I worked part-time at David Jones. I know exactly why the business failed
Lift operators, bra fitters and lying sales assistants – I mourn you all.
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Lift operators, bra fitters and lying sales assistants – I mourn you all.
It’s a business model that most Australians don’t know anything about, and shouldn’t have to. Yet they’re being drawn into it, hook, line and sinker.
Australian households are feeling the financial pinch but should avoid the lure of fast money.
The Kiwi singer-songwriter on religion, death and body confidence.
Sometimes discretion really is the better part of valour, advises Modern Guru; public transport is very, erm, public.
One in two women will experience a UTI in their lifetime – with one in four developing a chronic infection. Australian researchers are hoping to change this.
Pictures show the damage left by a lightning bolt, with charred areas of the skin and mesh exposed, on a plane that arrived in Melbourne from Los Angeles last month.
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Greg Baum is a former chief sports columnist and associate editor with The Age.
The harbour city’s clearance rate remains sluggish, but one prestige area has bucked the trend as buyers eye bargains in the falling property market.
The world-famous psychotherapist on how to manage the tension between love and desire.
The potato buns favoured by Shake Shack and Australia’s smash burger set have hit Woolworths shelves for a fraction of the price.
There’s a longstanding perception of what a hat is – or isn’t. But as the latest Good Food Guides prove, in 2026 they can be anything from a bustling gyros shop to a regional Indian specialist.