Radio host Jason Morrison, and his wife Heidi Tiltins, recently welcomed their first child, and have named their son Charles Edward. Charles Morrison is going to be called Charlie in everyday life, and weighed 3.6 kg (nearly 8 pounds). The Premier of New South Wales, Barry O’Farrell, announced the birth of Charles Edward Morrison in state parliament, which is a grander birth notice than most babies get.

Jason has worked in the media since he was a teenager, and in 1998 became the youngest person to ever become appointed as Director of News at 2GB. He is also the only person who has ever won the Brian White Award for journalistic achievement twice (in 2007 and 2009). Currently he hosts the 2UE breakfast programme, and regularly appears on the Channel 7 morning show, Sunrise. Heidi is the state political reporter for 2GB.

MP Jacinta Allan, and her husband Yorick Piper, welcomed their daughter Peggy Marie on March 26. Peggy shares her middle name with her mother.

Jacinta has represented the electorate of Bendigo East in regional Victoria for the Labor Party since 1999. From a prominent political family, she began her career at the age of 25, making her the youngest ever female parliamentarian in her state.

Yorick is an official with the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, and has been a former senior adviser to several ministers (including Jacinta), and former state premier, John Brumby. The couple were married in January this year on their country property near Bendigo.

Ironman champion, Shannon Eckstein, and his wife Belinda, welcomed their first child yesterday, March 23. They have named their daughter Ellie Claire. Ellie Eckstein was born at 1.09 pm, weighing 3.7 kg (8 pounds 4 ounces).

Shannon is the Team Captain of Northcliffe Surf Lifesaving Club on the Gold Coast. He has won the Ironman Series six times, been World Ironman Champion three times, and Australian Ironman Champion four times. His younger brother Caine is also an Ironman champion.

Belinda (nee Brown) is a former national athletics champion who is now a schoolteacher. She and Shannon are high school sweethearts, who began their relationship when Shannon took Belinda to their school formal. They were married at their school chapel in 2010 after nine years of dating, and honeymooned in Fiji.

Councillor Mark Graham, and his partner, Gerry McGilvray, welcomed their first child on March 16, and have named their son Rhu. Rhu Graham weighed 4.06 kg (just over 10 pounds).

Mark was elected to Coffs Harbour City Council in 2008 for the Greens Party. He is an ecologist who has spent more than ten years researching the environment of the North Coast of New South Sales. A man of ambition, he intends to continue running for mayor until he is successful.

Mark and Gerry have known each other since they were in primary school. Mark was once committed to remaining childless as part of his effort towards a sustainable population. However, his position gradually shifted, and he is overjoyed to be a father.