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Caroline Overington
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Not so easy for have-it-all generation
THE GENERATION of Australian women who were told they could have it all is about to turn 40.
Wheat scandal probe dropped
THE nation’s worst trade scandal — the $300 million in kickbacks paid to the regime of Saddam Hussein on the eve of the Iraq war in 2003 — will go unpunished by criminal sanction.
Balibo probe stalls over exhumation
FAMILIES have disputed whether the remains of five newsmen in Balibo in 1975 should be exhumed and examined for evidence.
When mum is nana
AS a nation, we can’t be sure when the first surrogate baby was born. The practice was for so long illegal, nobody talked about it.
‘Flaws’ in Howard’s parenting law
THE shared-parenting law is deeply flawed and must be either amended or thrown out, according to family law professors.
Hostage to fortune
SHE came to Sydney to play the role of Matron Mama Morton in Chicago and she may have been expecting glamour but Kath and Kim comedian Gina Riley instead found herself occupying a room in a Darling Harbour hotel that overlooked the Pig Ship.
Agony of children at divorce has clout
THE Family Court has at last recognised the “agony” children suffer during divorce by forcing their warring parents to live close to each other, says a campaigner for the reform introduced by the Howard government.
Kerri-Anne is the goods
SHE gets all kind of requests but this one took even Kerri-Anne Kennerley by surprise.
Fat ‘bully’ loses to Thai bride
A MAN who went to Thailand to find a sixth wife and put her into servitude has lost three-quarters of his assets in the Family Court.
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