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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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Rear view of group of students raising hands to answer teacher's question in the classroom. Focus is on hands in the middle.Picture: iStock

Why we should keep schools open — for now

There are arguments for and against closing schools in the face of COVID-19, but we should be trying to keep them open as long as we can, writes Susie O’Brien.

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Elderly shoppers queue outside Woolworths in Moonee Ponds before it opened at 7am.via The Australian.

Shopping chaos in Melbourne as aged care homes go into lockdown

Angry scenes at supermarkets in Melbourne this morning as elderly people arrived for a special shopping hour to buy important supplies only to find empty shelves.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 13: Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a press conference announcing that mass gatherings of 500 people or more are cancelled from Monday 16th of March. The government is also recommending against all overseas travel. The press conference followed the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting on 13th of March, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. The usual agenda for the state, territory and local government leaders has been set aside to discuss measures to stop further spreading of COVID-19 in Australia. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)

ScoMo’s rugby plans prove he’s learnt nothing from bushfires

Scott Morrison’s decision to attend a rugby match in Sydney this weekend after advising the public not to attend mass gatherings is foolish and selfish, like holidaying in Hawaii while the country was burning, writes Susie O’Brien.

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Pakenham grandfather Ian Rowed 71 sneaks junk food treats into the diet of his grandchildren, Savannah,11 and Sophia, 5. Picture: Mark Stewart

Why your parents give grandkids treats they never gave you

It’s an age old assumption that grandparents spoil their grandkids much more than they did their own — now it’s been scientifically proven. Here’s how Aussie nans and pops are ensuring their offspring get the best of everything.

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Why smacking kids does more harm than good

Why smacking kids does more harm than good

A damning study has found smacking children has no positive effects and can lead to behavioural problems, prompting experts to call for a ban on physical punishment of children.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 20, 2018 movie producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at Manhattan Supreme Court in New York. - On March 11, 2020, a week before his 68th birthday, the "Pulp Fiction" producer with a knack for making Oscar-winning movies was sentenced to 23 years in jail for rape and sexual assault.The sentencing in New York capped a sensational downfall for Weinstein, almost three years after allegations against him ignited the #MeToo movement, made him a pariah and ended his career. Nearly 90 women have come forward alleging 40 years of vile predatory behavior by Weinstein. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR / AFP)

Weinstein only has himself to blame for depraved crimes

Don’t let Harvey Weinstein’s appalling attempt at trying to play the victim card fool you. The disgraced film mogul is only worried about himself, not his victims, and the fact that he is likely to die in jail, writes Susie O’Brien.

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A "stature challenge door" has outraged customers at a Yarra Valley eatery. Picture: Facebook

Winery’s absurd ‘challenge’ shows our secret size shame

The “stature challenge door” erected by a Yarra Valley winery is shameful, degrading and absurd — even more so as we celebrate International Women’s Day, writes Susie O’Brien.

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A man prepares to buy 150 rolls of toilet paper at a store, as people begin to panic buy and stockpile essentials from fear that supplies will be affected by the spread of the COVID-19, coronavirus outbreak across the country, in Los Angeles, California on February 29, 2020. - The US has suffered its first virus related death as the number of novel coronavirus cases in the world rose to 85,919, including 2,941 deaths, across 61 countries and territories. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP)

Beware the bottom feeders of our health crisis

There are plenty of toilet rolls in Australia, it’s just that 96 per cent of them seem to be in about five per cent of homes. What is this obsession all about, writes Susie O’Brien.

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Istock images for wellbeing in Gold Coast Eye

Why fitness ‘inspiration’ is failing on social media

Looking at fitspiration images on social media puts people in a bad mood and makes them feel bad about their bodies, a new study has found, and it makes women less likely to feel inspired to work out.

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Sexual harassment between two business people

Bosses may get more power to boot sex pests

Two in five women and one in four men have been sexually harassed at work in the past five years but a proposal by the federal government could soon allow employers to sack sex fiends more easily.

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