Olympic runner retired to become an opera singer
Anne Pashley was an Olympic sprinter who became a star of the Royal Opera.
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Australian parents will soon take the wooden spoon
Very soon, Australia will inherit the title of the country with the most miserly paid parental leave scheme in the developed world.
Congressional opposition will intensify when Hillary becomes president
Now that Donald Trump has shot himself in the foot and most polls and pundits are pointing to a Hillary Clinton victory in the presidential election, both major parties in the US are turning their attention to that other contest on November 8: the ballot for all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate.
How Turnbull can beat the politics of fear
"I propose; you oppose: You propose; I oppose" is the new mantra of politics.
Transforming for global survival
At its opening session, the newly elected ACT legislative assembly should invite Canberra science communicator Julian Cribb to speak to it about his new book, "Surviving the 21st-century". During the recent election campaign, Cribb wrote an article in The Canberra Times about the book, which has been very positively endorsed by its reviewers, but the profound issues he raised barely caused a ripple in the torrent of discussions about rates, trams, town planning and property development.
Dreamworld should gift its executive bonuses straight to the victims' families
It's still not too late for Ardent to do what is right. And it can start off by taking that massive $843,000 bonus and sending it immediately and with no strings attached to the grieving families.
I married a man, a man I fell in love with...not a 'white guy'
Radio 6PR journalist Kema Johnson was shocked when she received a Facebook message of a man, accusing her of 'whitewashing'.
We haven't seen the end of Islamic State
Winning on the battlefield is often when the problems start.
Who raises the child when the village struggles?
The government has released its latest quarterly report on the performance of the child protection system.
In the Herald: October 28, 1988
Chance for world to see inside East Timor
The lesson for Abbott and Turnbull in Wollongong
The November 12 byelection is a reminder of the downside of giving party members more influence over preselections
Are anti-depressants the answer?
MIND:
Has Labor overreached on renewables?
Last month, the entire state of South Australia was blacked out for 24 hours because wind turbines shut down and the interconnector to Victoria's electricity grid broke down. People were stuck in lifts, traffic lights stopped working, and businesses closed because renewable energy is inherently unreliable and back-up systems couldn't cope. Unfortunately, much more expensive and much less reliable power is Australia's future under the Labor Party's renewable energy policy at state and federal levels.
First woman to climb Everest
Referring to a climbing club for women that she organised after college, Tabei said: "We were told we should be raising children instead."
The inconvenient truth behind Melbourne's population boom
For now, the Andrews government, perhaps a little unsure how to respond, is treating the population surge as a political virtue, albeit one that must be managed. I'm not so sure.
We are the ones pushing up the house prices about which we complain
What matters for a tolerable retirement (far more than superannuation) is owning the home in which you live.
The US scheme that trumps Sydney on affordable housing
It should be embarrassing that the US has such a better federal scheme for providing affordable housing than we do in Australia – a scheme embraced not just by community housing providers, but by a bipartisan politic.
A Trump presidency could bring economic disasters
Let me count the ways...
Add theme parks to the list of things we no longer trust
We've lost our trust in so much but one thing will help earn it back.
The evidence is clear: sex education is letting us down
Rather than making it taboo to talk about the reality of bodies and sex, we should be educating our young people about matters that will have a direct impact on their lives.
ACT Liberals stuck fast in opposition
The return of the ACT Labor government for a fifth straight term has raised some big questions, not just because it was another Labor-Green win, but because it took place in circumstances which suggested a likely Liberal victory. Labor has now been in office since 2001. The broader question of whether the Liberals can ever win again in the ACT has morphed into an assumption that only a moderate Liberal leader, like former Chief Minister Kate Carnell, can ever win in this territory.
Super tax breaks are double-dipping, not paid parental leave
Australian women are growing old waiting for a paid parental leave scheme which meets international standards.
The anniversary that should make us think again
Fifty years after Charles Perkins became the first Aboriginal man to graduate with an Australian university degree, there is scope to improve the opportunities for Indigenous students to excel.
Good news: swearing about politicians is now officially sanctioned
The legal precedent for public f-bomb deployment has been set.
First home buyers will be the real losers under new lending rules
What APRA is asking is that banks slug first time buyers even more.
In the Herald: October 27, 1927
Debasing the influence of films
She broke the glass ceiling, now Hillary Clinton should beware the 'glass cliff'
Researchers studying politics, business, law firms, school districts and regulatory agencies have all explored the glass cliff at work: A woman takes a leadership role in a hard-to-succeed situation; she faces extra pressure, scrutiny and criticism; then she falters.
Feed your addiction with the push of a button
Some of that lost money is mine. I have an online account. So does my wife and my 86 year old grandmother.
My anger at Trump has driven me to petty crime
I committed a crime this month, along with two of my friends. I'm not the lawbreaking type. In fact, as a 52-year-old mum, my life is pretty predictable and boring. But this election, a particular candidate's boasts about women pushed me over the edge.
A long hot summer waiting for the train
You'd think $1.2b link to have enough drivers.