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1. Father who held sword to daughter’s neck granted access to see her.

A father, previously convicted for viciously assaulting his partner and daughter, has been granted visiting access to to his nine-year old daughter by a family court.

It was in 2010 that Ms Tindall* stopped taking her child to see Mr Saldo* after she gave evidence in a criminal trial that she was bashed, tied to a chair, and he held a samurai sword to the child’s neck in 2007. He pleaded guilty and was later sentence to spend at least two-and-a-half years in jail.

Three years later, Ms Tindall was convicted of breaching parenting orders 20 times because she continued to refuse allowing her domestically violent ex-partner to visit their child.

Justice Stewart Austin, who presided over the case, said, “The father’s decision to publicly admit his past violent behaviour changed nothing about the history of the parties’ relationship.”

Mr Saldo was released on parole in 2014, where he then applied for his visits to be reinstated with his daughter. This was despite showing no remorse for his actions.

In January of this year, Justice Margaret Cleary successfully reinstated fortnightly visits with the child at a supervised centre.

She criticised Ms Tindall for preventing the child from seeing the father, even though he was guilty of assaulting them.

“The child is entitled to come to her own judgement about the father,”Justice Cleary said.

The decision has left community members and anti-domestic violence activists outraged, claiming the court continues to show a poor understanding about domestic violence and how to appropriately treat survivors.

2. No children left in detention. 

Sky News is reporting that no children who came to Australia as asylum seekers are being held in detention.

It is the first time in a decade, since Kevin Rudd became Prime Minister in 2007, there have been no children in detention following the release of the last child from Darwin’s Wickham point detention centre.

Former Minister for Immigration, Scott Morrison, has congratulated those involved with Operation Sovereign Borders to “stop the boats”.

“The boats were stopped, the drownings were stopped and now the children are out,” said Mr Morrison on Facebook.

Scott Morrison, former Minister for Immigration and current Treasurer. Image via Facebook.

"Congratulations to everyone involved in the development and implementation of the Operation Sovereign Borders and thank you for holding to the task, in the face of all those who tried to prevent us from getting this job done.

"This was not an easy task, and few believed (even those who supported us) it could be achieved. I always believed it could and would be done and that it must be achieved.

"Let's ensure we never have to do this again.

Asylum seeker advocates are overjoyed by the news with some saying "compassion" has been shown by the Government.

"It was incredible see the compassion from the government," said Tara Pollock from the Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network, "to let these children stay in Australia and to allow them to be processed outside of a detention centre."

Children still face the possibility of being sent to Naura, however, the government has now released any information about that.

3. Electric shock therapy to help dyslexic children. 

New research conducted at Rome's Bambino Gesu children's hosptial has shown mild electric shocks may help children with dyslexia.

The study tested eighteen children who received 20 minutes of shocks three times a week, for six weeks. After receiving the shocks, researchers concluded the children had less trouble reading and could 60 per cent read faster.

The children made fewer errors when reading, after the treatment.

"Reading rates accelerated by about 13 per cent, which is like the benefit of a year's schooling in six weeks,"said Dr Deny Menghini.

The children who subject to pain through the electric shocks, said Dr Menghini.

"We used one milliampere of current, which is equal to the electricity that powers a single Christmas tree light.

"The subjects felt nothing except a slight vibration at the start. Real electroshock therapy uses 600 milliamperes."

4. Woman found her child on the internet, after being told her "embryo" had failed. 

At the end of 2014, Natalie Parker decided to donate one of her embryos to a couple who were desperate to have a child. Upon donation, she did condition the child would have to know where they came from.

After the embryo had been transferred to the woman, Ms Parker was told the transfer had failed so there was no need for the two women to keep in touch.

However, Ms Parker stumbled across photos of the woman who she provided an embryo to with a newborn boy, believed to be actually from the initial transfer.

"She was just thinking about the baby, and now she's got the baby she wants to enjoy it herself and not acknowledge it's got other connections outside the family," Ms Parker told Fairfax Media.

Whilst it is possible the child may have been conceived through other means, the case has revealed a number of loopholes that exist in the law, intended to protect the rights of donor-conceived children and the donors.

Associate Professor Illingworth was the doctor responsible for the transfer, and Ms Parker alleges he called her two weeks ago to confirm the embryo transfer had been successful.

"He said, 'it looks like she's decided to pass the child off as her own, and not inform anyone," Ms Parker said.

The woman who received the embryo has not responded to any communication with her, and since the photos were exposed, has removed them from her Facebook profile.

Ms Parker says she feels completely betrayed by the experience, but she wants to put the child first.

"I acted in good faith by giving a gift to a couple, and as a result I feel like I have been let down by a system that has loopholes in it. You give this big gift and nothing can be done afterwards it seems."

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