Social Affairs

Sarah* was two-months postpartum with depression and severe anxiety when her husband said he was marrying another woman to be in a polygamous marriage.Sarah said she didn’t really…

The death of a worker who became trapped in a holding tank at a western Sydney ink-manufacturing factory was preventable.Engineering services company Buddco Pty Ltd was fined…

Shane has never formally trained in music, but when he sits down at the piano, no one would ever know.His passion for the instrument captured the hearts of the community two weeks…

A Queensland woman has shed light on the “extremely lonely” reality of living in her car.Wendy spent seven years in shared accommodation, paying upwards of $200 a week for a…

He has no formal training, cannot read music and has never owned an instrument.But when Shane sits in front of a piano, something happens and he enters “a dream state”.WATCH THE…

Victorians are digging deep this Easter to raise money for the Royal Children’s Hospital’s Good Friday Appeal.Tens of thousands of Victorians are rallying behind the cause in its…

More than 4.7 million Australians will receive a boost to support payments from Monday, as part of the federal government’s twice-yearly indexation of payments.The government says…

More than 4.7 million Australians will receive a boost to their welfare payments in a week’s time to keep pace with rising inflation.Single age and disability pension recipients…

Workers on the Snowy Hydro 2.0 project are threatening to walk off the job over conditions, saying safety is being compromised and workers have been served maggot-infested food.The…

A Perth community that successfully sunk plans for a glitzy beachfront high-rise project has a new issue they say has left them living in fear.An empty lot on the corner of West…