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I'm happy to add to the YES vote. I grew up in a working class slum, started work laying railway lines at 15, went profoundly deaf in my 20s and still managed to end up with multiple qualifications, my own consulting company and work as a senior executive across government, private sector and...

Mothergoose, I agree absolutely. In my experience, girls-only schools offer only encouragement for young women to achieve in STEM subjects as well as the rest of the curriculum, something that's not necessarily true of co-ed schools. But boys-only schools seem to breed only misogyny and poor...

It wasn't a matter of obsession but practicality as a single parent that led to me making a list of cleaning chores that was then split into 4 - one list for me and one for each child, starting with cleaning their room and then going on to do their share of the chores (each list went to a...

That's OK folks. I've started collecting videos of our beloved King Charles III throwing tantrums. Feel free to ask me to share them with you. But if a majority of Australians want a spoilt, entitled, gormless twit as their brave and fearless leader, who am I to argue.

My Masters level research shows that rural towns in Victoria and NSW (and, presumably, across Australia) are in grave danger of losing vital human services because of unavailability of staff. Broadly speaking, we need about 5,000 more doctors, about 80,000 new nurses, about 10,000 early...

Sorry, but it is a fact that childhood allergies and childhood asthma are increasing almost exponentially. Most research suggests that we have all always had susceptibility to various chemicals but that susceptibility is being increasingly triggered by our environment. Because allergies are so...

Hi folks. Kevin (74), a long-time lurker, first-time poster. Currently finishing a Master of Human Services by research to complement my MBA and other qualifications, prior to starting on a PhD in 2023. I do a lot of volunteer work, and that and study keep me fairly busy. In between, I have an...

The problem is far larger than simply what GPs are charging. Firstly, successive governments have declined to take on the AMA and bring in a capitation fee. GPs spend a large proportion of their time seeing people with chronic illnesses. Rather than paying the GP every time the person comes to...