The Australian Bureau of Statistics states that, "Two or more persons who live in the same household and are related to each other by blood ... supporting the child and on the common grounds of rape. In 1997 there were 502,900 one-parent families, with 845,700 children involved (source: The Australian, June 1997). Although many of these situations cannot be helped, the same problems can occur for the children involved as in homosexual relationships. Growing up neglected ... discipline are just some of the problems which have been known to complicate single-parented children. In the past sing...

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... members in Sydney and brother whom lives in the bay, Alexi. By introducing different types of families into the storyline Home and Away are showing the audience the diversity of Australian families. Home and Away also contains other characters who are not part of a family. Colleen Smart, residing in the Caravan Park is a part pensioner/waitress in the diner who thrives ... and part owner of the diner, Alf Stuart lives on top of the diner and is looking after Seb Miller, Kirsty Sutherland's boyfriend. The content couple Sally Fletcher, Summerbay High history teacher and Flyyn Saunders, d...

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... have seen to the erosion of their traditions and principles to one global culture, which in effect would mean the community's loss of identity. Through a strong sense of community and history/tradition, ignorance of the global force, idealised notions of "normalcy", links to "the house" and "the land" and family values, the Kerrigan family were able to retain their "local" ideals ... , and thus retreat from the global. The strong Australian spirit of mateship and barracking for the underdog, come across as major themes, as the Kerrigans and their neighbours come together unwilling to acc...

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