'It's all about me, me, me!' Why children are spending less time doing household chores

Oct 07, 2016 15:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

In August, Treasurer Scott Morrison warned that Australia has a generation growing up expecting government handouts. Researchers have labelled this the Me Generation. Some even say we are facing a me, me, me...

Repair or replace? How to fight constant demands for 'new stuff'

Oct 06, 2016 15:40 pm UTC| Life

Is the throwaway era about to end? The past half century has given us toasters that are irreparable after a minor fault, T-shirts that quickly shrink or fade, and vacuum cleaners that need replacing after a few years....

Pope and archbishop hope 'unity pilgrimage' will calm their own warring factions

Oct 06, 2016 14:30 pm UTC| Life

Pope Francis and the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, are on a pilgrimage together. Its a long one measuring in distance the thousand and more miles from Canterbury to Rome and a journey of more than 500 years in...

Ford workers willing but unlikely to find decent jobs: study

Oct 06, 2016 14:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

When Ford closes the doors on its vehicle manufacturing operations today about 600 workers will walk out of the factory gate for the last time at the Broadmeadows assembly plant in Melbournes northern suburbs and at the...

In Syria, from fighting to blogging, the many roles of women

Oct 06, 2016 14:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Life

The face of a Syrian woman in Aleppo crouching in the rubble of a bombed hospital did not garner US President Barack Obamas public acknowledgement in the manner of child survivor Omran Daqneesh. But the issue of women in...

The truth about meritocracy: it doesn't make society fairer

Oct 06, 2016 13:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

At the core of Theresa Mays reasons for lifting the ban on new grammar schools in September was, the prime minister argued, her desire for Britain to be the worlds great meritocracy. Reiterating this again at the...

Can we really say that giving money to people begging makes their problems worse?

Oct 06, 2016 13:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

A council in England was recently reprimanded for running an advertising campaign against begging. In a series of posters displayed throughout Nottingham, the city council claimed that beggars arent what they seem, that...