When I first started cycling, buying the bike felt like the easy part. Almost immediately, I was confronted with an entire second shopping list: helmet, glasses, gloves, lights, computer, phone mount, special shoes and more. Online, it sometimes seemed as though I needed to look like a professional cyclist before completing my first lap of […]
I discovered the leak on a rainy Sunday afternoon. When I went to get a towel from the laundry room, I stepped into a puddle that was not there the previous day. I placed a bucket under the drip and waited to see if the issue would resolve itself. It did not. I eventually hired […]
A friend of mine has had her kids on a school waitlist since before they could walk, and listening to her talk me through it recently was the first time I properly understood how early this whole game actually starts. My own kids just go to the public school three or four houses down, literally […]
There’s a photo of me at my cousin’s wedding, must be seven or eight years ago now, where I’m mid-laugh with my hand halfway to my mouth. I didn’t even clock that I’d done it at the time. It only registered later, scrolling the album she’d shared, when I noticed I was doing the exact […]
A change that started at the front boundary is quietly reshaping how new estates present themselves to the street. Drive through any of Melbourne’s growth corridors today, Wyndham, Melton, Whittlesea, Casey and Cardinia, and the humble paling fence is having something of a moment. Front boundaries that would once have disappeared behind a hedge are […]
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A while back, a friend of mine got a call from his mum in The Entrance. She wanted to know why he hadn’t come up for lunch. He had. The day before. They’d had fish and chips by the water and she’d complained about the pelicans the whole time. He laughed it off on the […]
Australia’s aged care sector is under more pressure than it has been in decades. A recent analysis from CEDA, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, found the country is short by at least 110,000 direct aged care workers within the next ten years, a gap that could balloon past 400,000 by 2050 without serious […]
Australia is in the middle of a full-scale tobacco war, and the casualties are not all who you might expect. The public conversation has focused, reasonably enough, on cheap counterfeit cigarettes, firebombed convenience stores, and crime syndicates running what amounts to a parallel economy beneath the noses of regulators. But somewhere in the wreckage of […]
There comes a moment in every parent’s life where their kid starts asking for a phone. Maybe it’s because they’re walking to school on their own, or they want to message their grandmother, or they’ve just decided that not having a phone is, like, the worst thing that has ever happened to anyone ever. The […]
As of June 1, free public transport in Victoria is done. Two months of riding trains, trams and buses without touching your myki balance — and now that window has closed. But before you start dreading your commute costs, it’s worth actually looking at the numbers. Because what’s replaced it is still pretty good. From […]
Over the past few years, the way Australians work has changed dramatically. What began as a temporary response to lockdowns and public health measures quickly evolved into a long-term shift in workplace culture. For many employees, working from home is no longer viewed as a short-term arrangement, it has become an expectation. As businesses continue […]
For years, the $20,000 instant asset write-off operated on something close to an annual reprieve. It would be extended, usually in the Budget, usually welcomed by small business groups, and then everyone would wait to see whether it would happen again the following year. That cycle is now over. Treasurer Jim Chalmers confirmed in the […]
Ballarat has changed dramatically over the past decade. Once known primarily for its rich gold rush history and heritage streetscapes, the regional Victorian city is now experiencing steady residential growth, commercial development, and ongoing infrastructure upgrades. New housing estates continue expanding across suburbs like Lucas, Alfredton, and Delacombe, while older properties throughout central Ballarat are […]
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