Family

One of Australia's most loved women, Chrissie Swan, has announced she is pregnant with her third child.

These twins are happy and as cute as a button — but there is no mother in their home. Instead, Huxley and Elijah, aged one, live with their gay dads, Michael Knowles, 31, and Jared Merrell, 28, in Brisbane. They were conceived with the help of a local egg donor and gestational surrogate Rachel Kunde, […]

Nine newsreader andAustralian Women’s Weeklybook reviewer Leila McKinnon has given birth to her first child. Leila and her husband Nine CEO David Gyngell welcomed Edmund “Ted” McKinnon Gyngell into the world at around 2am this morning. The newest addition to McKinnon Gyngell clan is a 51cm, 3.018kg, healthy baby boy who arrived at a tense […]

Actor, genius, rock star, or aristocrat. These are the options a UK website gives women choosing the potential father of their children. No they aren’t profiles on some exclusive dating agency, but a sperm bank offering a catalogue of VIP donors to women with a penchant for privileged backgrounds or celebrity status. Related: My dad […]

Prime Minister Julia Gillard choked back tears in parliament today in a heartfelt tribute to her late father John Gillard. In her first appearance in federal parliament since the passing of her 83-year-old father less than two weeks ago, the Prime Minister thanked members of parliament for their kind wishes and support since his death, […]

Melissa Bridges is a 29-year-old nurse, mother of two, and egg donor to women who can’t have children. She is responsible for four babies and three more on the way. One day, I was working at a hospital and I heard crying, so I went to find out what was wrong. One of the nurses […]

Fashion designer Collette Dinnigan considers herself “very very lucky” to be expecting her second child at age 46, but wants to warn other women not to leave pregnancy so late. Dinnigan, who will be 47 when her son is due in November, underwent years of IVF treatments with her husband Bradley Cocks, 36, before falling […]

Celebrity chef Matt Golinski who survived a house fire that claimed the lives of his wife and three daughters has spoken publicly for the first time since the Boxing Day tragedy. Eight months since the former Ready Steady Cook regular escaped the horrific accident with severe burns to 40 percent of his body, he is […]

It’s been a big year for the Rudd family. With Kevin Rudd and Thérèse Rein’s son Nicholas’ wedding in April, and the birth of their first granddaughter to daughter Jessica in May, beaming new grandmother Thérèse struggles to even recall the tough times that befell them earlier in the year. “When did we take a […]

A child sex offender fighting for the right to have IVF treatment has ignited a fierce debate about the rights of convicted criminals in Victoria. The 34-year-old man — known only as ABY for legal reasons — had sex with a 16-year-old girl in his care while working as a teacher’s aide in 2009. He […]