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Alarm as financial literacy fails to add up for many

A two-tiered financial health system, characterised by "haves and have nots", has been revealed in a survey of Australians on financial literacy questions.

AAP · Feb 19, 2024

‘I couldn’t hide from it any more’: lockdowns drove Chantelle to the brink, and she wasn’t alone

Exclusive: Sydney University’s Alone Together study finds one-third of group of young adults had moderate to severe symptoms over the two years of lockdowns

The Guardian - AU · Jan 20, 2024

Clue in the windscreen may be key in legal challenge to Queensland’s AI traffic fine system

The state’s traffic camera revenue is soaring, but the technology isn’t faultless. Amid several legal challenges, it’s not just drivers raising concerns

The Guardian - AU · Dec 27, 2023

Ryan’s rule: the Australian right to a second medical opinion that may soon be saving lives in England

Protocol entitling relatives to ask for a senior clinician if they are unhappy with hospital treatment emerged from tragedy and has been invoked thousands of times

The Guardian - AU · Sep 8, 2023

Morning Mail: Insurance premiums through the roof, compensation for murdered refugee, the Matildas’ mentality

Home insurance premiums climb by 50% in high-risk parts of Australia; government reaches a confidential settlement with the family of Reza Barati

The Guardian - AU · Aug 13, 2023

How Wiegman replaces James will define the type of team England are

The manager faces a tactical and personnel conundrum going into the quarter-final against Colombia – but she is nothing if not prepared

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2023

Morning Mail: toxic pollution at Antarctic base, victims’ advocate calls for the cane, four French footballers to fear

Arsenic and toxic metals found at Australia’s largest Antarctic research base, man who backs the cane joins Queensland youth justice group, Trump’s Twitter trawled by investigators

The Guardian - AU · Aug 9, 2023

Rising fees and staff shortages: the crisis in Australia’s childcare system

Childcare fees are rising faster than inflation and wage growth, and one-third of the population lives in a childcare desert

The Guardian - AU · Jul 14, 2023

Queensland opposition leader calls for child protection overhaul

David Crisafulli says there is a ‘state sanctioned pipeline of youth criminals’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 9, 2023

‘They were slave traders’: how an Indigenous historian found peace by unearthing her family’s past

For Bundjalung woman Shauna Bostock, researching her ancestors’ lives unshackled their stories – and also herself

The Guardian - AU · Jul 8, 2023