Editing Home and Away (section)

==Storylines==
''Home and Away''{{'}}s storylines have ranged from mild to serious issues throughout its run. While the central stories revolve around fostering children, family and teenage problems, school problems and romances,<ref name="Lucy Addario Interview"/><ref name="Storylines"/><ref name="Controversial"/> the series has covered several controversial, adult-themed and detailed issues not suitable for young audiences, despite its early evening time of 7:00&nbsp;pm. Storylines covered include [[abortion]],<ref name="Controversial"/> [[accidental death]],<ref name="Controversial"/> [[adultery]],<ref name="Steamy"/> [[adoption]], [[alcoholism]],<ref name="Al"/> [[amnesia]], [[amputation]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|title=Home and Away spoiler: Maddy struggles with having her arm amputated|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/home-and-away/a797396/home-and-away-spoiler-maddy-struggles-with-having-her-arm-amputated/|website=[[Digital Spy]]|date=10 June 2016|access-date=24 July 2019|archive-date=24 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724140140/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/home-and-away/a797396/home-and-away-spoiler-maddy-struggles-with-having-her-arm-amputated/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[arson]], [[autism]], [[Grief|bereavement]], [[brain aneurysm]], [[bullying]],<ref name="Controversial"/> [[cancer]], [[cage fighting]],<ref name="Cage Plot"/> career problems,<ref name="CP"/> [[child abuse]],<ref name= "traumatic">{{cite web| url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/home-and-away/spoilers/a782600/home-and-away-spoiler-olivia-reveals-her-traumatic-secret/| title=Home and Away spoiler: Olivia reveals her traumatic secret| website=[[Digital Spy]]| date=6 February 2016| access-date=13 October 2016| archive-date=14 October 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014001059/http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/home-and-away/spoilers/a782600/home-and-away-spoiler-olivia-reveals-her-traumatic-secret/| url-status=live}}</ref> [[cult]]s,<ref name="Cult Storyline"/> [[cyberbullying]], [[domestic violence]],<ref name="Controversial"/> [[Depression (mood)|depression]], [[drink driving]], [[drug overdose]], [[drug trafficking]] and [[Recreational drug use|drug use]],<ref name="Controversial"/> [[eating disorder]]s, [[gambling addiction]],<ref name="GA"/> health problems,<ref name="HP"/><ref name="Morley"/> [[hit-and-run]]s,<ref name="H&R"/> [[HIV/AIDS|HIV and AIDS]],<ref name="Tragic"/><ref name="08 Spoilers"/> [[homosexuality]],<ref name="Ricci"/> [[Huntington's disease]], [[incest]],<ref name="Controversial"/> [[imprisonment]],<ref name="Prison"/> [[kidnapping]],<ref name="Controversial"/> marriage problems,<ref name="MP"/> [[miscarriage]],<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.beamly.com/tv-film/6-memorable-home-away-teenage-pregnancies| title=6 of the Most Memorable Home And Away Teenage Pregnancies| publisher=Beamly.com| date=5 November 2014| access-date=13 October 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013221637/https://www.beamly.com/tv-film/6-memorable-home-away-teenage-pregnancies| archive-date=13 October 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref> [[murder]],<ref name="Controversial"/> [[obsessive-compulsive disorder]] (OCD), [[paedophilia]],<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.backtothebay.net/characters/jefferies_aden/| title=Aden Jefferies| publisher=backtothebay.net| access-date=13 October 2016| archive-date=13 October 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013225052/http://www.backtothebay.net/characters/jefferies_aden/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dge8fWOw60| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/5Dge8fWOw60| archive-date=2021-10-30| title=Aden Reveals All| publisher=[[YouTube]]| date=27 July 2008| access-date=13 October 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[False pregnancy|phantom pregnancy]],<ref>{{cite web| last=Edwards| first=Chris| title=Home and Away's Jasmine Delaney to receive shocking news over her pregnancy| url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/home-and-away/a32356043/home-and-away-jasmine-delaney-pregnancy/| website=[[Digital Spy]]| date=3 May 2020| access-date=16 July 2020| archive-date=16 July 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716101347/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/home-and-away/a32356043/home-and-away-jasmine-delaney-pregnancy/| url-status=live}}</ref> [[Pole dance|pole dancing]], [[post-natal depression]], [[Posttraumatic stress disorder|post-traumatic stress disorder]], [[prostitution]], [[racism]],<ref name="Controversial"/> [[rape]],<ref name="Controversial"/> [[revenge porn]],<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.news.com.au/news/home-and-away-sex-tape-storyline-to-be-broadcast/news-story/0545d97666f90331c5ec16b45390977d| title=Home And Away sex tape storyline to be broadcast| publisher=news.com.au| date=19 August 2009| access-date=18 February 2017| archive-date=18 February 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218144008/http://www.news.com.au/news/home-and-away-sex-tape-storyline-to-be-broadcast/news-story/0545d97666f90331c5ec16b45390977d| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last=Mustafa| first=Filiz| title=Home and Away's Ryder fights with show newcomer as Jade's lies get worse| url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/home-and-away/a30593377/home-and-away-ryder-nikau-fight-jade/| website=Digitalspy.com| date=20 January 2020| access-date=6 February 2020| archive-date=6 February 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206173514/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/home-and-away/a30593377/home-and-away-ryder-nikau-fight-jade/| url-status=live}}</ref> [[robbery]],<ref name="Rob"/> [[self-harm]],<ref name= "traumatic"/> sex,<ref name="Sex Plot"/> [[Sexual grooming#Online offenders|sexual grooming]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|title=Home and Away's dark Bella storyline sees Tommy step up his manipulation|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/home-and-away/a28238933/home-and-away-spoilers-2019-bella-nixon-tommy-storyline/|website=[[Digital Spy]]|date=1 July 2019|access-date=24 July 2019|archive-date=22 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722101044/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/home-and-away/a28238933/home-and-away-spoilers-2019-bella-nixon-tommy-storyline/|url-status=live}}</ref> shootings (including [[drive-by shooting]]s),<ref name="Sparks"/> [[stabbing]]s,<ref name="Controversial"/> [[stalking]],<ref name="Controversial"/> [[stroke]], [[Sudden infant death syndrome|SIDS]] (cot death),<ref name="Baby Tragedy"/> [[stillbirth]], [[suicide]],<ref name="Storylines"/> [[surrogacy]],<ref name="Controversial"/> teacher-student relationships,<ref name="Controversial"/> [[teenage pregnancy]],<ref name="Pregnant Plot"/> [[terminal illness]], and [[witness protection]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Dainty|first=Sophie|title=Home and Away reveals the Morgans' dark secret... but what will happen next|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/home-and-away/a799539/home-and-away-spoilers-morgan-family-secret-revealed/| website=[[Digital Spy]]|date=29 June 2016|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>

The show has also featured many [[natural disaster]] storylines, including a [[cyclone]], [[The Great Storm (Home and Away)|storm]], [[flood]], [[landslide]], [[earthquake]], and [[Bushfires in Australia|bushfires]].<ref name="TelevisionAu"/><ref name="Beamly"/> There have also been several storylines involving car, bus, plane and boating accidents.<ref name="Controversial"/><ref name="Beamly"/><ref name="Bus Crash"/> Furthermore, in addition to the show featuring scenes of moderate to strong violence in past episodes, the special episode, ''[[Home and Away: All or Nothing]]'', which became available for online streaming in January 2017, was intended for "adult-only" viewing as it was described as the most violent episode of the entire series, as it contains scenes of strong violence.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/television/home-and-aways-all-or-nothing-is-the-bloodiest-episode-to-feature-on-the-soap-opera/news-story/772378f17a172f82e7c0d33886735908?nk=cfb429b18655ca0e93ccfee99540e4e4-1501016311|title=Home And Away's All or Nothing is the bloodiest episode to feature on the soap opera|last=Vickery|first=Colin|date=21 January 2017|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=23 January 2020|archive-date=8 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008080236/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/television/home-and-aways-all-or-nothing-is-the-bloodiest-episode-to-feature-on-the-soap-opera/news-story/772378f17a172f82e7c0d33886735908?nk=cfb429b18655ca0e93ccfee99540e4e4-1501016311|url-status=live}}</ref>