Our unhinged annual Christmas obsession is the one thing Aussies can’t control
Opinion
Christmas

Our unhinged annual Christmas obsession is the one thing Aussies can’t control

You’d think living in a country where the weather swings from droughts to flash floods might’ve taught us to be laid-back. Yeah,nah.

  • byKate Halfpenny

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Melbourne suburbs where priced-out home buyers found the next best thing

Melbourne suburbs where priced-out home buyers found the next best thing

Melbourne’s property market has been sluggish,but a handful of suburbs are in demand from buyers chasing lifestyle on a budget.

  • byKate Halfpenny
When it’s not my back aching,I’m aching for conversations like we used to have about love and lust
Opinion
Health

When it’s not my back aching,I’m aching for conversations like we used to have about love and lust

I can’t resist a test,and one I recently had outside my local Baker’s Delight has taken me down a rabbit hole.

  • byKate Halfpenny
Pamela Anderson’s a hero for not wearing make-up? Then call me a bad feminist
Opinion
Trends

Pamela Anderson’s a hero for not wearing make-up? Then call me a bad feminist

Women are being told we’re more “authentic” if we ditch makeup. Who benefits from that? Not the busy everyday woman who needs a bit of armour in a jar to boost her confidence.

  • byKate Halfpenny
Why the wicked mother-in-law archetype never dies

Why the wicked mother-in-law archetype never dies

Somewhere along the way,society decided in-laws should have a warm,family-dinner-every-Sunday bond. What confected rubbish.

  • byKate Halfpenny
Holly and Bianca could have been any one of our children

Holly and Bianca could have been any one of our children

It starts with a passport,an open-ended ticket,a crammed backpack. How do we keep our kids safe while letting them spread their wings? The truth is,we can’t.

  • byKate Halfpenny
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Cold Chisel can tell you everything about your parenting skills

Cold Chisel can tell you everything about your parenting skills

Anyone who’s seen Chisel or just listened to the radio since the 1970s will know what I’m on about.

  • byKate Halfpenny
Kids’ social media ban might be just as tough on flat-chat parents

Kids’ social media ban might be just as tough on flat-chat parents

This ban sounds like a toothless folly that smacks of Anthony Albanese wanting to be seen as doing something.

  • byKate Halfpenny
Once a respectable corner of the internet,LinkedIn has jumped the shark

Once a respectable corner of the internet,LinkedIn has jumped the shark

LinkedIn has become the hunting ground for insufferables,a full-blown self-promotion circus. And this is from someone who writes “About Me” profiles for a living.

  • byKate Halfpenny
Buy shares,take a swim,and all the other things I’d tell my younger self
Opinion
Real life

Buy shares,take a swim,and all the other things I’d tell my younger self

When I look back at photos of my sweet chubby teenage face it’s like I’m looking at an entirely different person. Imagine if you could turn back time and give that person some advice.

  • byKate Halfpenny
King Charles eats half an avocado for lunch every day. That’s nuts
Opinion
Diet

King Charles eats half an avocado for lunch every day. That’s nuts

Why is it that the people with the most access to the world’s bounty,like Victoria Beckham and Jennifer Aniston,have whittled their diets down to minimalist meals?

  • byKate Halfpenny