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Melbourne Grammar vice-captain Ryan Mooney excelled in one of the more uncommon VCE subjects.

‘Why not study maths or something?’ The students acing VCE’s oddball subjects

And what exactly is sociology, anyway? We asked some of Victoria’s top students to explain.

  • Caroline Schelle

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Elyne Le Faou in Melbourne.

As a visiting Frenchwoman, I find Australian men to be not at all what I expected

Living in Melbourne and working in hospitality, one cultural difference with France was immediately apparent: men’s behaviour towards women.

  • Elyne Le Faou
Leah Ruppanner, who wrote about women and the toll of the mental load, says ‘magic making’ at Christmas is a big driver of burnout for women who take on the brunt of the load at this time of year

Why Leah wants to stop ‘magic-making’ being women’s work at Christmas

‘Centuries of programming’ have it that it’s women’s work to manage the mental load of family life – especially at Christmas. Researchers are trying to measure (and reduce) the toll.

  • Wendy Tuohy
People born on December 25 - this is 11yo Jesse. Jesse Bromley, who turns 12 on Christmas Day Story details: Story about how people with a Christmas Day birthday celebrate 20th December 2023 Photo: Steven Siewert Dennis Channells, turning 72 on Christmas Day A story about people who were born on Christmas, and how they celebrate it. Dennis is turning 72 on December 25 but his retirement village. 13th December 2023 Photo: Steven Siewert Emma Kaye, a ceramicist who was born on Christmas Day. Oct 23, 2023. Photo Edwina Pickles SH Summer

Busy friends, closed cafes, lots of presents: What it’s like being born on Christmas

An Australian Bureau of Statistics analysis found December 25 was the second-least common day for a baby to be born – after February 29.

  • Mary Ward
Nick Enfield with his daughters, Nonnika, 8, and Nyssa, 10, in their Sydney home. He is part of a group of researchers that have found that people are 7 times more likely to say yes than no to family and friends’ requests.

Humans ask for help every couple of minutes, and we mainly say yes

New research across multiple cultures shows people ask for help every two minutes and 17 seconds. We’re much kinder than we know.

  • Jenna Price
Julie Alexander and Fiancé Warren Bingham with Labrador Billie at Rowland Reserve, the Off Leash dog park in Bayview on Sydney’s northern beaches.

Community dog fight over northern beaches off-leash trial

Many residents hope this will be the year the Northern Beaches Council proceeds with a proposed trial of off-leash hours at two beaches.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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From left to right, Tomi Kalinski, Simon Starr and Josh Abrahams of the Yiddish band YID!

The shtetl by the Yarra: why Yiddish culture is thriving in Melbourne

Across Melbourne, young Jewish people are turning to Yiddish to explore their heritage and reconnect with their history.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Cults

Why do people join cults? And how do they get out of them?

It’s not just doomsday bunkers and goat’s blood. Cults are all around the world, including in Australia. What are the red flags and how do cult leaders operate?

  • Sherryn Groch
<i>Illustration: </i>Matt Davidson

Fed up with the chore wars, grumpy women are now politically dangerous

The federal government has been warned: the importance of domestic democracy in underpinning gender equality is one issue that most people agree on. Lack of action could be dangerous.

  • Kristine Ziwica
Nicholas Nguyen, almost 18, was born after the Howard government’s baby bonus payment was announced.

The baby bonus generation is starting to turn 18. Has it saved Australia’s population?

Former treasurer Peter Costello once told the nation to have “one [baby] for Mum, one for Dad, and one for the country” when he launched the baby bonus. Those children are now starting to turn 18.

  • Anthony Segaert

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