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Fast Food Giants Sign Children's Code

Jul 2009
Australia’s fast food industry has agreed to a voluntary code to govern how it markets products to children. The code (which takes effect in August) sets new nutrition standards for food featured in television advertisements, internet sites and computer games targeting under 14’s.
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Private Patients Opt For Caesareans

Jul 2009
Some say Australian women really are too posh to push, with a national report on the hospital system showing private patients are much more likely to have a caesarean than public patients.
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Family Dinners: Tradition, Tears And Tv

Jul 2009
The latest Voice of Aussie Mums survey of over 16,500 mothers reported 76% of mums believe sit-down meals strengthened their family's communication.
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High Speed Birth

Jul 2009
A Coomera mother will smile every time she travels the Smith Street overpass, after giving birth to her second child on the busy road in July this year.
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Centrelink, Medicare And Child Support Changes Now In Force

Jul 2009
Millions of people around Australia will be affected by changes occurring across Centrelink, the Child Support Agency and Medicare from July.
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Breastfeeding Campaign Encourages 12 Months

Jul 2009
The message behind Queensland Health’s new breastfeeding campaign is 12 months or more on the breast is “normal, natural and healthy for mums and babies”. National health guidelines recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months, introduction of solids at around six months, and breastfeeding to at least 12 months.
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Gold Coast Population Boom Predicted

Jul 2009
A report by the Residential Development Council which projects the country's population growth up to 2027 has put the Gold Coast at number four on its list of the top 20 biggest growth areas.
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Magazine’s Motivated Mums

Jun 2009

Three years ago, Gold Coast mums Sally and Marissa started a small letterbox drop and magazine delivery company called Motivated Mums. Now, with over a dozen stay-at-home mums on the payroll, they have recently become the distributors of Kids on the Coast. "Stay-at-home mums can earn themselves some pocket money, get some purposeful exercise and help local businesses promote themselves cost effectively!" Sally says. Read more

Six, Going On 30

Jun 2009
Two childhood sweethearts, aged six and seven, eloped from Hanover in northern Germany earlier this year, determined to tie the knot under the African sun. The pair identified as Mika and Anna-Lena "are very much in love and decided to get married in Africa where it is warm, taking with them as a witness Anna-Lena's little sister, aged five", police spokesman Holger Jureczko said.
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Surviving Your Adolescents

Jun 2009
Lifeline Community Care is offering parents and caregivers of over-12’s a helping hand to learn more about adolescence and their role as a parent of a teenager by running a “Surviving Your Adolescents” parenting course.
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