Mum and Dad need you : Lauren Newton s hope for her overseas-based brother Matthew
The daughter of Bert and Patti is begging her brother to come back to Australia before it s too late.Jul 05, 2021 6:30am
By Woman s Day team
As far as siblings go, they don t get much more different than Matthew and Lauren Newton.
Matthew, 44, lives in New York after fleeing to America after a string of violent incidents.
His 40-year-old younger sister, meanwhile, remains in Melbourne, where she lives with her husband Matt Welsh and their six children, just around the corner from her parents Hawthorne East townhome.
Lauren has long said she couldn t raise such a large family without the help of Bert and Patti – but now, due to illness and injury, it s Lauren who s been forced to step up for them, alone.