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Artwork comparing the cartoon version of Bluey with designs for the Lego version and the final minifig.

Heads up, squirts: Lego Bluey is here – but not everyone is happy

While kids are going crazy for the Lego version of Brisbane’s famous blue heeler family, adult fans are harder to please. 

  • Nick Dent

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Recent research found that adults make an average of 122 informed choices daily. That is far too many.

Suffering from decision fatigue? Why not take tips from a toddler and live life on repeat

Every day, my two-year-old son rewatches the same movie and then reads the same books before bed. In a world of endless choices, he has chosen to disregard decisions altogether.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Rachel Healy is the Chief Executive of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC). She took over in December 2024.

‘Every empty seat is a missed opportunity’: QPAC’s new boss brings back kids’ festival Out of the Box

The return of the theatre festival for under eights is the perfect example of the state performing arts centre doing what it was meant to do, Rachel Healy says.

  • Nick Dent
Treasurer Jim Chalmers on election night.

Labor has the mandate to think big and seize opportunity

While the government may not wish to blindside the electorate, there is plenty of room for more ambitious reform in areas it has established as priorities.

  • The Age's View
Genius Childcare director Darren Misquitt.

Administrators take control of national childcare chain

The struggling Genius chain of childcare centres has been forced into administration by creditors seeking payment of multimillion-dollar debts.

  • Noel Towell
Genius childcare.

Perth daycares shut by mass walkout over unpaid wages, super

Families across Perth were left in the lurch on Monday after educators quit over months of late wages and unpaid super, with their union taking legal action.

  • Emma Young
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Some parents have no option but a childcare centre.

To win parents’ votes, put their kids first – with childcare that hits home

There’s evidence that children aged under three are more stressed in childcare centres than at home. Working parents need options.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
A Mini Cooper in the foreground, and in the background a Ford Cortina Mk I (a car the author once owned in real life).

I love my toy racing cars, but I think they’re ruining my dating life

Is it a thing of beauty or a ridiculous relic? Karl Quinn just can’t decide, but he knows that slot-car racing set is just too damn big.

  • Karl Quinn

What makes a good (and bad) toy?

Fancy “educational” toys might not be the best for your child. What makes a toy good for a kid?

  • Jackson Graham
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese framed improvements to childcare reform as an economic reform.

Childcare subsidy won’t deliver for children, families or taxpayers

It’s safe to say the cost of childcare may come in as a close second in deterring parents-to-be from starting a family.

  • Georgie Dent

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