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Counting their blessings

Nine years ago, Gerry Clarke read an article in The Advertiser stating that 95 per cent of families that know they are expecting a child with Down syndrome choose to terminate the pregnancy.

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Opinion

The gift of inspiring stories

When I look back on the hundreds of stories we have published this year, three stand out for me not only in terms of newsworthiness but because they represent who we are as a people of faith and hope with an inherent belief in the dignity of every human being.

Local

Sharing Olympic experience

Fresh from the excitement of competing at the Paris Olympics, 21-year-old gymnast Jesse Moore returned to his old school, Sacred Heart College, last month.

People

SA woman runs lifeline to Gaza

Jodie Clark has quite possibly the toughest job in the world. As head of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, she is responsible for getting desperately needed food, medicine, fuel and other supplies to more than 2 million Palestinians.