I agree. I think this mother has used the Australian media to turn these kids against their father. Ultimately, she has kidnapped these children and prevented their father from seeing them or even knowing where they were for over two years! There is nothing stopping her from returning to Italy to be with her children but her pride. The two reasons she gave the court here were that she couldn't afford to return to Italy and that she was worried that if she went back she would be prosecuted for kidnapping. The judge here made her ex husband sign papers saying he would not prosecute her and he was also made to send her $8000 so that she could return with the children. She chose not to. Even witnessing how distressed her daughters were, she chose not to.