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Sami Muirhead: dinner and movie? Or vice versa?

I think I have been doing something wrong my whole life. You see, I love the big screen. I always have since my grandmother took me to see Zapped and bought me my first bucket of popcorn at the movies in 1982. The only thing better than going to the More

Jane Stephens: the evil within online world 

Australians lost $3.1 billion to scammers last year. That is a mountain of money More

Ashley Robinson: chipping in for bargains

Oxymoron, penthouse to outhouse and back, and rocks and diamonds could all describe More

Sami Muirhead: a toast to an Aussie icon

One of the greatest food items in the world is celebrating its 100th More

Jane Stephens: modern men in perspective

Proclaimed international days make me smile, stop and wonder. There is seemingly a day More

Ashley Robinson: taking bad luck at a gallop

I am writing this shortly after the running of the Melbourne Cup, which More

Sami Muirhead: paying tribute to an inspirational principal

Light is a special quality in a human. Some rare people are so effervescent, More

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Jane Stephens: eyes wide open to the past

There is nothing new under the sun, it is said. Every trend comes back, More

Ashley Robinson: drama on the buses

It is pretty rare that I catch a local bus. But just the other More

Sami Muirhead: in the pursuit of happiness

I have a triple treat for you this week, with a trifecta of More

Jane Stephens: life’s losses and gains

Losses can cause pain to the brain and dig holes in the soul. Big More

Ashley Robinson: trying to make sense of a weird and wacky world

I am very easily confused, which has been a lifelong trait. I have the More

Sami Muirhead: Beckham doco kicks goals

Sometimes life brings you little fun gifts that whisk you away from reality More

Jane Stephens: the real cost of convenience

Little squares that harvest gold, they are: voraciously hungry devices – all beeps More

Ashley Robinson: wedding day minefields

It must be wedding season as I have a couple to go to More

Sami Muirhead: school lunch requests causing grief

Noodles are causing me oodles of grief. My Year 3 son has decided he More