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After seven years of IVF, we turned to a surrogate. It’s been a challenging journey
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (493+ words) March 22, 2026 " 4:00am Designer "ener Besim has had numerous roles in the Australian fashion industry. These days, he is the founder and designer of his eponymous jewellery and clothing label. Here, the 54-year-old father of two talks about the important women in…...
Australian-made babies galore? Let’s examine that thought, Matt Canavan
1+ week, 1+ day ago (795+ words) March 13, 2026 " 2:52pm Have you noticed when men call on women to make more babies, they gird themselves with male myths? Women who've lived in that highly masculinised, mythologised "past" that younger men want to "bring back" would laugh in their face,…...
Health minister orders review into troubled maternity unit
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (345+ words) February 10, 2026 " 9:57am An independent review into services at the Toowoomba Hospital's beleaguered maternity unit has been ordered by the Queensland health minister following claims by mothers and families of obstetric violence and coercion. Health Minister Tim Nicholls said the review, commissioned…...
The reason why some Queensland women are opting for unassisted births
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (1545+ words) Olivia Ruby was 21 years old when she gave birth to her first child at Brisbane's Mater Hospital. It was not the birthing experience the young mother had envisaged: she'd been in prodromal labour, a false type of labour that involves…...
Experts warn of ‘excessive bleeding’ for victims of rat poison
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (535+ words) Health authorities continue to search for the source of a poisoning incident that led to five people being hospitalised in Brisbane's south in the past week after ingesting rat bait. Queensland Health issued an alert to staff on Saturday warning…...
Rat poison mystery: Queensland Health scrambles after five hospitalised
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (453+ words) Queensland Health is scrambling to identify how at least five people were poisoned in Brisbane's south, with tests confirming they were hospitalised after ingesting rat bait. The patients presented to the Logan and Princess Alexandra hospitals in the past week....
Woman gives birth to stranger’s baby after ‘distressing’ IVF bungle
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (470+ words) Monash IVF has confirmed a woman has given birth to a stranger's baby following a mix-up it has blamed on human error at one of its fertility clinics in Brisbane. A woman impregnated through IVF has given birth to a…...