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We've got to aspire to give our children

what I believe to be the very best circumstances.

And that's to have a mother and father.

Marriage is between a man and a woman because of children.

- Because motherhood and fatherhood are important. - What a load of rubbish.

Legalising same sex marriage will institute the motherless family, or the fatherless family.

It will inflect that deprivation on those children...

Same sex couples cannot simultaneously provide both mothering and fathering skills...

...argue that its harmful for children to have parents of the same sex.

I and the Labor party have a clear policy that we won't be lifting the marriage...

Who takes the boy to football? Who tells him what's right from wrong?

This bill that's passed, seriously deter mothers putting their babies up for adoption.

...children do best with biological married mother and father.

GA

I didn't have a dad, as you know,

so I had this thing called a donor.

A donor is when a man delivers sperm

into the hospital, into a little container.

And then they freeze it so it's all fresh.

And then they give it to the woman...

Two women.

That want to have a baby. And then they have a baby.

And we did that.

And now I'm here.

So should we just put all the stuffing together, Jame?

Okay, here we go.

One Santa and reindeer platter coming up.

Look at that. That is definitely reindeers which got to that.

I know reindeers. I know how they eat.

Like savages.

And you've got to write the note.

Didn't you have a note when you were a kid? That's what's wrong with you.

You didn't have a note from Santa to say thanks for all the stuff.

You don't have to eat it. You could just spit it out.

It's Christmas everybody.

Look. It's Santa's footprint.

Oh it is too! He must have come down the side.

- It's Santa's footprints. - Check it out!

I don't know if Santa's got horse shoes, has he? Reindeer shoes?

It must be the reindeer.

I know, mum.

No. The loops are Santa's reindeers.

This is Santa's foot.

You see, Rory. They must have gone from here.

Did a big jump.

Landed here.

And they they must have started to fly.

That's why there isn't anymore footprints. Am I right, Amanda?

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I love wrestling more than every teensy little grain of sand in the world.

Then fly in a spaceship across space

and scatter them on every single star.

And then that's how much I like wrestling.

- I was wondering... - Yeah?

- You know when the WWE comes to Australia? - Yeah?

- Can I go? - Do you want this paper?

Do not try and change the subject.

- Can you go to wrestling? - Yeah when it comes to Australia. Please?

I don't know. We'll have to discuss it with Jamie.

Come on.

I'll discuss it.

- How do you feel about it? - Well, you know I worry that its just the worst...

Oh, I've heard this before.

...boofhead male thing that exists.

But the best male boofhead thing that exists.

Oh dear. The wrestling, the wrestling.

What are we going to do about the wrestling hmm?

Let's do a breathing exercise.

Make sure you keep good posture throughout

and breathe deeply into your abdominal area.

Your shoulders and your chest shouldn't move.

If you become a little dizzy, just take a short break.

This one's four sips in and four hisses out.

EBONY

and out.

In...

and out.

When you sing, you just forget everything else.

...and out

Especially when you're stressed. You just start singing and you forget that...

You forget that you're angry about something

and you just listen to the song and you pretend that you're there.

♪ Too late for second guessing. ♪

♪ Too late to go back to sleep. ♪

I really want to get into Newtown.

It's a really good school.

If I went there, it would probably be the place where I'd be most accepted.

Having two mums, you're probably gonna have a better time of it

being at Newtown than you would in a school out west

where they may not be quite so tolerant

In Newtown, no one is even going to blink about the fact that you have two mums. So...

It's probably the school that's best for you.

What high school am I going to if I don't get into Newtown?

No. You're getting into Newtown.

How do you know?

Because you'll get into Newtown.

I have faith in you. You're gonna get into Newtown.

Don't you need a backup plan?

Even if it takes us moving back to Newtown.

You'll get into Newtown as a local.

Breathe.

This is the last one.

Make it really steady.

Keep going.

matt 12

Mom

Um...

About AFL...

I've been keeping up quite a lot on my homework.

They're enrolling pretty soon.

And I would like to join. And I've only got one homework strike.

That was because it was over the weekend.

But I've learnt my lesson.

So now I'm doing every single bit of homework tonight.

So when will you be doing AFL?

- What are the times for AFL? - Sunday.

No way mate.

That's Saturday sports, Sunday sports.

We have a right to have a weekend too.

So this is not just about you.

And as a mature young man in year seven,

your consideration shouldn't just be for what you want.

That's my time to visit God. That's my time to talk to God.

So for me, that is very important to me.

So if your game ends up being on a Sunday morning,

that means that I'm missing church.

When I went to bible study last Sunday,

we just read out a passage and tried to think of the meaning of that passage.

There's a non-believers tunnel which is very wide and easy to go through.

But then there's a believers tunnel which is very thin and not so easy to go through.

And the reason why the believers tunnel is so thin is because

One: Not many people choose it

And two: It's hard to stay on that track once you've chosen it.

Because not all good things in life come easy.

At our age, we have the decision now

whether or not we believe or don't believe in God.

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Your call, Matt.

If you can read what the school lunch is, to us, then you can have it.

The Wednesday special is

R... Ri...

- ...with an... - With what?

Rav... What's the next letter?

No. Rav-i-oli.

- Say it again. - Ravioli.

Ravioli.

...return to the canteen by Sat-Sunday.

- Okay. Is that really Sunday? - Saturday.

- Is that really Saturday? - Oh.

- Thursday. - Is that really Thursday? Because I think...

- Tuesday. - Yeah, because you guessed four other days.

- Turn it over and spell Tuesday. - Yeah. Turn it over and spell Tuesday for me.

The days of the week thing have let you down.

Yeah. The days of the week thing is pretty upsetting I have to say.

If you don't read you'll end up on the streets.

And if you do read, you might become the greatest author in the world,

or the richest man in the world.

Or you could just be a normal person like everybody else.

Everyone reads.

Tomorrow, we're leaving

to go to Fiji.

Maybe you should wear this on the plane.

Could you imagine if you rocked up to Fiji in this. I think you would be a bit hot.

I'll wear this.

We moved to Fiji for Dad's work.

We're going to have different uniforms, different food, different house.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

And five.

I am on the long road to puberty,

which is when you become a man.

Most people say...

Gotta be a daredevil.

...that to be manly,

you have to work alone,

and talk different,

and have these really big muscles and biceps.

But I don't really know when you're manly.

- Skin the rabbit like mama does. - Skin the rabbit!

Ready? One, two, three, skin... Oh geeze, can't do it.

One, two, three, skin the rabbit.

Okay. One, two, three. Little Miss Sunshine.

She's real sunshine. Arms up. Careful.

What do you reckon?

Okay. I'm gonna say the first few names and you have to say their last name.

John...?

Michaels.

No that's Sean Michaels. What about John C...?

- Cena. - Cena! And...

Cody...?

Rhodes.

- Cody Rhodes. - Cody Rhodes! And...

Triple...?

H.

Good Girl.

The Un...?

- ...dertaker. - Undertaker.

Please don't indoctrinate your sister too much with wrestling.

Okay.

- I'm thinking of someone - No. I mean it though, Gusto. Really.

Yeah. Sure, Jamie, sure.

Alright.

Dinner's five minutes away. You need to quickly wash your face.

What about the one... the girl.

Oh.

Don't forget the girl wrestlers, Gus.

Who's going to be the girl?

- The girls will be boys. - This one.

I love that you're shopping with me for your mother's underwear. It's great.

Just a bit unsexy, the whole lot of it, isn't it?

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Make it look like you're The Joker.

Um...

- Can you not do that, please? - Sure.

That is... That is really not fair.

Do you want a tissue?

- Uh. Okay then. - Thank you.

If it's a tester, you can wear it.

Don't start to wipe it off just because you freaked her out due to her gender crisis.

But if it's not a tester, you can't use them.

They are testers, though.

Alright. Well, just tell her it's fine, you like wearing lipstick, Gusto.

Just apologise for upsetting her, but tell her it's fine to wear lipstick.

Okay, come and help me with your mother.

Now...

I'm thinking...

It's okay darling.

- Max, are you right? - Yeah.

I'm thinking this.

What do you think about that... for your mother.

Is that sexy [?]?

Darling, you're in The Shire, so people don't understand

that boys might like to wear lipstick as well.

- It's not that weird, really. - Nup.

Just tell her you're practising for Mardi Gras.

I'll tell her.

Nah. I don't wanna go near her again.

Beat the car. Beat the car.

- We caught the bus. - I had the car.

I know. But the car broke down, again.

- Again? - Again.

I know. Um...

We didn't see you, so we started walking.

In Parramatta, I don't know anybody that has a family like mine.

We've gotta get the baby out of the car and Ang has to drive the car around for half an hour.

- I gave him my number. - Did you?

When you gave him my number?

Most of the time, when I meet someone new, I go

"Oh yeah, my parents are gay," and they go "What?"

Kind of looking forward to going to high school.

Finally, getting out of Parramatta.

You will be starting your tutoring on the 9th.

She wants you to learn your song before you even go there.

So you have to have finally picked a song.

That you have to know your song off by heart

before you even get there, so she can do as much work with you

- Off by heart? - Off by heart.

Okay.

Because the lady says you have to know it off by heart before she can work with you.

So, she'll teach you some techniques and stuff like that.

Um, she'll probably teach you more breathing techniques

because that's what you had a little trouble with.

Breathing stuff.

So if you don't want to end up going to Northmead,

you're gonna to have to pull your finger out

and make the effort for Newtown.

Okay.

We don't really have that much money.

Because neither of them can work, because um...

Mainly because they have to look after Ashaan,

who hasn't slept through the night once in his life,

who has epilepsy and has just been hard.

How's his meds going?

Oh, he was having seizure after seizure after seizure. So...

we had to get in touch with the neurologist

and they've upped the dosage.

- He's put on weight and grown and stuff. - You scratched my hair.

So, he needs more.

He had um... Oh, you haven't been on Facebook lately.

He had two seizures while I was carrying him in my hiking pack, on my back.

Was he asleep, or...?

Yeah, asleep. He's always asleep.

Have your medicine. Good boy.

Good boy.

Very good.

Oh no! Don't.

Don't.

It must be a really really good school

for mum to go to such extreme measures to try and get me in.

Seth hasn't even been able to go to Karate lessons

because they've been spending so much money on me.

Makes me very grateful.

Thank you Lord, for the wonderful family that we have

and the blessings that we have.

For what we are about to receive,

may the Lord make us truly thankful. Amen.

Amen.

Alright. Bon appétit everybody.

Can we eat the prawn?

- Oh I'm sorry. - Serious?

I'm starting.

Hi, it's Sandy speaking.

Matt got prawns.

So I'll take Matt on a Thursday. You take Dylan on a Wednesday.

My mum and dad were very happy while they were um...

while they were married.

...probably looking at a Thursday night

because they have sprinting, long distance, throws and high jumps.

Registration's next week...

I think it's when my brother and I came along.

Then I guess they just though

that it's better if they got divorced

because they didn't want Dylan and I to hear them shouting at each other.

My mum met Lou.

Lou's cooked for me,

loved me,

done so many things for me that

I'd never thought that someone who wasn't my parent

or related to me, could do.

I'm getting on with the job, with the strong support from my caucus colleagues.

And three same sex couples heading to dinner at The Lodge with Julia Gillard...

...hoping to change the PM's mind about gay marriage.

Sandy and Louise are one of those lucky couples, as Carrie mentioned.

And they're looking forward to their date with the PM.

We just want to go to dinner and...

and make her aware of what our situation is,

what our family is.

You know that Julia Gillard said she's against it.

Would you vote for any politician to be PM on this one issue?

Is that important enough for you that it would override everything else.

Of course it is.

This issue is very important for us. It's our lives.

And when we go to vote, we'll vote for the party that

aligns with our interests and our policies,

and the way we feel about things and what is important to us.

Your accent is a bit stronger on TV, but it's not that much stronger.

Yeah, because when I get under stress, my accent comes up more.

- Oh yeah. - Oh yeah.

Is it our weekend with you guys?

- It is isn't it? - Yeah.

- Yeah. So we can go on Sunday. - I've got that church thing on Sunday.

Are you sure that's what you want?

Because I got a phone call from Bec. She wanted to chat to you.

Are you happy to go to Bible study with her?

I don't mind.

Well, I think, honey, if you're going to make up your mind about something

you need to know the facts before you make make a decision.

Yeah?

And at the moment

you're only focusing on one thing, aren't you?

What do you mean, "one thing?"

Well. Do you remember, we were talking about it the other night?

- And the conclusion we came to... - This is gonna take a while. I'm going to wash up.

Okay.

- You gonna shower? - Yes.

For me, I was brought up with the Bible.

I listen to stories every single day.

And for me it was my favourite story book.

I loved it.

And it wasn't just a story book. It took me a while to realise.

The book was actually based on people's stories of things they actually experienced.

Like... how did we find out how babies are born?

How did we?

From people experiencing it.

Then how did it first come about?

You know, who made the world?

- Who made it? How did it come into existence? - Space.

Space.

And how did space come about?

How did it first get there?

I don't know.

It just was there.

You are entitled to your own beliefs, and to not believe in God, if that's what you want.

But I want you to learn more about the Bible

and so that you have the facts.

My mum has told me a few stories about the priest at church

telling us that mum is a sin against God.

And they're saying that

God created a man and a woman so they can be together.

And make new generations an everything.

Personally, I think that God made everyone to be who they are.

Moses, Moses, Moses.

Moses.

This is my third time moving to my third house.

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My second one was just a care one.

The third one is Matt and Pete, and this is the fourth move to Fiji.

When I was five, I couldn't speak

because my first family didn't teach me.

So, the boys are going to be here on your visa.

Mmhmm.

- So you're the father. - Mmhmm.

So, how do you-

How are we explaining me to the school?

Um... you-

You could be our babysitter.

I think that Matt's right.

Guys?

I think in this culture, we have to be careful about

how we introduce the fact that you have two dads.

So the idea is Matt's in my relationship.

And that's private.

Okay? So no one needs to know that relationship.

You might get people saying "Oh that's your dad. Who's that other guy?"

- You say "He's with us too.". - He's a friend.

- And he helps look after us. - He's a friend.

Yeah.

Whoa. It's a big tooth, Graham.

- Is that a baby tooth? - It is a baby tooth.

- Pretty cool. - Are you gonna get your parent...

Can you go put that in a glass of water?

Alright honey, we'll see you in the morning.

- Did you hear the rain this morning? - No

- Yeah. - Lots of rain this morning.

[?]

Boys, we have two things planned for today.

- You're so generous. - Generous friend and

Such...

Oh, what's this?

What is it?

Oh, she must have dropped it on my bedside table.

Liar!

Liar.

So, wait on...

The tooth fairy not only brought you one dollar Australian instead of one dollar Fijian,

she dropped the tooth on my bedside table.

You're the tooth fairy. You're the tooth fairy.

- He's the tooth fairy. - Okay Michael, Graham.

You don't believe, you don't receive. Okay?

I can't believe the tooth fairy dropped the tooth on my bedside table in the middle of the night.

Well, I think she must have got [?] now.

Lying is sometimes good and sometimes bad.

If someone says "Oh, have you eaten your lunch today,"

and you say "Yes", but you actually didn't, then that's a bad lie.

And a good lie is

"Oh, I have a dad and he's looking after me.

"And the other one is just a carer."

And that's a good lie.

So these are a little tricky to get open and closed,

so you need to make sure that you push all different areas of it.

I think it's okay to lie about having two dads

because Fiji is not really keen on gay people.

I don't think you need your hat in the classroom, Graham.

I know.

Geoboard.

G-E-O-B-O-A-R-D.

Balloons.

B-A-L-L-O-O-N-S.

Parallel.

P-A-R-A-L-L-E-L.

If you can't read,

The letters will be like

A-A-B-B... All over the page like...

What's that, what's that, what's that, what's that...

Distance.

Sometimes, it doesn't make sense for me.

The OMG,

Oh my God moment, was not what you saw,

It was a short period of time after that.

It was when the epic match between The Undertaker and myself...

Before I liked wrestling, I was all like

fluffy and flowery and stuff.

Then I really liked wrestling and then I became all rough and tough and mean.

Dog slam! Connecting.

[?] was then carried out by the Paramedics.

The smackdown.

What I worry about is that the wrestling men are such jerky men.

Hey.

That they're...

That they're a bit um... That they hate...

- Basically hate women... - What?

- That they're anti-gay. - No.

I worry that you start thinking that that's the way

that you be an interesting man, or that's the way you be a sexy man

Or that's the way you be a popular man, or something like that.

I quite like rough and tumble.

I think it's fun. But I have a problem with the men

doing that awful kind of thing and the way they talk about women.

Mum, they never talk about women. Like, they never do.

They never talk about women.

But you told me there was some thing where some guy insulted some woman

and some man was going out with her and her twin

and he came straight away and he flattened the guy. Like he didn't...

Like if that is some kind of solution to...

No. He talked to the guy and um...

the guy wouldn't stop, so the guy just slapped him.

And then he flattened the guy.

Doesn't sound great, does it?

He just slapped him and then he flattened him.

That was one thing that happened. That is not...

Nothing like that has ever happened ever before.

But baby, there's nothing that ever happens on it that's

about peace, or about friendship, or about caring...

- There's heaps of friendship and there's heaps of caring. - or about democracy...

- I don't know what democracy is. - Democracy. It's where...

people sit down and they talk about what everybody wants

- and they work problems out by talking. - What?

- Democracy. - No.

- There's no democracy. - No, there's no democracy.

It's all about flattening people and smashing their heads in.

No.

What about tag team matches?

They're friends.

What about contract signing?

They sit down and talk.

It is your job to argue and raise questions. It's his job to listen.

My mum basically wants me to have a meeting with the pastor.

To have them chat about God.

I just think that the meeting is going to be a bit strange.

I'm talking to people that have believed in God since they were like five years old.

It's almost like telling a child that Santa's not real.

So you don't really believe in God?

- No. - Yeah.

What are the things that make you disbelieve God.

Um...

Where they've just make this book where

everything is perfect and...

this is how they think everyone should live.

And that if you follow this then you have to live like this.

You can't marry someone that's not...

You can't marry the same sex and all that kind of stuff.

Hmm.

The issue under that, in your life, for you,

"Oh, well who's to say that, you know, who should marry who, and things like that."

That's got the big question?

- Yep. - Yep.

It's really great

you know, with your mum and Lou that we can say

"Look, we really think the bible says this.

"But we love you, and we'd love you to be here,"

which you know is true.

So it's not always easy because we really do disagree

on something that's very very very important to both of us.

Were you worried I'd be embarrassed if you'd asked that question?

- No. - Really?

Oh, you know. It's a gutsy question.

Any question, I like.

All questions are good questions.

Yeah.

Why do you go to a church

where everyone thinks that you're a sin against God,

when you could just go to a church where everyone thinks you're normal.

For me, it's not about what people think.

It's what I believe my God believes and what he thinks about us.

You think that we should go to a different church?

- No. It's just that... - A church where we're accepted?

No. I'm just curious why you chose this church instead of another one.

Is your disbelief in God got anything to do with the fact

that Lou and mummy are in a relationship?

And that that is a sin against God, as the bible says.

That's a bit of it.

Okay.

Hi. I'm just going to be another 10 minutes because I'm still with my other student.

- Sorry, I don't really have anywhere for you to sit. - No, no, no. That's okay.

When I first found out my mum was gay,

and they were going on together together and stuff,

I was kind of... I don't know...

I wasn't that accepting at first.

I was the kind of person who'd go "Haha, you're gay, you suck, you're gay."

We would make jokes about it.

People would slowly find out and

I'd just kind of be like "Yeah," and kind of run off.

"It's not normal, you're not normal," and stuff.

They we're the kinds of things which go through my head at the time.

- Hello, again. - Hi.

It's going to be a very crowded room tonight.

We might just... I just want to see her a little bit and then...

- Oh, okay. No worries. - Then we'll give you the space.

Do you want to have a sing through it? Are you warmed up and ready to go?

- Have you done any singing this afternoon? - Not today.

Not today. Alright let's do a little bit of singing today.

You might need to get rid of the chewing gum. There's tissue up the top, on the shelf there.

Alright, so are you guys both staying, or are you gonna...

- Give her some space? - We just want to listen to her sing.

Oh, you wanna have a listen first.

- Alright. No worries. - I'll have a listen and then I'll go.

I think it's going to be too short, but we'll see. Yeah?

What about if we look at...

Let's get this out for a second.

- Let's time this. Yeah? - Okay.

Let's find it.

When you sing it at home, how much louder is it?

Quite a bit louder.

Quite a bit louder, is it?

And so... Do you think, maybe, we could have a crack at

trying to get it quite a bit louder in here as well?

- Maybe. - We'll have a go at it, eh?

I sing better in my room, or my shower.

Not in front of a crowd of people.

How are you?

Come on through.

I'm very nervous about the audition.

I'm scared that I don't get in.

Ebony, come here. Come on. Ebony.

Have a practice.

- Please? - No.

You need the practice. Go on.

You need to get over your nerves.

Practice what you're gonna do for your audition.

She's afraid of everybody laughing.

- No one's going to laugh at you. - Definitely not going to laugh at you, hon.

Just your little brother.

And that's okay. I've got my hand over his mouth. You'll be fine.

- I don't want to do it. - Why?

That's ridiculous.

Go on. Please?

Just go an brush your teeth and go hop into bed.

Off you go.

'Night chicken.

Night.

She needs to build up some more confidence

and do things that make her feel uncomfortable.

She chucked tantrums at her teachers

and stood there at Riverside Theatre,

where she's performing in a combined choir,

with her arms crossed looking pissed off 'cause she didn't want to sing the song.

Yeah but...

Not because she didn't want to sing. Because she didn't like the song.

She needs to be pushed to do things that make her feel a little uncomfortable.

♪ To those who'd ground me ♪

♪ Take a message back from me ♪

♪ And nobody in all of Oz ♪

♪ No Wizard that there is or was ♪

♪ Is ever gonna bring me down! ♪

What's wrong with him?

- What happened? - He's just had a seizure.

It's okay.

Your sister's got you.

Sister's got you.

It's alright. Go do your practice.

He's alright. Go do your practice. It's alright.

Okay, Graham, honey.

- What are our three rules? - Slow down, don't guess,

read until the end of the word.

Right. What's the last letter there at the end of the word, then?

Is it a D?

Okay, Graham, the word is diet.

- Diet. His diet... - No, it's not "his" at all.

It's "this."

"This diet gave him..."

Slow... stop.

Start at the beginning, slow down and don't guess.

"His..."

It's not "his," honey. It's "this."

"This diet gave him a t-

"tummy ache and a breath temp..."

So "His diet gave him a beastly temper."

Alright? Okay. Let's keep going.

Just...

Okay. My thoughts are to start enquiring about the resources that we might need.

And if that's a teacher that's retired, or a young teacher at the university, or...

- Yeah. - someone...

Someone who's studying teaching.

Someone who's studying speech therapy, someone who's studying learning whatever...

And we just need to let them know that he just couldn't speak

when he came... You know... When he came to live with us.

That all he had were vowel sounds, you know, and like... hand signals.

But it's important that they know that that's...

it was that extreme and that he's done so well. But that he really was at...

a real disadvantage without being able to speak at age five, or whatever.

Okay. Get ready for the test.

I will say the word.

They proudly sang their song. Proudly.

Laughing.

They were laughing at you. Laughing.

- How was school? - Good.

When I saw my test score, I was a bit sad because it was a bit low.

Oh no.

I got like five- no...

four wrong last time.

- You got four wrong, out of six. - Yep.

That's a lot.

- I know that is but... - What subject was it?

It was...

It's like... you read it and then you answer questions.

- It's like those books. Yep. - Reading comprehension.

And do you just have to fill in a word, or do you have to write sentences?

Sentences. And I...

- Okay. So, it sounds like... - I only got like two correct.

Yeah. So it sounds like that's really a hard thing for you. Is that right?

It doesn't care, dad.

It's not that much.

Okay, and what about the other kids in your class?

Is it a hard thing for them, you reckon?

No. I don't know.

Because we had to do it separately.

- You don't know how the other kids scored? - No one got the top mark.

Do you know how the other kids scored?

Miss said "Put your hand up if you know..."

"...if I say your score."

- So, were you the lowest one in your class? - Yeah. Kind of.

More than "kind of." Like "yes."

Yeah.

It's only his reading.

The reading, really... he's very behind.

He was a very late speaker.

So he really didn't speak properly until he was around age seven.

And that's just due to circumstances that were beyond our control.

What about his parents? Where are his parents?

We are the adoptive parents.

But that's private.

That's what I want to know.

He's been in our care since he as five.

And the real parents... are they?

Australian.

So both of you two are adoptive parents?

That's correct, yes.

Is that his real bother?

Yes.

But it's good now I know that, the adopted part.

So that I understand some of his behaviours.

So there should be the possibility of me giving my time

...because I'm 'single'

...to come and visit with this little boy.

That would be wonderful.

He's of value.

Brilliant. I like that. I think Graham likes that as well.

I am going to take a different view from you, though.

The first time we found out about our mum having dinner with Julia Gillard.

She'll only have it if I'm okay with it,

because I'm going to a catholic high school next year.

And the first thing that I said was

"Mum, there's nearly 5000 kids in Waverley

"and not all 5000 can bully me.

There'll only be about... hopefully none."

Kids, sometimes, can come up with better ideas than adults.

They discriminate against my family, myself and a lot of the gay families in Australia.

Does that make sense?

I think that one of mine or Dylan's ideas are gonna really move the prime minister.

And maybe even make gay marriage legal.

Dear Lord.

Please keep us safe through the night,

and please watch over us as we fly to Canberra, tomorrow.

Make sure that all the conditions are good, that we don't get hurt.

And let Matthew find all the answers that he's looking for.

Hi. My name is Matthew and I'm 12 years old.

I have two mums and I'm proud of it.

My school teaches me that you should never judge someone

just because they don't look like you.

I say this because they call my mums "A sin against God."

Yes, my darling.

We have two loving mums and a loving dad.

Should I do up my top button?

- I bought this cross when pop died. - I know.

So pop's coming to the prime minister's office, with me.

He'd like that.

- Are you ready? - Mmhmm.

- Sure? - I've got my phone in my pocket.

I'm gonna send dad a text saying "Wish me luck."

They've all taught us manners,

acceptance of all others no matter what.

Stand up for what we believe in.

- You ready? - No. Not at all.

Don't be nervous. Remember, she's just a person like anybody else.

Ready?

Let's do a breathing exercise.

Make sure you keep good posture throughout

and breathe deeply into your abdominal area.

Your shoulders and your chest shouldn't move.

If you become a little dizzy, just take a short break.

This one's four sips in and four hisses out.

In...

and out.

It's just that his seizures were so violent last night that he had to be held down.

Well, since I talked to you last, we've increased the medicine.

Ash's seizures have gotten worse.

And last night he had the worst ones that he's had.

And they were so violent that um...

Yeah... our twelve year old was holding him to stop him from throwing himself off [?].

Yep.

Okay. Thanks. Bye.

He's gotta get admitted.

And he's gotta stay admitted until they can get him into a scan.

They're changing his medication

'cause it's probably his medication making things worse.

And...

Yeah...

So, I don't know how we're...

We have to just go in, or is he just being admitted.

He's being admitted while they change his medication.

'Cause they can't take him off Segratol without him being admitted

because he'll have more seizures.

So he's...

I'll need to pack some stuff.

I'm sorry, mum. I should have timed it exactly.

No, no, no, no. It's not your fault.

Stop, stop. You're alright.

Stop.

You see? Sit down.

Sit down.

No, sit down!

Don't piss me off by not looking at me with respect.

You know you pull that... ...making that funny eye thing and grinning.

Now listen, both of you.

Listen. Sit up. Sit up, okay?

This involves you too. Look at me.

Okay so is that where the piano was getting you?

Okay. I'm putting a ban on you wrestling with your sister.

And Rory, I'm putting a ban... Listen. No, I'm not finished, okay.

This is not the first time, okay.

She's the one that always ends up crying.

I'm not saying it's always you trying to hurt her,

I'm just saying, Gus, that you wrestle her like you wrestle your friends.

And I know she's quite strong, but you're much bigger,

you're much stronger and you're much more skillful at it and it's...

Sit down or go to bed.

- I will go to bed. - Okay. Good night, okay?

Jen, Gus is going to bed for the night.

No. I'm saying enough.

Okay, now listen. No more wrestling with your brother.

Don't you make him wrestle you.

Do you understand?

Don't you make him wrestle you. I don't want you to be hurt.

I don't want you to hurt him.

You're too rough with it. Okay? Both of you.

And it's not okay anymore, okay?

Do you understand mum? Do you understand me?

Everyday...

Everyday I have to stop you being hurt, because you wrestle.

Okay?

Okay, Gus. I'm just reiterating that there is a wrestling ban.

There is a wrestling ban in this house, on you and your sister.

Don't you silence me son, or you'll bloody be grounded for a week. Okay?

Put your head out there and look at me so I can tell you what's going on.

I'm saying there is a ban on wrestling, between you and your sister.

You already told me that.

- Okay. Do you understand it? - Yes.

- Is that clear? - Yes.

- Will you abide by it? - Yes!

- Right, now come and do your piano for the night. - No.

Okay. Well then you stay there and go to bed for the night.

Fine.

- Go and clean your teeth. - I'm reading.

- Go and clean your teeth. - I wanna read.

- Don't speak to me like that, Gus. - I'll clean my teeth later.

Do not talk over the top of me, okay? I'm...

I'm angry. I get upset.

Every day, I have to adjudicate this rumbling.

Now, I know you don't mean it.

Okay? But you're too big.

You're too big to wrestle with her.

Unless you can do it in a playful way, where you're very very careful,

It's not going to happen anymore, okay?

So over and out with the bloody wrestling.

Jen, do you have an opinion on that, or what? Am I overreacting, or what?

I'm sick of it, you know? Someone is going to break something.

It would be good if you actually contributed to the conversation slightly.

Okay. I agree with you.

It's true. It's too rough.

Rory needs to stop, because she also talks Gus into...

Yeah, I know she does.

I'm saying to her "Enough." Enough from everybody.

Rory.

- What? - Be quiet.

Yeah?

- Stay here. [?] hurt yourself. - Okay.

- Behave. Self. - Beehive

Beehive.

Hey. We're on an emergency list for Monday.

But if um...

Like if there's an accident or...

Yeah, someone with a bigger emergency, then he'll get bumped to Tuesday.

But they're keeping him in until he has his MRI.

Mum doesn't cry often, which got me worried.

One or two of the doctors are saying that it might not be epilepsy because of all-

because he's too intelligent, he's right handed instead of left handed and

anything that really fits in with the epilepsy is that he's having seizures.

Do we have a family agreement to look after each other differently?

- Yeah? - No wrestling.

No wrestling? Okay, shazam.

I don't think anyone...

I don't think Rory and Gus are committed to no wrestling.

Am I right or wrong?

I think rumbling is really nice,

but Gus gets her in headlocks which I constantly worry about.

I know. Rory is constantly attacking him and wanting to wrestle.

I think it's really hard to have an absolute blanket rule.

I think what we want is a few smaller rules like

No arms around the head.

Doing absolutely nothing while picking her up where she can put her weight on her neck.

- Take the time to not hut her. - No punching.

- No punching. Just hitting. - No weapons.

No punching... No punching's good.

No punching, just hitting.

That's not a great rule.

- You shouldn't push or hit anyway. - Go like this.

What about tickling instead of punching or hitting?

Alright.

So, Gus. What are the rules for you?

I'm not allowed to have my hand around her neck

Absolutely not.

And?

And I'm not allowed to put her on her head.

- Yes. - I've got a great rule.

No pinching.

Yeah, well, you wouldn't pinch anyway, would you?

- Rory, you're the one that... - Well, no, but Rory does pinch.

- So let her add her rule to the list. - Ohh.

- Yeah. No pinching. - No pinching.

That's a good rule. Anything else?

Do you know when you play with your big brother and

No kicking?

When you play with your little sister,

it's gotta be fun and fair and kind to each other. Okay?

The biggest person has to take responsibility.

- Yeah. Which is why I get frustrated with you, Gusto. - For the littlest person getting hurt.

Do the kitty.

Kick me and then do the kitty.

Oh my God. Kitkat.

Do another Kitkat for me.

Oh God. She's doing it again.

Now, who wants to get the cover?

One. Two. Three.

Here is your winner.

Kitty.

challenge day

- Yeah, alright. - Yep.

Yeah, it's time to wake up.

...and 6, and 7, and 8, and 9, and 10, and 11, and 12, and 13.

Breathe.

1, and 2, and 3, and 4, and 5, and 6,

and 7, and 8, and 9, and 10, and 11, and 12, and 13.

Breathe.

1, and 2, and 3, and 4, and 5, and 6, and 7, and 8...

Come here.

I want you to wear this...

special thing for good luck.

Okay.

You excited? You nervous?

I'm too tired to do anything.

It's already on the application. So tell them, because you've got none.

The enrolment's...

Oh, come on.

You guys might just have to get out and walk there.

You're kidding me.

- Yeah, 'cause I... - We ran outta gas, we'll just change into petrol.

It'll go through.

It was doing so well.

Yeah, it's just that I had to change it while we were driving.

♪ There's a fire starting in my heart ♪

♪ Reaching a fever pitch, and it's bringing me out the dark ♪

♪ Baby, I have no story to be told ♪

♪ But I've heard one on you and I'm gonna make your head burn ♪

♪ The scars of your love remind me of us ♪

♪ They keep me thinking that we almost had it all ♪

♪ We could have had it all ♪

♪ Rolling in the deep ♪

♪ You had my heart inside of your hand ♪

♪ But you played it, you played it, you played it ♪

♪ You played it to the beat ♪

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Now, your third homework, is your writing homework.

Read the first part.

Write about yourself in one whole page.

Write proper sentences and neat paragraphs.

Now, you're going to write about you.

You can write about how you were brought up,

who are your parents, right?

Yes.

Practice. Because in the morning,

the first thing we'll do when we come to school

We'll sit, we'll be prepared,

to listen to each and every one.

To stand up here and read about what [?].

- Don't you wanna do your homework? - Yeah.

Dad and I are desperate

for you to be the best kid that you can be

and the best student that you can be.

We think that you are a clever, smart boy

and when he tries hard, he gets great results.

- Alright. Come on. - But you don't remember,

I have a desk in there.

You do mate, but you go in there.

And if you wanted to be really pedantic, which means give a lot of detail,

- Uh, no way. - you could say things like

- I have hazel eyes, and I'm this tall, - I have two dads.

- and I weigh this much... - And I have two dads?

Well, you could say that.

Do you want to say that?

- Sometimes, but... Nah. - That's alright.

You don't need to tell people anything that they don't need to know.

Alright? It's called a need to know basis, Graham.

This is important for you to understand.

There are things that are appropriate

to tell people at particular times.

And sometimes it's age appropriate.

Alright? Like when we were foster carers, there were certain things we

knew about your history, that we were not...

that we did not discuss with you. Because...

- What was one of them? - It wasn't age appropriate.

Well, we've discussed everything with you at the appropriate ages.

And there will be things that we'll discuss with you when you're 18

that, perhaps, we haven't discussed with you up to that point.

So do you see what I'm saying? There are certain things that are important to tell

and there are certain things that are not important.

Yeah. Let's start writing.

- Alright. - All about me.

Name.

Good.

That's beautiful handwriting.

The word is adjectives. We chose that word.

They're in bed.

You're looking at a screen.

Now...

- Did you do your writing homework? - Yes.

"All about me," okay.

You should have enjoyed the time, writing about yourself.

Let me give the honour to the very first person to come here.

It will be Graham.

Hello class and teacher.

Hello Graham.

My name is Graham and I'm 12 years old.

I am funny, bouncy, excitable, happy, friendly,

Um, and...

...sometimes pure evil.

My favourite sport is soccer. The first time I played soccer was 6 years ago.

My team was in Sydney. The Red Devils.

I told you I was evil.

I wish I had a dog in Suva, because it would protect me.

And I would care for it,

and feed it, and wash it, and play with it.

It will be called Destroyer.

The favourite part of my life is playing on computers.

Wii, Xbox and an iPad.

My favourite game is Minecraft and [?].

Thank you for listening, class and teachers.

I'm happy to live in Fiji.

Thank you.

Well done.

Thank you. Have a nice night.

Cya.

- How was that? - It was good.

- Awesome. - Yeah?

- So, do you think she was nice? - Yeah. Really nice.

Well, when I first saw her, I stuttered a bit,

so I didn't say what I was actually going to say.

So I just said "Hi, I'm Matthew."

And then we gave her our letter, and the flowers, and the chocolate.

And then she said "Thank you." And yeah...

What I wanted to say to her, at the start, after I greeted her.

I wanted to say that...

To tell you the truth, Ms Gillard, I'm really honoured to be here,

But then again, I think its pretty stupid to be here right now.

Because this argument...

This debate shouldn't even have started out.

It should have just been a law-

It shouldn't have been a law that two people that are in a same sex relationship can't get married.

- Thank you, guys. - Thanks boys.

He's just growing up too fast at the moment.

His funny little habits...

Like, he wouldn't undress and give me his dirty clothes to put in the laundry.

I had to leave the room.

- He's just gone past that stage - He's 12.

I know. But he's just growing up too fast.

It's why we don't get naked in front of your mum.

Yeah, but I just thought we had a few more years, 15 at least, before we got to that stage.

What's he gonna be like in year 12?

Hairy.

There are definitely a few things that we have got in common.

But...

with religion, I think we're two different people, with that.

- That's really nice. - That's great.

Big smiles for me, boys.

Yeah, that's great.

If I really, really don't want to do something,

then I will stand up to it. And then I'd just say "Mum, I really don't want to do this."

And the first 10 minutes, the midfielders were absolutely killing it.

And I'm not pointing any fingers,

four guys had chest marks right in front of the goal. Dropped every single one.

Not going to church every Sunday

is just one of those things that,

I dunno... We just don't go to anymore.

I definitely think she's strong about her religion

but I don't think her not going to church is gonna...

She's not losing her faith anymore.

It's just...

I dunno. She just wants to put

the family first.

the first

The 8's big. I needed like a middle size or a 6 longer.

She hasn't done any shoe laces up properly.

ebony was not

I like bigger shoe laces. They tie easier.

she will

Yeah. Not so big on being a singer anymore.

Just seems too out of reach.

Newtown isn't that big a thing anymore, so...

I dunno.

It looks good.

It looks very good.

You look so old.

- You want me to look 6 again

- That would be good.

I reckon it's just made me mature up a bit, about music.

I reckon I'm a bit more self aware now and...

understand what's going on around me.

Bit more grown up.

Ebony, you look like an actual teenager.

What are you doing on your head?

Look at her. She looks so grown up.

I was a little bit anxious that they wouldn't accept my gay parents.

Give me a kiss.

I'll see you this afternoon.

If they have a problem with it, they're not worth it.

Try and harass me there... I'll kick their butts.

But whatever school you go to,

part of it is that you have to do debating this year,

- or join the orchestra. - I don't want to do either of those,

i don't

- and you cannot make me - I can make you.

- You cannot make me. - Of course I can.

- No you can't. - Of course I can.

- That's the whole point of being a parent. - No you can't.

It doesn't let you force things onto your child.

It does, actually. Baby, that's the whole point.

That's why everyone's cranky with their parents, because their parents force things on them.

It's really what's allowed.

I'll call the police right now, mum.

No, they can only work with child abuse, buddy,

and having to do orchestra or debating is not child abuse.

That is definitely child abuse.

- It's not. Sending a child to school... - You're trying to make me dead.

Because in debating, it's so boring, so I'll get bored and I'll fall off my chair

Then I'll quit, and then everything around me will be bad.

And then I'll commit suicide.

I'm dead. You killed me.

And then, in...

...music, you try to make me death, so I cant hear anything.

And I can't hear the traffic lights, and then I die because I go onto the road.

- Killed me. - Gus, that's not good argument.

- Neither of those arguments are very... - It's a great argument.

It's not a good argument. It's a terrible argument.

See. That's why I shouldn't go into debating.

That's why you should go to debating. You need to be better at it.

I just love the way Jen is.

How she teases me about not liking wrestling.

I just wouldn't want to change that.

Are you wearing one of those belts?

I think it would be boring if everybody had the same opinion, in the world.

No, I think that it would be totally awesome

if every single person had their own opinion about stuff.

Happy Mardi Gras.

I don't really think it actually makes me that unique,

that I have two mums.

It's just different for every person growing up.

The people who raise you and make you who you are today, are your family.