Would you say Merry Christmas to a stranger? With an increasing number of Aussies reporting they’re lonely, perhaps it’s time to look up from your phone and start exchanging pleasantries. It ‘tis the season after all.
Real wages have gone up this year but so has the government’s appetite for your money, writes Caleb Bond.
It’s the academic version of a ribbon for everyone on sports day and I fear soon it will be at every year level, writes Jess Adamson.
I’m about to pop your festival bauble with a few un-festive facts, writes Amanda Blair.
You’re not a national carrier if foreign airlines do a better job of serving Australians than you will, writes David Penberthy.
The extraordinary stoush over Fatima Payman’s citizenship sparked by Pauline Hanson resulted in chaotic scenes, writes Samantha Maiden.
There’s a new black market boom coming via our nation’s frustrated shoppers, writes Peter Goers. Have your say.
The Great Outdoors Taskforce investigation into opening up 1.8 million hectares of state forest is a Labor Party gimmick, writes Peter Hunt.
Star athletes are copying Donald Trump’s signature dance, a sign of the goodwill for the President-elect. But Tom Minear says some Republicans have reasons to restrain his mandate.
This isn’t a self-serving rant. I’ll get special protections under these laws that you won’t, writes David Penberthy.
While many Aussie parents are freaking out about their teenagers’ first coming of age trip, we can’t wrap them in cotton wool for life, writes Julie Cross.
Can Peter Dutton win the next federal election for the Coalition? It might not work out the way you think it will, writes Samantha Maiden.
Anthony Albanese’s government is becoming an international embarrassment holding back the state Labor leaders who know a good idea when they see it, writes David Penberthy.
Apparently, it is a busy time of year at the Australian Tax Office, which is why the automated system kept hanging up on me. Here’s how I managed to speak to a human.
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