Now it’s wearing activewear, and speaks with the mean but well meaning tone of a big sister sitting us down for a serious chat

Irish emigrants in Sydney have been taken in by all the social media of Bondi sunrises without realising a lot of travel influencing is a total swizz

We have to teach young men that sex is not a thing you win. It is not the result of how well you negotiate or argue your case

Knowing you’re underachieving at the sport of underachieving tends to crush your ego

There’s a hint of something in this school of thought. Maybe it’s classism. Maybe it’s jealousy. But it gets at me

Instead, life feels about as comfortable as wearing a pair of scratchy, sucky-in knickers after a 12-hour wedding

The main reason working-class often people find themselves locked out of entertainment industry roles is poor or no pay for early-career creatives

I have seen kind, mature people part ways with mutual care and respect because they didn’t wait to resent each other

This year my hope is that I have more difficult conversations, even if it means inviting more confrontation into my life

There are many good men but that’s not the point. All it takes is one bad one, one look to make your insides drop

As someone who grew up buying most of their household bits from ‘2 dollar shops’ without any shame, I will argue that they are a lifeline for some communities

When a doctor came out carrying the green whistle, only seen after the worst of rugby tackles, I knew it was bad

Some things should be ushered into the new year like a much-loved guest being shown into the good room. Other things should be discarded like Christmas cardboard refuse

I worked in festive retail for many years and have a few tales to tell

Danny Dyer becoming the sex symbol of 2025 was not on anyone’s bingo card but it proves how radically the female gaze swerves from its male counterpart

Top of the list are people who don’t vote. How dare they whinge about how things are run if they haven’t done the one thing that could have influenced it?

I am quietly awed by Nikita Hand and others like her who stand up outside a courthouse to address the media

What are opponents to voting abroad so afraid of? The explanations of ‘it’s too hard’ or ‘it’s too risky’ feel threadbare and lazy

What better way to spend a hot sunny day than in the park, staking out two strange couples’ proposals?

The girl sprinting for the ferry in Sydney late on a Saturday night was meanly cut off, prompting an unusual display of social solidarity