Three years ago Alexa Leary’s family were told she would never walk again. Now she’s on top of the world after one of the great comebacks in human history. See the story and videos behind her world record breaking performances.
An email from the National Disability Insurance Agency has revealed a number of errors in the handling of a teenager’s NDIS plan, apologising for the “stressed this caused” prior to his fatal cardiac arrest.
A teenager living with a devastating muscle condition spent the last months of his life in anguish, sending a final desperate text message moments before he died asking whether he had any response from Bill Shorten about the status of his NDIS funding.
A working mum of two who moved her family to rural Queensland to escape the overpriced Sydney rental market has been confronted with the reality of life without a home and her two children now living away from her.
A mum who asked her misbehaving son to get out of the car has faced court after her actions resulted in a heartbreaking death following the most tragic of circumstances.
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A four-year-old boy has been surprisingly excited to find a huge coastal carpet python curled up in his pet budgie’s cage. The only problem was the his budgie was nowhere to be seen. He’s not the only one though.
Vodka raspberries, barely-there outfits and the worst pick-up lines ever. A Surfers Paradise bartender on the nightclub strip reveals all about Schoolies patrons. Read her wild and hilarious diary.
Michelle Battersby, the woman who helped launch Bumble in Australia, was terrified of what having children would do to her career — so she had two abortions. Listen to her story.
Much-loved parenting expert and TV personality Dr Justin Coulson has issued a gut-wrenching plea after the shattering news that his nephew has suicided at 20. It comes amid calls for real-time reporting of suicide deaths.
I won’t romanticise it, it was tough. And just when I thought I couldn’t possibly deal anymore, seven words changed everything.
Australia’s tutoring industry has been described as the ‘Wild West’, with some parents forking out up to $200 an hour. See the full list of SA tutors who have been checked and recommended.
Sarah Marie Fahd talks about her struggles with mastitis while breastfeeding both her children — and reveals how she’s feeling about her body post baby number two.
Sarah Marie Fahd has had to deal with online trolls while being in the public eye — but she didn’t expect some of the comments about her picking up her crying child.
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