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In between ‘What’s that?’ and ‘Where are we going?’ comes a line of inquiry designed to cause an existential crisis.

The one question my son asks me that I simply cannot answer

In between ‘What’s that?’ and ‘Where are we going?’ comes a line of inquiry designed to cause an existential crisis.

  • Thomas Mitchell

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  • Benjamin Law

Despite ‘different interests’, these mates have had coffee every Sunday for 15 years

Same time, same table, same order: Ian and Scott met through their wives decades ago. Without ever planning ahead, they catch up over flat whites each week.

  • Susan Horsburgh
You’ve got male: Billy Bob Thornton in Landman; Alan Ritchson in Reacher; and Kevin Costner in Yellowstone.

Hypermasculine, but not toxic. Explaining the rise of ‘Dad TV’

Shows such as Reacher, Landman and Yellowstone are bringing a new kind of masculinity to the screen – and finding a global audience.

  • Louise Rugendyke

After her father’s death, Sophie visited a random town, and discovered a surprise

Having always believed that spiritual energy surrounds us all, Sophie felt her father was guiding her.

  • Kellie Floyd

‘I love being a man, but it’s tough at times’: Harry Garside

“We don’t have the same emotional support systems as women,” says the 27-year-old boxer.

  • Jane Rocca
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Celebrities including Jamie Lee Curtis, Eugene Levy, Leighton Meester and Adam Brody, and Paris Hilton have been adversely affected by the LA fires.

Flame trees’ fiery warning for tinderbox Aussie bush

The wildfires ravaging Los Angeles hold important lessons for Australia which, like California, has large forests of highly flammable (introduced) eucalypt trees, which are nicknamed “gasoline trees” in the US.

At 51, I thought I was done with parenting. I was wrong.

At 51, I thought I was done with children. Life disagreed

On hearing the news, and factoring in my 12- and 14-year-olds, I spiralled through several dark nights of the soul. I’d be 70 by the time kid No. 3 could drive.

  • Mic Looby

‘We changed the date’: Seven well-known Australians share their Christmas secrets

“It’s genius!” says Myf Warhurst, who along with six other identities reveals her yuletide tips.

  • Jane Rocca
Allegra Spender’s tax reform green paper called for lower income taxes and rebalancing the system to promote homeownership.

Too hard? We can’t afford to put off tough talk on tax

With a federal election looming, will either major party will show some courage and addressing the demonstrated challenges?

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