This Month
A six-figure salary and five-star hotels. Why I gave it all up to be happy
Growing up, Sahil Bloom was convinced material wealth was the secret to a happy stress-free life. But then he asked himself five key questions.
- Miranda Levy
We’re divorced – but we still live in the same house
If a couple can move beyond bitterness and learn the art of empathic communication, a no-split divorce might be an option. It certainly makes good financial sense.
- Steph Clarkson
December 2024
‘Courses in love’: China steps up campaign to promote marriage, babies
Universities have been asked to educate single students on relationships and regular articles appear in state media about the benefits of having children.
- Eleanor Olcott, Nian Liu and Wang Xueqiao
This is how we celebrate Christmas
From rural NSW to Nashville, Tennessee and a luxury game lodge in South Africa, there’s a thread that runs through festivities everywhere.
- Life & Leisure
June 2024
Tea, tarts and tears: My trip to France to honour a secret
It took one brave family and the silence of an entire town to protect this writer’s mother during the German occupation. This is what happened when she went to meet them.
- Rose-Anne Manns
May 2024
Decades after tycoon’s death, his family is suing each other over a mansion
Tech tycoon’s widow says she felt ‘used and abused’ in a dispute that pitted her three children against her – and each other.
- Duncan Hughes
March 2024
Toddlers spend three hours a day on screens, miss language learning
Spending more time on devices is depriving children of conversations that help them learn the language, a first-of-its-kind study has found.
- Jill Margo
January 2024
How will you be remembered? Here’s how to adopt a ‘legacy’ mind-set
Building a legacy – which benefits others and will survive beyond your lifetime – encourages you to think more deeply and for the longer-term.
- Katherine Kam
December 2023
From baby races to hidden Mickeys: here’s what a Disney cruise is like
Finally, the brand’s cruise line has made its Australian debut. Our writer stepped aboard a sceptic. Not so his two children.
- David Marin-Guzman
November 2023
The festive rituals of six high-flyers from around the world
Family is at the heart of celebrations for these globetrotters – no matter who, or where, they are.
- Philippa Coates, Jill Dupleix and Charis Perkins
May 2023
Do you talk to your mum every day? These three high achievers do
Successful mothers, successful children. All apparently happy with their lot, and getting along famously. What are their secrets?
- Philippa Coates
The one thing you need to do before your kids travel abroad
Getting your offspring to give you power of attorney before they travel or work overseas can help you protect and support them if they are scammed or sick.
- Duncan Hughes
April 2023
Wills made during COVID-19 challenged by courts
Documents signed electronically are being ruled invalid, forcing people to redo them to avoid problems.
- Duncan Hughes
February 2023
How lost inheritances tear blended families apart
Lawyers warn that parents are bequeathing assets that may have been sold by the time they die, creating bitter family rows.
- Duncan Hughes
The age of the grandparent has arrived
The ratio of grandparents to children is higher than ever before. That has big consequences.
January 2023
Who are the nepo babies among us?
There are two high high-profile areas where nepotism continues to thrive: entertainment and politics.
- Adrian Wooldridge
November 2022
Rushing about like mad over Christmas? Here’s why you should stop
Where once our house was festooned with cards depicting donkeys beaming down on baby Jesus and the like, now I mostly get gold-embossed ones from luxury brands.
- Charis Perkins
November 2022
Selling an Adelaide property jointly with a neighbour reaps $2.31m
A family of five children had to sell their late parents’ home. What could have been a disaster started with a wedding and ended with ouzo on the front lawn.
- Michael Bleby
Learning how to be better at the most important job in the world
Parenting is a hard job that few feel prepared for and even fewer feel they are good at.
- Julie Hare
March 2022
New Zealand allows citizens to sponsor Ukraine families
New Zealand’s borders are currently closed to all non-New Zealanders.
- Lucy Craymer