Family
Middle-class women are doing DIY divorce – but it could cost them
Women who don’t qualify for legal aid but don’t have the cash to pay family lawyers are “falling through the cracks”, accepting do-it-yourself settlements.
- by Wendy Tuohy
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My father brought his new fiancée into our home. This is how my mum and I coped
According to my mother, it is possible to put jealousy aside for love.
- by Laura Woollett
Ian Thorpe: ‘If I find the right person, I do plan to settle down’
“My upbringing is very focused around family and I’d like to take part in that if it happens for me.”
- by Jane Rocca
‘There was a conversation he wanted to have, but no way to have it’
Amid ongoing debate about the Voice, my father is losing his.
- by Pip WIlliams
Opinion
Sex & relationships
Romance isn’t quite dead in our house. We like to watch
In fact, romance is streaming episodically into our lounge room. Who needs to go out for date night?
- by Julie Power
My father and my sister died within months of each other. This is what I did next
The realisation that I’d never be able to hear their voices again led to what you might call my “a-ha” moment.
- by Dimity Brassil
Children’s mental health is worsening. Where is the minister for primary kids?
Bek desperately wants to see her 12-year-old son succeed, but he suffers from debilitating anxiety and has barely been to class for three terms.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
By pulling away from my mother, I could rub the stain of her difference from my skin
Growing up, Nina Wilton felt pressured to lean into her whiteness and away from her Asian heritage – until she was able to discover who she really was.
- by Nina Wilton
‘You must tell no one’: The secret Brendan’s dad wanted kept for a lifetime
Brendan was nearly 30 when he finally tracked down his biological mother. Then came an even more stunning revelation.
- by Brendan Watkins