“I don’t know any bulk billing specialists in Wagga.” The cost of Cody’s healthcare means that Ricky, who works in freight and construction, has to take on extra shifts to keep the family afloat.Despite the challenges that come with caring for a chronically ill child in a regional area, Peta loves raising her children in the country. “It’s such a small place; you know everybody.”Still, without extended family living nearby, life in the country can be tough.

Mr Ashley, who has been buying up struggling High Street brands over the last five years, has had a feud with DW Sports' owner, Mr Whelan, dating back … “We have so many country hospitals closing down or getting downgraded.

We don’t have the necessary medical equipment like CTs and MRIs,” says Peta. “If he was going to go to a mainstream school with hundreds of kids, I wouldn’t have sent him – I would have held him back. They’ll leave the cannula in, and I have to go back and have him back on the ward by eight o’clock the next morning and set him back up on the drip,” she says. Every three months, Peta takes Cody to Sydney or Canberra to see his neurologist, endocrinologist, immunologist, nephrologist, or ENT specialist.He has monthly appointments with his GP and a paediatrician in Wagga Wagga, a 50-minute journey by car. “We have so many country hospitals closing down or getting downgraded. We were trusting people.
It’s left me totally exhausted,” Peta tells the mag.Peta and Ashley Kennedy feature in the provocative SBS documentary.Despite initial public outcry, social media overall responded with praise and, after going to air, the show was the number one trending Twitter topic in Australia.Social Services Minister Scott Morrison publicly defended the series. Is it 'poverty porn' or a side of Australia we need to see?Peta Kennedy watching on as Blacktown Council garbage trucks descend on SBS in protest.AFTER just one episode, controversial SBS series Struggle Street continues to divide Australian viewers.Some were deeply offended by last week’s debut of the highly publicised documentary, accusing the network of peddling “poverty porn,” while others were left wondering what all the fuss was about.“We’re shocked, gutted and I feel very hurt.
Country living is known for its sense of community, but life in regional Australia comes with its own set of challenges. Supplied: SBS Top Stories Accused serial killer's prior … Struggle Street couple Peta and Ashley have 10 children and 18 grandchildren together. “He’s doing really well,” says his mum. “They say it’s reality — being portrayed as a bogan no-hoper is not my sense of reality. I feel they have totally and cruelly humiliated my husband.”But before the show even aired, the scathing promo — which showed Peta’s husband Ashley arguing with his ice-addicted son Corey and casually farting on camera — was the focus of plenty of tabloid outrage.

“We do a lot of driving,” Peta observes wryly.Juggling Cody’s doctors’ appointments and hospital admissions with Bree’s schooling can be incredibly difficult at times. (SBS)SBS acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia. It’s where Peta and Ricky, who appear in season three of Nangus is one of those ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ towns that are so common in regional Australia, comprising little more than a post office, a general store, a church, a fire station, a servo and some sports fields.The local primary school, where Bree and Cody are in kindergarten, has just 24 students and three teachers. “We really lack paediatric services in the country…We don’t have any paediatric specialists; we have paediatricians, but even they are few and far between.

It’s just so needless and cruel ... we’ve had very sleepless nights.

“You can send the kids outside to play, and you know they’re going to come back covered in dirt with mud up to their elbows.”She also values the strong sense of community that comes with living in a tiny town. “It’s a completely different lifestyle to the city,” she says.

“Cody is such a tough, strong, resilient kid,” she says. We don’t have the necessary medical equipment like CTs and MRIs,” says Peta.

It’s a trip Peta makes every day when Cody is admitted to hospital, as he was when he recently developed secondary pneumonia after coming down with Influenza A. On the road to Gundagai – or 30 minutes past it – is the tiny village of Nangus, population 205.

‘Struggle Street’ is back to shine a light on Australia's rural battlers The landmark series premieres on Wednesday 9 October at 8.30pm with a focus on the Riverina region of New South Wales.How this Struggle Street participant has turned his life aroundBroadmeadows resident and former Struggle Street documentary participant, Allan, tells SBS what happened to his life in the two years since the cameras turned off. It has also affected his development. The wait time to get into your paediatrician is months and months.”Health services in the country are often under-resourced, difficult to access, and have long waiting times. Today, Cody is an energetic little boy, but one who has had more than his fair share of doctors’ appointments and hospital stays. The wait time to get into your paediatrician is months and months.” “Now that they have seen I have spoken out against it, they are fully supportive. He’s a lot more confident around people.”We have so many country hospitals closing down or getting downgraded. I did not agree to go on the show to be made a fool of. So many people have come forward to lend me and my family support.”Yet, even with the public backing, Peta says she’s seen enough and won’t be tuning in for the two-hour spectacle this Wednesday night. I’ve tried to get the message out there, this is not what we’re like.


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