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A Brisbane mother has lost her unborn child after she was involved in a serious car crash on Friday.

The woman, 30, was a passenger in the Nissan vehicle that collided with a Holden Commodore in Marsden at 7.45pm on Friday. The woman was 38 weeks pregnant when she was taken to Royal Brisbane Hospital with police now revealing she lost her unborn child as a result of the crash.

The driver of her car, 39, along with two children – a 10-year old boy and an 18-month old girl – were taken to Logan Hospital with minor injuries. The driver of the Commodore, a 32-year old man, suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries. He is currently being treated in Brisbane’s Princess Alexandria Hospital.

Australia will provide Kurdish fighters with munitions to fight against the Islamic State in Iraq.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott says: “The United States Government has requested that Australia help to transport stores of military equipment, including arms and munitions, as part of a multi-nation effort.” Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has described IS as “evil incarnate” and supports the continuation of multi-country efforts to respond to the “humanitarian catastrophe” in Iraq.

The Australian Greens Party is concerned about the multi-nation policy, stating: “It is time for the PM to front the Australian people. We should be an independent nation. We should have an independent foreign policy.”

Aircraft may fly their first mission within days.

Sonia Kruger: “You can be a good parent at 28 or 48.”

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The host of Nine’s Mornings, Sonia Kruger, has lashed out at her critics, saying that she will be an active mother in her 50s. Kruger, 49, became pregnant after using a donor egg from a friend. This follows several unsuccessful attempts to conceive with her partner Craig McPherson.

“It’s been difficult. You start to question yourself. You start to view yourself as a failure. It’s the hardest decision to make: ‘Should I let it go?’ ”

Kruger is currently 17 weeks pregnant and reportedly “feels like living off hot chips.” Ah, don’t we all.

Indigenous leaders are outraged over Tony Abbott’s white settlement remarks.

In Canberra on Friday, Prime Minister Tony Abbott launched the “100 defining moments in Australian history” project at the National Museum of Australia. At the launch, the PM said that “the arrival of the first fleet was the defining moment in the history of this continent.” The comment has drawn a prompt reaction from Warren Mundine, chairman of  the Indigenous advisory board.

“It was also a disastrous defining moment for Indigenous people,” said Mr. Mundine. Head of the Stolen Generation Council for NSW and ACT, Matilda House, called the PM’s comments “ridiculous.”

“I can’t fathom how a ship or a boat sailed into Sydney Harbour can overtake 60,000 years before.”

Manhunt ensues after a Jehovah’s Witness couple snatched their terminally ill son Ashya, 5, from hospital.

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Police have obtained a European arrest warrant for the parents, Brett and Naghmeh King, on the issue of ‘neglect.’

Two civil guards have been stationed outside a luxurious apartment in the resort of Estepona, Spain after local police received a number of ‘positive sightings’ in the search for Ashya King.

Ashya is suffering from a brain tumour and requires 24-hour-a-day care. He is in a wheelchair and is fed through a tube, but it is thought the system’s battery was due to run out last night.

It is believed that Brett and Naghmeh King refused to accept their son’s fate and ‘ran away in desperation.’

Magazine journalist talks about leading a double life: mother-of-two and high-class escort.

Mother-of-two and former journalist at InStyle, Prevention and New Idea magazine, Amanda Goff, has been living a double life. Ms Goff is also Samantha X, a High Class Escort that charges $5,000 a night for her time.

Amanda will appear on Channel Seven’s Sunday Night to talk about her profession and hint at the contents of her new book, “Hooked – Secrets of a High-Class Escort.”

When asked by Sunday Night reporter James Thomas if she “thinks her profession defines her as a parent”, Ms Goff replied “I don’t think that because you’re a neurosurgeon you’re necessarily a good parent. I don’t think that if you’re a criminal you’re a bad parent.”

The Sunday Night exclusive airs tonight.