Please keep sweet Marcelina in your prayers. 

Please keep sweet Marcelina in your prayers. What began as what seemed like a simple fever quickly turned into every parent’s worst nightmare. Just two days after being admitted to the hospital, 2-year-old Marcelina was diagnosed with **stage V Wilms tumors affecting both of her kidneys**. Since then, she has endured an incredibly difficult journey. … Read more

‘Nobody Is Off Limits’: Andrews and Allan Could Face Victoria’s $50m Big Build Royal Commission

Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan could be compelled to give evidence before Victoria’s sweeping new $50 million construction royal commission after Premier Ben Carroll declared that “nothing is off limits” in the investigation into corruption, criminal conduct and serious misconduct surrounding the state’s major infrastructure projects. The inquiry represents one of the most consequential investigations … Read more

‘Hands off our super’: Unions unite against One Nation and Liberals in $4.5 trillion election fight

Australia’s union movement is joining forces for a campaign against One Nation and the Liberals over compulsory superannuation, opening what Labor believes could become one of the defining battles of the next federal election. The campaign carries a deliberately simple message: “Hands off our super.” Major unions plan to keep the campaign running through to … Read more

An 8-year-old girl is slowly dying from brain cancer, and her mom is asking people to hear her story before she has to face the goodbye she cannot imagine.

An 8-year-old girl is slowly dying from brain cancer, and her mom is asking people to hear her story before she has to face the goodbye she cannot imagine. But Sabrena Beard also wants other parents to hear the warning buried inside their heartbreak. It started with headaches. On January 1st, Sabrena says her then-7-year-old … Read more

MODEL WHO WALKED THE RUNWAY WHILE BREASTFEEDING HER BABY SPARKED A GLOBAL CONVERSATION ON MOTHERHOOD AND WORK

MODEL WHO WALKED THE RUNWAY WHILE BREASTFEEDING HER BABY SPARKED A GLOBAL CONVERSATION ON MOTHERHOOD AND WORK During the 2018 Miami Swim Week, model Mara Martin captured the attention of audiences worldwide when she stepped onto the runway wearing a gold bikini while calmly breastfeeding her five-month-old daughter, Aria. What made the moment so extraordinary … Read more

Calls Grow to Strip Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan of $300,000-Plus Pensions if Big Build Corruption Is Proven

A new political battle has erupted over the parliamentary pensions of former Victorian premiers Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan, with calls for the pair to lose retirement benefits reportedly worth more than $300,000 a year if serious corrupt conduct is ultimately established through the state’s coming Big Build royal commission. The proposal has opened a … Read more

Inside the six-person NSW Police team whose digital detective work led to seven arrests across five countries

A six-person NSW Police team working from Sydney has helped crack an alleged international child-exploitation network, generating intelligence that led to seven men being arrested across five countries and children being pulled from danger. The officers and civilian specialists work largely behind screens, examining some of the most disturbing material imaginable for clues that most … Read more

One Nation refuses to delete anti-Hanson student protest video after legal threats from parents

A bitter dispute over Australia’s anti-Pauline Hanson student protests has entered a new phase, with One Nation saying lawyers representing parents have demanded the removal of viral footage showing young protesters outside South Australia’s Parliament House. The party is refusing to take the video down. It argues the footage records conduct that occurred openly at … Read more

I was six months pregnant when I heard my husband’s mistress whisper, ‘Kick her hard in the belly… and we’ll tell the judge she fell.’ I should have run. Instead, I stayed just long enough to hear his answer—and that was the moment my marriage died. They thought I was weak, unstable, easy to erase. But neither of them knew one thing that would change everything in court… I was six months pregnant when I heard the sentence that changed everything.

“Kick her hard in the belly so she loses the baby, then we’ll tell the judge she fell because of her mental instability.”I froze outside the study door, one hand on the wall, the other over my stomach. The voice was Vanessa Reed’s—my husband Daniel’s mistress, the woman he had sworn was “just a client” … Read more

Science and Humanity: How a Life-Changing Operation Gave Angel a New Future

For years, Angel’s face was dominated by a rare medical condition that made even ordinary childhood activities difficult. Born in the Philippines with a severe frontal encephalocele, Angel developed a large protrusion containing abnormal tissue and fluid through an opening in the skull. Her condition not only dramatically changed the appearance of her face, but also … Read more