Family

What happens to gender equality when the childcare system meant to support working parents becomes a source of fear?

A pint-sized, pint-pouring granny becomes a social media star and the face of a country pub, as she adjusts from nursing to life behind the bar alongside her daughter.

Horse trainer Tony McEvoy returned to his hometown of Streaky Bay, on South Australia's west coast, with trophies in tow after his horse Half Yours' recent wins at the Caulfield and Melbourne cups.

There is no road map for step-parenting, and experts say a common mistake is assuming it will be easy. 

When boys write their own comics, they are bound to be full of fart jokes, stinky-eyed butt dragons and lots of crazy superpowers. 

Discussing aged care in culturally diverse families can be a sensitive subject. Here's how some approached the conversation.

Sixty years ago in Canada, 12-year-old Diane Hatt went searching for a pen pal in Australia. She found one in South Australian Joy Doevendans and they've become best friends.

After a traumatic birth, followed by mental and physical health challenges, Claire was "one and done". But divorce made her think twice about her decision. 

With more than 200,000 people expected to attend this weekend's Bathurst 1000, the family of Janine Vaughan wants a billboard raising awareness about her disappearance uncovered.  

Oliver Crane was diagnosed with bone cancer and died at age 17. This week, his family opened a vintage tractor museum in his memory to help raise money for cancer research.

For almost eight years, Jay MacAskill's skateboard was collecting dust at home — until his daughter found the skate park around the corner.

Elon Musk believes the collapsing birth rate is humanity's biggest danger. But antinatalists argue having kids is little more than a procreational Ponzi scheme, and the risks are real.

Rachel Anderson says she knew something was not right when her daughter Hannah began struggling to remember things she had just done.

The long-time nightly newsreader says it was an "instant choice" to leave work as his daughter faced a battle with cancer.

For many Nepalese families living in Canberra, the arrival of parents from overseas is both a helping hand with raising children and a connection to their homeland. 

Susan Dahal is finally able to apply to reunite with her children, but the Refugee Council of Australia says the process is "cruel" and not designed for refugees.

Experts say cost-of-living pressures are impacting child care, with many grandparents being relied on to help ease the burden on struggling parents.

There is a growing cohort of women taking up van life, breaking stereotypes by travelling solo and finding community along the way.

Special assistance schools are experiencing growing demand as traditional classrooms fall short of meeting the needs of neurodivergent students.

When Steven Jones was diagnosed with prostate cancer, his daughter Madeline didn't know anything about Australia's most diagnosed cancer for males. Now she is highlighting the impact of the disease.