EG when she interacted with her natural mother while they visited during the reunification stage.
During a review of the family team conference reports, Ms. Laurent explained how EG's mother refused to discuss the medical abuse with her. While she eventually admitted she "should have been more careful about not getting EG's shots on time" and she "should have gotten EG to the doctor like she was supposed to for the shots," EG's mother consistently denied she had abused her daughter. Ms. Laurent testified that the mother has not accepted responsibility for the abuse and neglect of the child.
In rendering judgment, the trial court stated, "I haven't heard anything [from EG's mother] or from any witness to make this Court realize or believe that [EG's mother] herself realizes thereHowever, the Mariners will have one more shot at keeping the race to avoid the wooden spoon alive when they host ninth-placed Brisbane on Friday.

With eight games to go in the regular season, the A-League's perennial battlers can close the gap between them and the Roar to just three points with victory.

"It's actually quite embarrassing as coaches and players to walk around Gosford and Terrigal because we want to be able to give the fans something to cheer about," Mulvey told reporters on Thursday.

"We've got a great opportunity to do that tomorrow night."

Central Coast will have to tackle the assignment without Dutch import Tom Hiariej, who suffered a groin injury during training.

He joins star midfielder Tommy Oar on the sidelines after the former Socceroos representative suffered a season-ending