Miki Perkins is a senior reporter at The Age who writes about social affairs. Her stories cover family violence, social trends, the status of women, families, sexuality, disability and much more. Miki has previously covered city, education, courts and general reporting.
When Jessica Eshel heard that a new national disability scheme was coming she vowed to advocate on behalf of her sister Antonella, who has an intellectual disability. But it didn't go as she hoped.
Tom Keel was staring down on Flinders Street Station when he came up with the concept of housing the homeless in surplus train carriages.
For the first time in Australia, Victoria will trial the use of "professional" foster carers.
A local government primary school was Chebiwot Kipsaina's first choice for her daughter, six-year-old Malaika.
It was the loud, derogatory voices in her head that propelled Antoinette Croft from the home she shared with her three young children. They said terrible things.
Glance once at Teisha Rose; you'll see a dark-haired woman walking alongside the glossy, silvered expanse of the bay, a little terrier on a lead. Look twice, and you might notice the slim black cane she uses for support on longer walks, or when she's having a tough day.
He stands in his Scout uniform, age 12, hands in pockets. Still a boy, just. The bright Deniliquin sunshine casts his eyes in deep shadow under his hat.
The final straw was the mice. They scuttled over Loretta's sleeping kids, crawled into the bedding and under pillows. They scampered across the kitchen table as the children ate breakfast.
Tenants have the right to a rented home in 'good repair' even when it is first rented out in poor condition.
"I knew that what I was doing was wrong, but I didn't know what to do about it."
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