Tummy tucks and IVF: how super cash is leaking away
Money is pouring out of superannuation – legally and illegally – as savers move to tap their savings long before retirement.
Relationships
Super and IVF: Whose money is it, anyway?
An industry fund has broken ranks from the mantra that superannuation money is strictly for retirement by highlighting how its members can access early super for IVF treatment.
Pre-term births at highest in Top End
First Nations women in the Top End of the Northern Territory experience some of the highest rates of premature birth in the world, new research has found.
Billion dollar babies: Fertility clinics in growth phase
Fertility clinic revenues are outperforming the economy and set to climb, led by demand for egg freezing by women like Olympic triathlete Emma Jeffcoat.
IVF embryos a new divorce war front
Many IVF contracts do not include any provisions about what to do with frozen tissues in the event a relationship breaks down or one of the parents dies.
Is the nuclear family disappearing?
Social fabric is critical in urban design as we look to service some big demographic shifts.
Kids will pay the price in push for universal childcare
Advocates fail to acknowledge the evidence that daycare can harm young children’s development.
‘Frankly, it’s frightening’: our kids are far from all right
One in three of primary school children ‘feel bad for long periods of time,’ while 53 per cent of secondary school children ‘feel very stressed’. Something seismic is going on across the nation.
Frozen eggs ‘as good as fresh’
As more women than ever choose to freeze their eggs, advances in IVF techniques mean survival and fertility rates match those of fresh eggs.
Dismantle the gender stereotypes, not kids’ sex
When I was seven, I asked my mum if I could be a boy. I’m still not ultra-feminine, but I’m glad I wasn’t medicated to make my biological reality align with whatever inner experience I was having.
Birth a solo effort when midwife can’t be found
After three decades of shutdowns, the lack of maternity services in rural and remote Australia is now a national crisis, with babies increasingly being born without healthcare on hand
We’re mad to give our children smartphones
Only by barring under-16s from social media can we break this toxic cycle of anxiety, addiction and mental ill-health.
Folbigg’s freedom fighters who helped end 20 years in hell
In the end, like so many tragedies, a saga that spanned decades and inflicted so much grief was suddenly over. Kathleen Folbigg was free.
Erectile nasal spray to disrupt Viagra
Viagra revolutionised the treatment of erectile dysfunction, but a major issue with the drug – how long it takes to work – could be solved.
Sex? I’m over it
I’m ready for the freedom of a post-sex life and a new way to co-exist in my marriage. Greedy, I know.
‘Striking cognitive impact’: how Covid babies are different
Babies raised in the isolation of the pandemic had an unexpected start to life, and the results are showing. What happened – and will it be permanent?
Australia’s LGBTQ+ game changers
From actors and athletes to politicians, performers and beyond, we take a look at some of the most prominent LGBTQ+ game changers.
Two women, a DNA test and the gift of finally knowing Dad
Two girls are born in different states, three years apart. More than half a century later, they ask for the same birthday present. What follows will change their lives.
The punishing reality of a middle-aged IVF dream
Seven years, 31 IVF attempts and $250,000. Suvi Mahonen, 48, and her doctor husband stopped at nothing to have a baby. But how far is too far?
How miracle baby Spencer survived Putin’s invasion
Baby Spencer – seven long years in the making – is the result of an epic IVF odyssey and extreme rendition of the rollercoaster ride tens of thousands of Australians embark on each year.
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