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  1. Hurricane sandy. (15 replies)
  2. Another Republican steps into the abortion debate (29 replies)
  3. US elections (27 replies)
  4. pregnant women turned away from public hospitals (38 replies)
  5. Liberal MP Kevin Andrews' book says marriage best for you and the kids. (30 replies)
  6. Uranium mining to begin in QLD (0 replies)
  7. People may be banned from climbing Uluru - WDYT? (205 replies)
  8. A Fan Letter to Certain Conservative Politicians (46 replies)
  9. Dear Misogynist (15 replies)
  10. Ann Coulter and the R word. (19 replies)
  11. Your Vagina Is Not A Car (random article) (31 replies)
  12. **may cause distress**CCTV captures mystery footpath birth. (16 replies)
  13. Check your almonds (1 reply)
  14. Are you ready to have kids (1 reply)
  15. Julia Gillard and single mothers (79 replies)
  16. US Federal appeals court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act (4 replies)
  17. Red Cross insists an anti-gay Facebook post was a simple mistake (14 replies)
  18. This is so horrible edited to add petition (6 replies)
  19. CHEAP wine will be banned under a federal health agency's plan to make drinkers pay at least $8-$10 (72 replies)
  20. Mum regrets conceiving baby at 57 (39 replies)
  21. Abuses by Catholic Church clergy (4 replies)
  22. Do you support a public sex offenders register? (63 replies)
  23. Definition of poverty in Australia (36 replies)
  24. Hicks charge ruled invalid by USA Court of Appeal (4 replies)
  25. Measles outbreak in NSW (70 replies)
  26. Jill Meagher Found Dead :( (632 replies)
  27. Mass Fatality Planning (4 replies)
  28. Tony Abbott (203 replies)
  29. Please help to spread the word. (14 replies)
  30. Child predator (14 replies)
  31. If Malcolm Turnbull was leader of the LNP... (157 replies)
  32. Alan Jones is truly appalling (359 replies)
  33. Tony Abbott and Women (191 replies)
  34. Insight tonight: designing babies (24 replies)
  35. Julian Assange sues PM? (30 replies)
  36. This poor girl! (0 replies)
  37. WDYT about Julian Assange? (192 replies)
  38. Girls ordered to Italy (5 replies)
  39. Jill Meagher funeral (12 replies)
  40. Stock up on nappies now! (17 replies)
  41. Kid discovers... (4 replies)
  42. Sri Lankans choose home over Nauru (15 replies)
  43. Circumcision on Insight (SBS) (13 replies)
  44. missing child (22 replies)
  45. Thread removed about the 4 sisters (0 replies)
  46. US houseowner shoots prowler dead (5 replies)
  47. Andy muirhead sentence. (11 replies)
  48. Removed topic about an alleged killer being protected (0 replies)
  49. Snowtown Bank gets new owner (3 replies)
  50. Tafe Cuts to Art courses? (6 replies)
  51. iphone 5 (19 replies)
  52. New father figures and fathers who live elsewhere (1 reply)
  53. Sydney Riot (372 replies)
  54. Soldier gives birth in combat zone! (26 replies)
  55. Michelle Obama at Democratic National Convention (51 replies)
  56. Penny Wong's speech on Marriage Equality (46 replies)
  57. Time's breastfeeding cover (113 replies)
  58. 11 yo Down Syndrome Girl (4 replies)
  59. Cory Bernardi resigns as TA's parl sec (24 replies)
  60. What's the point of Harry being there? (18 replies)
  61. Real Heroes Walk Away Campaign (2 replies)
  62. BMJ! New Autism Diagnosis and Funding Issues? (22 replies)
  63. Super Trawler given the green light (23 replies)
  64. Gina Rinehart. Again. (96 replies)
  65. Same Sex Marriage (0 replies)
  66. Afl player dies in Vegas (12 replies)
  67. RIP John Gillard (14 replies)
  68. Viewing child pornography due to work stress (90 replies)
  69. Melbourne quintuplets (29 replies)
  70. Forced adoptions (35 replies)
  71. Gina Rinehart's comments of minimum wage and how to get wealthy (89 replies)
  72. Australian Breastfeeding Association class told baby formula 'was like AIDS' (224 replies)
  73. Charlotte Dawson - Hospitalised after Twitter Attack (208 replies)
  74. Gillard's education plan (1 reply)
  75. RU486 (16 replies)
  76. 5 Australian soldiers killed (16 replies)
  77. Woooohhhhoooooooooooooo (23 replies)
  78. Paul Ryan Said Something That Should Force Him Off the Ticket, But You Probably Didn't Hear About It (40 replies)
  79. Chronic pot use may leave permanent damage (4 replies)
  80. US Senate candidate Todd Akin says pregnancy from rape 'rare' (75 replies)
  81. Breastfeeding cures Homosexuality. (17 replies)
  82. I'm intrigued and a little confused! (81 replies)
  83. Anders Behring Breivik has been sentenced (17 replies)
  84. Name change cured baby (20 replies)
  85. No Right to Die - news article (46 replies)
  86. RIP Neil Armstrong (19 replies)
  87. Carbon monoxide poisoning (22 replies)
  88. Lance Armstrong-sinner or saint? (28 replies)
  89. Re-trial for Jayant Patel (3 replies)
  90. Mums for marjiuana (234 replies)
  91. Hug your children topic removed (0 replies)
  92. Moved: Lifting societies expectations of parents (-- replies)
  93. Toddler fight club (1 reply)
  94. Man fined $1000 for slapping neighbour's child (109 replies)
  95. Man jailed over Facebook sex rating page (2 replies)
  96. So depressing (17 replies)
  97. Banning hospital bypass (72 replies)
  98. Moved: Family assistance? (-- replies)
  99. Rural Ambulance Service at risk (4 replies)
  100. NAN HA Gold Formula Update and Action (0 replies)
  101. Antisemitic politician (2 replies)
  102. Mum claims Target clothes are 'too trampy' (168 replies)
  103. Orthodox Jews and modesty glasses (20 replies)
  104. The fight against sex slavery (5 replies)
  105. Modern day slavery (4 replies)
  106. Breastfeeding in NYC (73 replies)
  107. HECS for athletes... (48 replies)
  108. Manslaughter thread (0 replies)
  109. Dog fights with porcupine. (6 replies)
  110. 4 Queensland girls topic (0 replies)
  111. Student sues school for her underperformance (13 replies)
  112. World Breastfeeding Week (97 replies)
  113. Can't run, Can't throw (54 replies)
  114. Go Tas! Same Sex Marriage (12 replies)
  115. How can you give this man a blue card? (16 replies)
  116. Globesity - Fat's New Frontier (16 replies)
  117. Muirhead thread (0 replies)
  118. Beware portable DVD's (4 replies)
  119. Vaginal Discharge ad (57 replies)
  120. Yahoo CEO appointed while pregnant (83 replies)
  121. Thalidomide (24 replies)
  122. One-to-one midwife care reduces interventions (17 replies)
  123. Child weight issues & Kids Meals (47 replies)
  124. Maternity Immunisation Allowance discontinued, not paid after July 2012 (14 replies)
  125. The new 'bad' word is.... (93 replies)
  126. Moved: Physical punishment in the media (-- replies)
  127. Church minister sparks outrage with anti-gay 'Adam and Steve' messages (363 replies)
  128. Blood Alcohol Levels (58 replies)
  129. Mining boom running out of steam (3 replies)
  130. Moved: Taking children to grown-up movies (-- replies)
  131. Your child between 11-14? (42 replies)
  132. Zoo magazine exploting asylum seekers (141 replies)
  133. Father leaves baby on cinema floor to flee gunman. (56 replies)
  134. 4 year old cancer survivor denied wish has now had her wish granted. (5 replies)
  135. Woman executed for adultery (44 replies)
  136. Private hospital charging dads (45 replies)
  137. Organ Harvesting From Death Row Inmates (32 replies)
  138. Chopper crash in PNG (1 reply)
  139. Victorian coronor advises parents to avoid sleeping with babies (154 replies)
  140. Four Corners Expose on Catholic Church (75 replies)
  141. Moved: Ushers son brain dead after a jet ski crash (-- replies)
  142. Moved: Octomum is moving Down Under (-- replies)
  143. HSC student challenges her results (65 replies)
  144. Disgusting sentence for a pair of disgusting people (57 replies)
  145. hey nerds! (25 replies)
  146. Logan river death (48 replies)
  147. Student loses case (2 replies)
  148. Coroner's findings on Janet Fraser freebirthing (267 replies)
  149. Q and A (32 replies)
  150. More Jedis than Scientologists (39 replies)
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