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Susie O’Brien is a columnist and journalist at the Herald Sun, writing on family, social, political and lifestyle issues. She also writes about parenting, or “sharenting” as it’s now known thanks to Facebook. Susie often writes about her three kids, but this is getting harder as they now regularly Google their names to check up on her. Susie is an experienced media performer who appears on Sunrise every Friday where her main audience is women on treadmills watching with the sound turned down. Over the years she’s been on The Project, The Circle, Mornings, Today, Weekend Today and Sky News and every other news show. She has a PhD in Education, but please don’t hold this against her.

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Why disgraced teacher’s unfair dismissal hearing delayed

Disgraced ex-St Kevin’s teacher Simon Parris will be forced to wait until December to have his unfair dismissal claim heard by the Fair Work Commission. Here’s why it has been delayed.

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Chrissie with her kids Annabelle,7, and Seth, 5. Kids and parents reject schools teaching about food which says some food are good and other food bad. They also hate lunchbox monitoring and bans on sharing food. Instead families see food as communal, pleasurable and fun. Picture- Nicole Cleary

The lunchbox dilemma pestering kids

Just exactly how kids feel about their lunchboxes being monitored, limits on sharing food and what is deemed as healthy has been revealed in a new study. Here’s what they think.

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Hey, SA, we don’t care because we have the ‘G

South Australians are fighting back against Premier Dan Andrews questioning why anyone would want to go to Adelaide. But they’re wasting their time, because they don’t have the ‘G, writes Susie O’Brien.

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Bucking the fast food trend, healthy teens Francesca 14 and friend Issy 15 love a good smooth and making a mess in the kitchen. Picture: David Caird

How social media is leading kids to junk food

Fast-food companies are bombarding Victorian kids with ads for unhealthy junk food and drinks on social media, a new study has found. Here’s how the inundation is taking place.

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GEELONG, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 12: Players and coaches take a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before the 2020 AFL Round 02 match between the Geelong Cats and the Hawthorn Hawks at GMHBA Stadium on June 12, 2020 in Geelong, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

AFL players can take a bow for taking a stand

Footy players taking a knee before the weekend’s matches was a small gesture that means a lot, and it should be applauded, writes Susie O’Brien.

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Carly Kruger with kids Flynn and Archer.Mums say they want to take their lockdown lives into the post covid time - partiulcarly the time they've spent with their kids. Picture:Rob Leeson.

Surprise lockdown habits mums want to keep

Aussie mums are keen to keep a string of newly-adopted lockdown habits well after restrictions fully ease, with many feeling positive after the pandemic peak, despite worrying about changing family finances and career goals.

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Empty shelves at K-Mart at Mount Ommaney.

Why Kmart’s empty shelves is good news for shoppers

Kmart shelves have been empty for weeks as the retailer struggles to meet demand. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel, writes Susie O’Brien.

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An immunotherapy treatment, which has shown long-lasting effects against peanut allergy where participants were given a probiotic together with peanut protein, is now being extended to eggs. Jamie Stevenson 9, who is under immunotherapy treatment for egg allergy, is excited about being able to finally eat eggs after treatment. Picture: David Caird

Melbourne trial offers hope to kids with egg allergies

Melbourne researchers who carried out a peanut allergy trial after which 80 per cent of children were safely able to eat peanuts are now hoping to have the same success with egg allergies.

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Little boy sitting alone on floor after suffering an act of bullying while children run in the background. Sad young schoolboy sitting on corridor with hands on knees and head between his legs.

Shocking number of kids battling mental health issues

Concerned doctors are calling for a “complete shake-up of the Australian health care system” with a shock study revealing desperate parents are taking children as young as eight to hospitals for serious mental health problems.

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School return a step closer to normality

Today all Victorian school children will be back at school. Some parents will look back in fondness at home-schooling and others, like me, will look back in relief and hope we never, ever, have to do this ever again, writes Susie O’Brien.

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