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Merryn Porter

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As seen in: 9Honey, MSN Australia, Stuff.co.nz, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, 9Honey | Coach, 9Travel, Nine Network, MamaMia, Domain, Brisbane Times and
Journalist, editor, freelance writer, mother of two, lover of news & bad TV. Views are mine, all mine.
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Libby always wanted to be a mum but the path to motherhood was paved with heartache

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By Merryn Porter Verified
| MSN Australia Verified
Merryn Porter For as long as she could remember, Libby Trainor Parker wanted to be a mum . The Adelaide-based performer, comedian, journalist, and author dreamed of a big family , like the ones she saw on the sitcoms she watched on TV. “Even when I was a kid, I wanted to be a mum. I always envisioned having a house full of kids,” Trainor Parker told nine.com.au.
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‘Absurdity’: Debate erupts over paying extra for condiments while dining out

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By Merryn Porter Verified
| Nine Network Verified
An innocuous surcharge listed on a menu at a newly-renovated Sydney pub has sparked a dining-out debate. Under a list of condiments on the relaunched menu at Social House, located in The Prince at Kirrawee, were the words “chicken salt” beside a surcharge of $3 for members and $5 for non-members. While the venue has since told nine.com.au the addition of chicken salt to the condiments section was a “menu-entry error”, the condemnation came thick and fast.
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‘You’re too young’: Dangerous myth behind Australia’s explosion in bowel cancer cases

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By Merryn Porter Verified
| Nine Network Verified
Bianca Evans was sitting in a chemo chair when a chance meeting changed her life. She had just been diagnosed with early onset bowel cancer when the nurse on duty thought it would be helpful if she had someone to talk to who understood what she was going through. Then 32, Evans had only just relocated from Sydney to the Gold Coast with husband Martin and their newborn daughter Zoe when was given the news she had stage three bowel cancer, also known as colorectal cancer.
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