Why Starbucks is crashing in the US,but booming in Australia
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Real life

Why Starbucks is crashing in the US,but booming in Australia

After decades of struggling to meet our high coffee standards,Starbucks is enjoying record profits Down Under thanks to a new generation of customers.

  • byShona Hendley

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The government social media team giving statistics a sexy rebrand

The government social media team giving statistics a sexy rebrand

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has garnered a loyal fan base of followers online for its playful approach to a typically dry topic.

  • byLauren Ironmonger
This item is Brisbane’s favourite food to have home-delivered

This item is Brisbane’s favourite food to have home-delivered

When it comes to the delivery apps,there’s one food item Brisbane just can’t get enough of.

  • byNick Dent
From hot priests to hot rabbis,is faith the new forbidden fruit?
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Streaming

From hot priests to hot rabbis,is faith the new forbidden fruit?

If it’s a human thing to want what we can’t have,then even men of the cloth might be super sexy for the irreligious.

  • byJustine Toh
‘We’re not a baby retailer’:How The Memo is appealing to Millennial mums
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Parenting

‘We’re not a baby retailer’:How The Memo is appealing to Millennial mums

After taking Melbourne’s baby industry by storm,the Millennial favourite is set to open its first Sydney store next month.

  • byLauren Ironmonger
Forget the wellness fads:Why a girls’ trip is the most restorative thing you can do
Opinion
Friendship

Forget the wellness fads:Why a girls’ trip is the most restorative thing you can do

There is nothing as delicious as surrounding yourself with people who know the story of your first pash at a school dance or remember your emo phase.

  • byCharlotte Mortlock
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Idealism or exploitation? The online ‘tradwives’ doing everything to please their husbands

Idealism or exploitation? The online ‘tradwives’ doing everything to please their husbands

A wave of young women portray a marriage ideal that includes submitting to and serving their husbands. But the movement has prompted warnings from former “traditional wives” that the lifestyle puts women at risk of poverty.

  • byWendy Tuohy
How these Australian women became a global target of online misogyny

How these Australian women became a global target of online misogyny

A light-hearted TikTok video was viewed tens of millions of times before attracting the ire of online misogynists,including Andrew Tate.

  • byMeg Watson
Take heart! Australia is still better and fairer than most

Take heart! Australia is still better and fairer than most

It’s been tempting to think that the goal of every generation being better off than their parents has been lost. It’s not true. Not yet anyway.

  • byRoss Gittins
From Gen Z to Millennials,young Australians are truly in a mess
Opinion
Budgeting

From Gen Z to Millennials,young Australians are truly in a mess

While it may make you uncomfortable,it’s an irrefutable fact that younger people are vastly more disadvantaged than older ones.

  • byVictoria Devine
Next time you’re paying hundreds of dollars for a jab,spare a thought for the message you’re sending
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Trends

Next time you’re paying hundreds of dollars for a jab,spare a thought for the message you’re sending

I don’t love everything about ageing,but it has its good points. I want to thrive in this stage,not feel burdened with pressures.

  • byClare Kermond