Gender disappointment still divides families and is sometimes perpetuated by mothers who experienced it themselves, straining relations between parents and children — especially girls.
Children can be on a specialist waitlist for months. This school is helping parents access care
A suburb in Adelaide's north has pockets of intergenerational disadvantage but its community is working together to improve outcomes for local children.
Topic:Solutions
Photo shows A woman in a purple top sits in front of a coloured wall.Katherine contenders square off over crime ahead of NT election
Many voters in the region say crime prevention will be front of mind as they head to polling booths for the Northern Territory election this Saturday.
Photo shows A woman is framed by a jagged hole in a smashed glass windscreen.Making friends as an adult can be hard, so these picnics are helping break the loneliness cycle
Loneliness can increase the risk of developing health complications, so these women are finding new friendships among the strangers they share park picnics with.
Topic:Feel Good
Photo shows A group of women sit on picnic rugs under a tree in a park.Study of online hate finds Islamophobic and anti-Semitic comments are growing. Researchers say this has to change
The study's authors say more could be done by the federal government-funded eSafety Commissioner to make the internet a safer space.
Photo shows A woman in Muslim headdress sitting opposite a man. Both are at a desk using laptops.In a time of crisis Danica is often the one to tell someone they will soon be homeless
When people of WA's Great Southern come to support worker Danica Van de Wege for help she often has to tell them they are about to become homeless.
Photo shows pivot3How teenage girls' ideas are changing perceptions of their town's 'most unsafe' street
Wireless phone chargers, murals, and better lighting help transform a NSW street as part of a campaign to improve public safety for young women and gender-diverse people.
Photo shows four girls standing together smiling, outside with a brick building behind themParents urged to ditch 'digital cocaine' devices as aggressive children taken to hospital
Distraught children are being treated at emergency departments after their parents have pulled the plug on their devices, according to health and education authorities promoting the benefits of a digital detox.
Photo shows Two small children are sitting on a couch in colourful pajamas, watching cartoons on their tablets.Officer failed to negotiate with Indigenous woman JC before fatally shooting her in Geraldton, inquest hears
A coronial inquiry has heard police internal affairs found an officer failed four times to follow the WA Police use of force policy when shooting an armed Indigenous woman in the Mid West city of Geraldton in 2019.
Photo shows Brent Wyndham in a pale shirt, walking with lawyers.'Too cold to sleep': Homeless campers battle rain, mould and the unknown as winter temperatures plummet
Parts of Australia are recording their coldest temperatures in more than a decade, and people sleeping rough are bearing the brunt more than ever.
Photo shows Sweeney teaser image'Game-changing' federal funding a chance to finally start fixing homelessness in the NT, advocates say
Despite having the greatest need for funding in Australia, with a homelessness rate 12 times the national average, the NT has persistently not received enough Commonwealth money because of its small population. But in May, that changed.
Photo shows A photo showing people holding disposable cups and plates.A library in Melbourne is trading books for food to address cost pressures and social isolation
A free cooking program is teaching low-cost recipes as the City of Melbourne says 1 in 3 residents experience food insecurity.
Photo shows Two women smiling at each other in a kitchenAustralia can fix its broken prison system like Norway did. But first, we must face up to the facts
This year, I have spent several months with about a dozen former prisoners at a halfway house in Sydney called Rainbow Lodge. It was a sobering experience, and I'm now thoroughly disabused of my naivety.
Photo shows Four aboriginal men walk in nature.These women regret not learning their parents' native languages — here's why
From being embarrassed to speak their mother tongue to struggling to communicate with family members, these women share their regrets and hopes for learning their native languages.
Photo shows A woman wearing white and a beige hatWren lived in his walk-in-wardrobe for three months. He's what's known as a 'shut in'
Almost a quarter of a million South Koreans have withdrawn from the outside world. Meet two of them.
Photo shows A South Koran man in a room looking despondent.'We are the naughty kids': At the front line of efforts to stop kids committing crime
Across Australia there's angst about youth crime, but what do the kids involved think about it? Reporter Erin Parke travelled to the desert to see first hand the hard work and emotional moments involved with trying to "divert" vulnerable kids away from bad behaviour.
Photo shows a young boy with a pixelated face gives thumbs up while swimming in a riverWA Liberal party approves Dr Thomas Brough, candidate who linked LGBTQIA+ community with paedophiles
Albany doctor and local councillor Thomas Brough has been approved for preselection for the Liberal Party, despite making controversial comments about the LGBTQIA+ community.
Photo shows Tom BroughOne in six women in Australia suffer from financial abuse
In the national conversation around domestic violence, there is one form of abuse that sometimes goes undetected – and it affects around one in six Australian women.
Has Video Duration: 6 minutes 53 seconds.Why this country is considering paying parents $110,000 for each born baby
From cash payments and extended parental leave to subsidised education, some of Asia's largest economies are spending millions to try to get people to have children and reverse declining fertility rates.
Topic:Explainer
Photo shows A woman wearing a black top holding a baby while sitting on a couchMore women seeking family violence support following triple tragedy in Ballarat
There is a heightened awareness of personal safety following the high-profile deaths of three local women, support services say.
Photo shows a sea of people'Pack of lies': Thomas Kelly's parents criticise NSW Corrections over killer Kieran Loveridge's parole
Thomas Kelly’s parents say they were blindsided by what they heard at the parole hearing for their son's killer. Sarah Ferguson interviews Ralph and Kathy Kelly.
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