns toxic with ‘spineless’ staff

Toowoomba Hospital has launched an independent review after shocking claims women are being subjected to “obstetric violence” in its maternity ward.

Lincoln Horne, who was 18-months-old when he heartbreakingly died. Picture: Supplied by family

Little 18-month-old boy dies suddenly in shock discovery

Lincoln Horne filled rooms with laughter and warmed hearts with his infectious smile, until the toddler died without any warning, leaving his family heartbroken.

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Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Lunch at Cruden Farm. HWT Chairman Penny Fowler, Sarah Murdoch and Professor Kathryn North Director of Murdoch ChildrenÃs Research Institute. Picture: David Caird

‘Big shoes to fill’: Sarah Murdoch’s mission that drives her every day

The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has been transforming the lives of sick children for almost 40 years. Co-chair and global ambassador Sarah Murdoch has shared how it drives her every day.

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