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Social media
Influencers are shining a light on public housing. But are they doing good or just gawking?
“This floor is the one with all the f---ing murderers,” one creator says, laughing.
- by Scobie Mckay
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Running
Want to take up running? You might be having an identity crisis
As much as we pretend it’s purely for health and wellbeing purposes, running in the modern age has become a performance in and of itself.
- by Brandon Jack
Opinion
Housing crisis
A family home doesn’t need to be a house: The case for European-style living
Moving overseas highlighted that our national psyche is to see houses not as places merely to live, but an asset class that, for many, is a way to grow wealth.
- by Caroline Zielinski
Opinion
Millennials
I thought not Googling everything would set me free. Instead, it ruined my garden
I’m not sure if having the answers would have saved my nasturtiums, but not knowing didn’t help me either. Somehow, my fantasy didn’t bring peace or protection.
- by Wendy Syfret
Opinion
Parenting
My son says he doesn’t want to have children. It’s not my job to convince him
Having a baby is the rare thing you can’t back out of. Tatts, vasectomies, vows, all reversible. Babies, not so much. What if you do it and realise it’s not for you?
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Feminism
When three feminists gave their mic to a comedian, they betrayed their own audience
Blame for the abysmal failure of Clementine Ford, Antoinette Lattouf and Yumi Stynes’ event shouldn’t be placed solely on the male comedian now being dragged online.
- by Katy Hall
Opinion
Parenting
Having a child at 22 is the best career decision I ever made
At 38, my life is free of gastro and childcare hurdles as I navigate meetings and work trips. But around me, I see a trail of exhausted parents trying to navigate an endless cycle of challenges. At a time when they could be coming up for air, they are drowning.
- by Odette Barry
Opinion
Gender equality
Men aren’t all bad – many are just confounded by the new rules
Men are struggling to find a new way of being in a society in which gender roles and expectations are rapidly changing. For many, I see resistance informed not by sexism or misogyny, but by feeling confused.
- by Bianca Denny
The 151st Rheola Charity Carnival
Eddie Jim captured the colour of the 151st Rheola Charity Carnival on Easter Monday 2024
Opinion
Drugs
Drugs aren’t just for tradies and ravers. Middle-aged, middle-class women do them too
All drugs can destroy lives, finances, relationships. But in the spirit of openness, let’s not lie. They’re fun, and therein lies the rub.
- by Kate Halfpenny
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Education
‘Crucial for memory’: Why facts stick when you write them down
It might not be a window to your soul but it’s better for your brain. Why writing – once an ancient “handicraft” – is still worth doing well.
- by Angus Holland