2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (645+ words) September 11, 2026 — 3:30pm There is much anxiety at the moment about what our girls are facing – misogyny, the manosphere and sexual violence. Increasingly, I hear murmurings about teaching girls self-defence. Perhaps we need them to learn how to fight back? After more…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (547+ words) September 9, 2026 — 5:00am Australian classrooms remain among the most disruptive in the world because of noise, disorder and distraction caused by digital devices, the latest report card ranking school systems around the world has found. Students reported a less positive “disciplinary climate…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1090+ words) September 7, 2026 — 7:47pm Most young Australians are still interested in having children — despite what the nation’s steep decline in fertility rates suggests — but their family plans are affected by their worry about the future. The most obvious barrier, tough economic times leading…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1460+ words) Every morning, a grandmother wakes 11 children....

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (1594+ words) In the second part of our series on modern parenting, Liam Mannix considers why choosing to have children increases the pressure on mums and dads – especially faced with the unreachable standard set by Bluey’s father. The hot cross buns emerge…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (653+ words) August 15, 2026 — 8:00pm When Rose Mitchell was 10, she felt like she became a parent. “The minute he was born, something shifted within me,” she said of her brother Daniel Rata. From that day on, for decades, the pair were inseparable. Now, no…...