No sh*t, Sherlock! Mums earn less, do more housework, are worse off than dads

The latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey reveals what many women already know – that they’re doing lots more housework and childcare than men, while getting paid less and (on average) being better educated. Women are doing a lot of unpaid work Launched back in 2001, the HILDA survey now follows over 17,500 people […]

The birthday party trend that makes so much sense

The other day my son was invited to a ‘fiver birthday’ – a fiver what? I remember thinking as I turned the invitation over for the ‘please explain’ bit on the back. Then when I read it, I realised that this is perhaps the best birthday party trend since the smash cake.   Lots of fiver […]