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Playing fraudster Belle Gibson ‘felt like a calling’ for Kaitlyn Dever

For many young actors, the chance to portray cancer “survivor” Belle Gibson would hold great appeal. And for the 28-year-old, the role was also deeply personal.

  • Steve Dow

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I thought I’d found the perfect gift. It turned into a disaster

All those months, all that work, all that money, shrunk to a rag.

  • Kerri Sackville

‘I love being a man, but it’s tough at times’: Harry Garside

“We don’t have the same emotional support systems as women,” says the 27-year-old boxer.

  • Jane Rocca
Victoria Devine had preecalmpsia during the last trimester of her pregnancy and was trolled on social media.

Taylor Swift helped me through one of the toughest times of my life

My pregnancy was not an easy one, but there were some days of magic – including three glorious hours singing at the top of my lungs with some of my closest girlfriends (and 96,000 others) to Taylor Swift.

  • Victoria Devine

My ‘dirty little secret’ gave me an award-winning career

Why do people think it’s only of interest to those of dodgy morality and low IQ?

  • Wendy James

Banning G-strings at public pools is a bummer for some, but it’s the right move

Blue Mountains City Council has banned G-string bikinis at its pools, causing online outrage. But not everyone wants to see your bare bum.

  • Cherie Gilmour
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Kate Halfpenny and her son Jack.

Discovering that motherhood has a strange way of stretching love

Outside, the city was baking, but my world had just narrowed and widened to just my boy.

  • Kate Halfpenny
Mother and child doing well: Bethany Williams with her daughter.

Instagram almost shamed me into refusing pain relief in childbirth

Social media algorithms told me that I had to give birth at home, without drugs. But my baby didn’t care about the influencers’ rules around childbirth.

  • Bethany Williams
Is white the best colour for a baby?

This beige generation (or is it vanilla?) is throwing out the baby joy

A friend who bought pink clothes for her grandchild was told thanks, but no thanks. Are we becoming too precious about babywear?

  • Claire Heaney
A rolling GIF of artist’s impressions for the new Rouse Hill hospital, which is due to open around 2029.

This hospital will cost $700 million. There’ll be nowhere to have a baby

Locals in the Hills Shire were furious to discover that, when their new hospital eventually opens, it won’t have a birthing suite.

  • Angus Thomson

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