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Mega-spiders, crocs and a wild bull. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea

Mega-spiders, crocs and a wild bull. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea

We were too old to trek into the Kimberley, but we did anyway. And I’d do it again in a heartbeat.

  • by Anson Cameron

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Birds, bees and trees: My guilty winter pleasure

Birds, bees and trees: My guilty winter pleasure

This weekend’s National Tree Day highlights how planting trees can help make our world a better place.

  • by Megan Backhouse
How to ruin a family with one quick court case

How to ruin a family with one quick court case

As Rupert Murdoch attempts to set his legacy using his family trust, thousands of Australians are following suit. So, who gets to keep what – and why does it matter?

  • by Jenna Price
Jackie Kennedy would have turned 95 this week. Who was the woman behind the photos?

Jackie Kennedy would have turned 95 this week. Who was the woman behind the photos?

And what is it that draws us back, again and again, to her story?

  • by Dawn Tripp
Men are not from Mars. They are from another galaxy entirely

Men are not from Mars. They are from another galaxy entirely

Am I generalising? Yes. Do I care? No.

  • by Kathy Lette
The first time I saw crying that frightened me, it came from my father
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Friendship

The first time I saw crying that frightened me, it came from my father

I have been practising being better in the company of others crying. It’s a human act that scares us, but I’m learning to embrace its power.

  • by Jacinta Parsons
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The main problem with tourist trails? The tourists
Opinion
Holidays

The main problem with tourist trails? The tourists

Here’s how to get off the road most travelled.

  • by Richard Glover
I was promoted and given a pay rise but it doesn’t feel like enough. What are my options?

I was promoted and given a pay rise but it doesn’t feel like enough. What are my options?

I can’t tell you how many people I have counselled who expected to get a much bigger uplift when they took on more responsibility, writes Dr Kirstin Ferguson.

  • by Kirstin Ferguson
I’m a grandmother, not a child carer. I did the job the first time around
Opinion
Childcare

I’m a grandmother, not a child carer. I did the job the first time around

I long ago made it very clear to my adult children that while being a grandmother is something I might enjoy, I would not be participating in exhausting hours of tending to toddlers.

  • by Avril Moore
I’m a cafe worker. There’s one question customers ask that shows a lack of respect
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Workplace

I’m a cafe worker. There’s one question customers ask that shows a lack of respect

Most people have little idea of the stigma directed at hospitality workers. There is an assumption that wait staff above a certain age lack the skills or gumption to “get a proper job”.

  • by Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier
Thinking of donating to charity? Here’s the impact it can have

Thinking of donating to charity? Here’s the impact it can have

To Maree Sidey, CEO of Philanthropy Australia, how you donate money is “an expression of who you are in the world”.

  • by Josephine Parsons