Got the self-isolation blues? Switch on to Schitt’s Creek

Got the self-isolation blues? Switch on to Schitt’s Creek

The popular show is part of a wave of sitcoms riding high on the streaming revolution.

  • byGreg Callaghan

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Family embrace:the rise of multi-generational living in Australia

Family embrace:the rise of multi-generational living in Australia

It's a horrific thought for some,but having several generations living in the same household has plenty of benefits – as long as you can negotiate the inevitable disputes over space.

  • byFenella Souter
Sisters lost fight to prove father was delusional,suffering dementia when he wrote will

Sisters lost fight to prove father was delusional,suffering dementia when he wrote will

A court has found the deceased had the mental capacity to make a will despite suffering dementia and delusional beliefs.

  • byAndrew Taylor
How 19th century patriarchy resulted in trauma for a widow

How 19th century patriarchy resulted in trauma for a widow

Inheritance laws caused misery for one widow and her children forced to leave Australia in order to survive.

  • bySimon Caterson
Search on for heir to WA mystery milkman's $900,000 fortune
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Search on for heir to WA mystery milkman's $900,000 fortune

There is a search under way to find the owner of an unclaimed fortune left behind by a mystery milkman,who worked for decades in North Perth.

  • byMichael Genovese
The man uncovering family secrets and making millionaires

The man uncovering family secrets and making millionaires

James Chalmers is something of a gene detective,scouring all manner of public and private records to deliver sums and shocks to mostly-unwitting next of kin. One person to receive such a bolt from the blue was Melbourne's Marilyn White.

  • byZach Hope
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With one click,the Liberals inadvertently unleashed the ultimate election scare campaign

With one click,the Liberals inadvertently unleashed the ultimate election scare campaign

By election eve,for every person typing “retiree tax” into Google there were 30 searching the term “death tax”.

  • byMax Koslowski
Aretha Franklin may have left wills after all

Aretha Franklin may have left wills after all

One was found under cushions in her home.

  • byEd White
'Bizarre tricks':Labor hit by new'fake news'media release stirring death tax fears

'Bizarre tricks':Labor hit by new'fake news'media release stirring death tax fears

The email chain appeared to imitate PR firm Essential Media,which denounced the communications as"fake news".

  • byMichael Koziol
Enriching,equalising,efficient:Why'heinously unpopular'death taxes could actually be a good idea

Enriching,equalising,efficient:Why'heinously unpopular'death taxes could actually be a good idea

The friendless orphan of the tax debate - inheritance taxes

  • byShane Wright
Is birth order really a signpost for adult life? Scientists doubt it.

Is birth order really a signpost for adult life? Scientists doubt it.

Birth order,so the conventional wisdom goes,moulds our personality. The trouble is there is now a growing pile of scientific evidence that says otherwise.

  • byBen Guarino