Highly skilled but feeling 'obsolete': Perth mum's frantic job search

[WA Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 19th July, 2018 AM News Update [Ann and Dave Shaw. ]( [Highly skilled but feeling 'obsolete': Perth mum's frantic job search]( BY Emma Young It could not have been a worse time for her husband of 17 years to call with the news he had been made redundant. --------------------------------------------------------------- Top stories [More than half of WA kids' calls to helpline were dropped last year]( Numbers provided by service provider Yourtown found 31,314 calls were made to the helpline last year, 17,736 of which were dropped. [Girls were more likely to contact the helpline than boys, and the most common reason for contacting the helpline was ...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Never-ending darkness': Parents of woman attacked in Perth apartment block reveal pain]( A harrowing victim impact statement has been read in a Perth court room by the parents of a woman who was attacked in a Perth apartment block last year. [Mehreen Ahmad was assaulted in a Perth apartment block stairwell.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Scared I would get told off by my mum': Thai cave boys front media]( The 12 boys and their soccer coach have left hospital, to make their first public appearance at a nationally-broadcast news conference. [Members of the rescued soccer team and their coach sit during a press conference discussing their ordeal in the cave in ...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Craig Kelly apologises for MH17 remarks]( Liberal MP Craig Kelly has offered an "unreserved apology" to the families of MH17 victims but says his comments were taken out of context. [Liberal MP Craig Kelly has offered an "unreserved apology" to the families of MH17 victims but says his comments were ...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Farewell Coke Zero: drink canned amid battle for sugar-phobic drinkers]( Coke Zero will disappear from Australian shelves in September. [Coke No Sugar will replace Coke Zero. ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- ['It was just hate, hate, hate': Ex-reality TV stars open up on ABC show]( They exposed the less glamorous side to being in spotlight. [Ryan Jones and Lauren Finelli came off as the villains in their seasons of The Bachelorette and My Kitchen Rules. ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Teams stand apart with rituals on the rise]( If you're different from the rest of the teams in the AFL, you're half a chance. [Bob Murphy - dink ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Fiery window-seat footage emerges of fatal South Africa plane crash]( The crash of a vintage plane with 19 on board last week killed two passengers and left two Australian Qantas pilots in induced comas. [Screenshot of plane crash.?]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [No one tells you life as a 40-year-old single woman can be like this]( Turns out that life as a 40-year-old single, childless woman - the thing we're taught to fear and avoid at all costs! - is actually pretty great [***EMBARGOED FOR SUNDAY LIFE, JUNE 3/18 ISSUE*** cr: Stocksy (supplied image, one time print & online, no archiving, no ...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Full-fat dairy may not be the enemy we once thought]( Australia's dietary guidelines recommend low-fat dairy for people over two years of age. [Full-fat dairy may not be the enemy we once thought.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [What not to say to a woman after a miscarriage]( Here's what to avoid. [Avoid cliches.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- ['We'll see you soon little one': Gary Ablett and wife Jordan expecting a baby]( The AFL champion shared the news in a social media post on Wednesday night, alongside a photo of a pair of baby shoes, and a tiny football jumper. [Geelong midfielder Gary Ablett with wife Jordan on Victoria Derby day at Flemington in 2017.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- We've sent you this email because your email address {EMAIL} has been registered for a Fairfax Media membership. You can [unsubscribe]( from this email at any time. At Fairfax Media, we'll never ask for your personal or credit card information via email. If you receive a suspicious email claiming to offer Fairfax Media services in exchange for your details, please delete it. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Conditions of use]( [Privacy policy]( [Fairfax Media]( Copyright © 2018 Fairfax Media Limited 1 Darling Island Rd Pyrmont NSW 2009 Australia