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  1. Tony Abbott causes a riot. (523 replies)
  2. Please support Nurses and read on ... (17 replies)
  3. Di Bliss, wife of Alan Bond has passed away (0 replies)
  4. Can I ask why? (3 replies)
  5. Herald Sun Poll (0 replies)
  6. Paramedics outraged at Judges Dismissal of Case (33 replies)
  7. Queensland moves to wipe out puppy mills (13 replies)
  8. What do you think about this? (0 replies)
  9. "Nut free schools an overreaction" (117 replies)
  10. Moved: Sack Vile Kyle (-- replies)
  11. Violent Child Attack/Rape (51 replies)
  12. Western Australia facing whooping cough epidemic (182 replies)
  13. India marks first year with a Milestone (16 replies)
  14. Government forcing teen mums to finish year 12 (37 replies)
  15. Hepatitis C, vaccine breakthrough! (13 replies)
  16. Container ship breaking up on Christmas Island (5 replies)
  17. Young mum shoots intruder dead (92 replies)
  18. 7yo boy missing from shopping centre (2 replies)
  19. Pay rises for pollies (37 replies)
  20. Twins born on different days.. (11 replies)
  21. Centrelink/Job Network Fraud (15 replies)
  22. Another bloody levy (2 replies)
  23. Petrol station fire warning. (96 replies)
  24. Are people really this stupid? (32 replies)
  25. Chef Matt Golinksi's wife and three children die in house fire (58 replies)
  26. Bad Santa at Logan Hyperdome taunts family of autistic, Aspergers children (77 replies)
  27. Man-made supervirus? (28 replies)
  28. jAKE MCNALLY! uRGENT! PERTH AREA. 2 children missing grave concerns! (21 replies)
  29. Keep your mitts off our muffs (25 replies)
  30. The end of credit cards? (1 reply)
  31. Newspaper report on an abandoned dog - warning distressing (10 replies)
  32. Pathetic sentences for murder (1 reply)
  33. UK sentencing WARNING*child abuse mentioned* (9 replies)
  34. Earthquake hits Christchurch - again :( (18 replies)
  35. US constitution story (1 reply)
  36. Christopher Hitchins has died (22 replies)
  37. Kim Jong Il has died (25 replies)
  38. can someone please explain what is going on in europe? (5 replies)
  39. What d'ya reckon...9/11 or clouds... (22 replies)
  40. Looks like the stepfather did it... (10 replies)
  41. Molly Meldrum in a critical condition. (12 replies)
  42. Penny Wong is a mum (52 replies)
  43. Public Swimming Pool, White Only! (9 replies)
  44. Canberra boy faces animal cruelty charges (1 reply)
  45. telstra major privacy breech! (29 replies)
  46. RSPCA - the alternative to pet boarding (1 reply)
  47. Government to crack down on child support (17 replies)
  48. Dad delivers baby on freeway! (4 replies)
  49. Topic temporarily removed (1 reply)
  50. Anyone seen this? (51 replies)
  51. Sad in so many ways (102 replies)
  52. Australian Story-biased or not? (23 replies)
  53. Victorian coronor advises parents to avoid sleeping with babies (169 replies)
  54. Indonesion boy freed after 2 years in adult prison (35 replies)
  55. Labor votes to sell uranium to India (0 replies)
  56. Removed thread -Gilham release (0 replies)
  57. Saudis fear there will be ‘no more virgins’ (36 replies)
  58. Baby bonus to be reduced by $400 from September 2012 (201 replies)
  59. Unemployed British man expecting 17th child (11 replies)
  60. Reflecting on a tragedy (26 replies)
  61. ***sensitive - mentions child death*** I'm speechless...what is wrong with some people! (11 replies)
  62. If there was ever a need for asylum this would be it. (0 replies)
  63. Oh My! A birth weight of 6kg (12 replies)
  64. Peter Slipper now speaker (34 replies)
  65. Parents jailed *sensitive topic* (11 replies)
  66. Petition to drop Kyle Sandilands (62 replies)
  67. At 7 news 2 year old girl passed away after failed diagnosed from the dr. (21 replies)
  68. I don't understand... (warning may be disturbing) (1 reply)
  69. Changes made to monitoring your baby's growth and development (SA) (7 replies)
  70. Teen Parents charged with SA babys murder (21 replies)
  71. Changing Family Violence Laws (43 replies)
  72. Removed threads (3 replies)
  73. Matthew Newton on ACA (37 replies)
  74. Human Trafficking (0 replies)
  75. Senator guilty of assault but not shoplifting (0 replies)
  76. Fake Dr injects cement, mineral oil and flat-tyre sealant for a better looking butt (11 replies)
  77. Fire at Quakers Hill nursing home - fatalities confirmed :( (32 replies)
  78. McDonalds dumps supplier after cruelty video (5 replies)
  79. Missing Couple from Victoria (14 replies)
  80. Hockey champion hopes to break silence on sexuality (2 replies)
  81. Why is tolerance of other cultures encouraged? (18 replies)
  82. Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban - new baby girl! (162 replies)
  83. 1 in 3 parents go without to feed kids (145 replies)
  84. US marines to be based in Darwin. (10 replies)
  85. Removed thread (0 replies)
  86. rat lungworm (12 replies)
  87. School formal cancelled by organiser at last minute (17 replies)
  88. Carbon tax and suffering? (71 replies)
  89. Mum regrets conceiving baby at 57 (33 replies)
  90. Hacker group target child porn sites (4 replies)
  91. Here's one for the bogan bashers AND the grammar police! (36 replies)
  92. Who says men don't b**ch? (0 replies)
  93. Bali boy signs 6 figure deal with Channel 9 (47 replies)
  94. Mum abandons her 7 kids before having her 8th (23 replies)
  95. never mind (4 replies)
  96. Qantas flights grounded (410 replies)
  97. Soldiers in Afghanistan (12 replies)
  98. Qantas grounds ALL domestic and Intl flights (2 replies)
  99. Mother faces manslaughter charge after baby left in car died (91 replies)
  100. Here's why we're ALL mandatory reporters (46 replies)
  101. Scientists lead call to end Shark Culling (13 replies)
  102. Shame on Today Tonight (16 replies)
  103. Gender quota for NBN Co and Aus Post (10 replies)
  104. RIP little one - Yue Yue hit and run victim from China age 2, dies (18 replies)
  105. Prime Minister Julia Gillard's free vote on gay marriage. (6 replies)
  106. Stem Cells from Breast Milk (3 replies)
  107. What has happened to us? (64 replies)
  108. Zahra's Lullaby (9 replies)
  109. Swing to Labor if marriage equality supported (6 replies)
  110. Father abducts son AGAIN (17 replies)
  111. Gary Narkle weds in prison - Part-WDYT Part-Unbeleivable! (31 replies)
  112. WARNING - EXTREMELY UPSETTING REPORT AND PICTURES (2 replies)
  113. 12 year old girl abducted, beaten and forced to marry in Pakistan (8 replies)
  114. Pharmacies to begin upselling vitamins (68 replies)
  115. Car accident with 1yo on mother's lap (0 replies)
  116. iPhone 4s - 1,000,000 pre-orders in first 24 hours (20 replies)
  117. How amazing (0 replies)
  118. Please please help - Somali famine (62 replies)
  119. Front loading washing machine accident (0 replies)
  120. Beware the Women in Pink (6 replies)
  121. Repeating fails to help struggling students (0 replies)
  122. Make Reversing Cameras Mandatory on All New Cars (110 replies)
  123. OccupyWallSt (15 replies)
  124. RIP Steve Jobs (48 replies)
  125. Older mums are selfish and self-centered? (204 replies)
  126. Child poverty (0 replies)
  127. Social unrest in the US (1 reply)
  128. So sad, RIP little man ***may be distressing*** (51 replies)
  129. Childcare costs set to rise (9 replies)
  130. Robert Farquharson's appealing again (7 replies)
  131. Fed up families drop homework (184 replies)
  132. PETA to launch porn site in name of animal rights (24 replies)
  133. Mem Fox's Husband Guilty (122 replies)
  134. Valete Steve the Perth College bus driver. (0 replies)
  135. Vaccinations again (13 replies)
  136. "Home is where the Hurt is" (sensitive) (6 replies)
  137. Baby dies in sling (62 replies)
  138. Lovely heartwarming story - suicide prevention (0 replies)
  139. What in the world?! Crazy news story (4 replies)
  140. Zahra Baker's stepmother charged with murder (15 replies)
  141. Deleted thread (0 replies)
  142. Keisha to be laid to rest. (0 replies)
  143. Best ever off-the-wall news stories (17 replies)
  144. Government Reviving Malaysia Asylum Seeker Policy? (37 replies)
  145. This was kept very quiet by media (53 replies)
  146. Lab chimps released after 30 years (16 replies)
  147. Local Specialist school under investigation (0 replies)
  148. 60 min Daniel Morcombe story (0 replies)
  149. Why is the Government sinking? (54 replies)
  150. Tony Abbott refuses to provide a pair... (16 replies)
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