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She strapped her 10-month-old baby to her chest and jumped from the 8th floor.
By LUCY ORMONDE On the 13th of March, 44-year-old New York lawyer Cynthia Wachenheim sat down and wrote a 13-page note to her friends and family. In the handwritten letter, written on lined notebook paper, the new mother wrote about a fear; she was convinced her 10-month-old son has autism or cerebral palsy – [read more]
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Sunday’s news in 2 minutes.
1. Yesterday Mamamia reported that Melbourne teenager Alexander Jones, 19, had died after shielding his sister from a collapsing wall on Swanston Street on Friday. Tragically, his 18-year-old sister Bridget has died in hospital three days later. The parents of the teenagers, Ian and Sue, said that they were “overwhelmed” and issued thanks to [read more]
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Saturday’s news in 2 minutes.
1. Tony Abbott’s daughters, Bridget and Frances, have spoken to News Limited about why they think their father would make a good Prime Minister. Frances spoke about gay marriage, saying, “I believe it is inevitable, I believe by the time our generation gets into power I hope and pray something is done about [read more]
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Could you sterilise your own child?
Imagine you have a daughter who is severely intellectually disabled. Caring for her takes up all of your strength and your time. And as if you don’t already have enough to deal with, for about five days every month, everything gets worse. She gets her period. She doesn’t understand what is [read more]
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Thursday’s news in 2 minutes.
1. The NRL will reduce Australian bookmaker Tom Waterhouse‘s appearances in NRL television coverage. The 30-year-old had featured heavily in the first few rounds of the season but after extensive complaints from the public, the NRL told a parliamentary hearing the line between Waterhouse’s role as a bookmaker and commentator would no [read more]
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The Amanda Knox retrial. Your questions answered.
The Amanda Knox trial is one that had the whole world watching a few years ago. And now it seems the series is set to return to our screens. The tragic story of the death of a British student who was on exchange in Italy, has caught global attention – mainly because of [read more]
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Wednesday’s news in two minutes.
1. An Italian court has ordered Amanda Knox – the US woman who was famously acquitted of the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy – to face a retrial. Knox spent four years in jail from 2007 over the murder of Kercher until she was acquitted in October 2011. [read more]
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Congratulations! Baby news for Chrissie Swan.
We couldn’t be happier to share the news that radio personality and Can of Worms host Chrissie Swan has welcomed a baby girl. Chrissie and her husband Chris, who she calls “the Chippie” already have two sons – Leo and Kit. They’ve called their new daughter Peggy. The announcement was made on [read more]
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‘My earliest memories are of Villawood Detention Centre.’
Yesterday, two asylum seekers – a young boy and a women in her 30s – drowned when the boat they were travelling in capsized off the coast of Christmas Island. This tragic story is sadly, not uncommon. Hundreds of people have tried on the dangerous journey to Australia by boat; [read more]
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Raped by her stepfather, then sentenced to 100 lashes as ‘punishment’.
By MELISSA WELLHAM Imagine this. A 15-year-old girl, who has been repeatedly raped by her stepfather, sits in a courtroom during his trial. The evidence is clear, there is no question that this crime took place. That this man, in a position of trust and confidence in her life, violated her sexually [read more]
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Tuesday’s news in two minutes.
1. A lawsuit against the Australian distributor of the faulty PIP breast implants has been dropped because the importer reportedly had limited liability insurance. Around 1000 women in Australia had joined the lawsuit after a number of women around the world with the French-made implants experienced ruptures. 2. Amanda Knox – the [read more]
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What’s white, fluffy and causing drama for the PM today?
What’s white, fluffy and causing controversy for the Prime Minister this week? Kyle Sandilands in a bunny suit, of course. Julia Gillard tweeted this photo of herself with Kyle Sandilands on the weekend. The Prime Minister had invited Sandilands, among many others, to Kirribilli House over the weekend for a fundraiser for Bear Cottage, an [read more]
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Share: ‘I was scammed’ says mum whose daughter was put at risk of deadly disease.
In a tribunal on Friday, a mother told a hearing how the “misleading” name of a controversial anti-vaccination lobby group convinced her not to immunise her daughter. That’s right. We’re talking about the Australian Vaccination Network. Again. Because the AVN – who peddle misleading and dangerous, anti-vaccination rhetoric to new parents – [read more]
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Monday’s news in just two minutes.
1. Two asylum seekers have reportedly drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of Christmas Island today. According to The Australian Maritime Safety Authority, the boat capsized at around 8:00am. At least 93 people have been rescued from the water by customs staff. In a statement, Home Affairs Minister Jason Claire said:”The people will [read more]
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Sunday’s news in under 2 minutes.
1. In Georgia, a 13-month-old baby boy was tragically shot and killed, as his mother pushed him in a pram a few blocks from her apartment. Two teenage suspects have been arrested in regards to the crime. 2. Postnatal psychosis is a little-known illness, but it allegedly affects three mothers in NSW every [read more]
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JAMILA: She was 6-years-old, John Laws. She was NOT ‘provocative’.
By JAMILA RIZVI Do you listen to the John Laws’ radio show? Yeah, neither do I. And yesterday I was reminded why. John Laws is the 77-year-old host of the morning program on 2SM radio in Sydney. For those of us who aren’t familiar with what Mr Laws is all about, the station’s [read more]
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Saturday’s news in under 2 minutes.
1. Artist Del Kathryn Barton has won the coveted Archibald Prize for the second time, with a portrait of Hugo Weaving. Barton has been a finalist in the portraiture competition four times in the past, winning the award in 2008 for a painting of herself with her two children. 2. The [read more]
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Cheat sheet: What the hell happened with the Labor Party?
By MICHELLE GRATTAN An extraordinary orgy of self-destruction has left Labor looking a shambles, with Julia Gillard now facing a reshuffle and an almost impossible task to get her government into fighting form for the September 14 election. Nearly three years ago, Kevin Rudd was brought down by Gillard and her [read more]
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Friday’s news in 2 minutes.
1. It’s been a tough 24 hours for the Australian Labor Party, with the only real winner to emerge out of yesterday’s leadership debacle, being Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. Mamamia covered the (failed) spill of the Labor leadership live on Twitter and on the site, so you can read all about [read more]
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Forced Adoption Apology: “We are the mothers of these children and we were persecuted.”
Today, Prime Minister Julia Gillard will deliver a national apology to the tens of thousands of Australians affected by forced adoptions. Forced adoption policies were in place in Australia from the 1950s to the 1970s. Those affected by the forced adoptions – mothers, fathers, children, siblings and extended family – have been lobbying [read more]
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Thursday’s news in 2 minutes.
1. Malala Yousafzai – the 15-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by Taliban members because of her work to promote education for girls – has gone back to school for the first time since the incident in October. In a statement about her first day at school in [read more]
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The newest Victoria’s Secret Angel is photoshopped but not in the way you’d expect.
Karlie Kloss is the latest (super)model to join the ranks of the Victoria’s Secret Angels. Don’t care we hear you say? Well, like you, we usually reserve a certain kind of feigned interest for celebrity ‘news’ of this nature but our negative body image ears pricked up on this one. And we’re calling it [read more]
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She was 13. She promised to get circumcised if she could continue going to school.
When she was 13 years old, Kakenya Ntaiya made a deal with her father. She promised to get circumcised if he let her continue to go to school. In the Masai community where Kekenya lived in Kenya, only 11 per cent of girls go to high school. “In the Masais, the boys are brought up [read more]
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Wednesday’s news in just two minutes
1. We may well have a new Prime Minister by the end of this week, with Australia’s most prominent political commentators all predicting a spill for the Labor leadership in the coming days. While most still favour Kevin Rudd as the likely candidate against Julia Gillard, new rumours are emerging today that former [read more]
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‘Those poor boys.’ Wait, aren’t they the rapists?
By MELISSA WELLHAM TRIGGER WARNING: This article deals with an account of rape/sexual assault and may be triggering for survivors of abuse. It’s the rape case making headlines all around the world. Late last year, a 16-year-old girl in Steubenville, Ohio, went to a party, got drunk and left with a number [read more]
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Fashion isn’t life or death. This is.
Wow. If you needed something to give you the impetus to donate more generously to charity, then this is it. The horrifying juxtaposition of the first world’s materialistic nature with the absolute necessities of the third world. Take a look: Suddenly that designer handbag is not so lust-worthy, hey? These are images from the People [read more]
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KATE ELLIS: Ending the ‘tag team’ pick up and drop off for parents.
By KATE ELLIS I met a mother at child care centre recently who told me about the great lengths her and her partner need to go to juggle just getting the kids to and from child care. She told me how they have to ‘tag team’ the pick-up and drop [read more]
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Tuesday’s news in two minutes.
1. Kath and Kim star Gina Riley is being treated for breast cancer. The 51-year-old was diagnosed before Christmas and has had surgery to remove the cancer. Riley, who plays Kim in the hit comedy series, is using her own diagnosis as a reminder to other women to get their breasts checked. [read more]
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Monday’s news in only two minutes.
1. Two teenagers in Ohio have been found guilty of raping an allegedly drunk 16-year-old girl at a party. Football players Trent Mays, 17, and Ma’Lik Richmond, 16, made headlines earlier this year when photos and video of the assault were shared over the internet. The boys were tried as juveniles and were sentenced [read more]
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Sunday’s news in 2 minutes.
1. A 39-year-old Swiss female tourist has been gang-raped in rural India. She was on a cycling trip with her husband in the Madhya Pradesh state, when 7-8 men attacked the couple. The assailants reportedly tied up the husband, and raped the woman in his presence. This news story is [read more]