Lifestyle and Leisure

It's Pay Day! Author Elfy Scott answers all the money questions we don't like to talk about as we seek to demystify personal finance and normalise conversations about how we think about money, what we earn and how we spend it.

A warm bowl of porridge is many people's go-to winter breakfast but it can leave us hungry. Here are tips from nutritionists to make porridge more filling.

By allowing cyclists to ride in the centre of the road, Toowoomba's Pierce Street is changing conversations around transport and urban planning.

​​While UV exposure through a window can contribute to sunburn and skin cancer, it won't trigger vitamin D production. Here's what you need to know.  

A popular nudist beach on the NSW far north coast will soon close after the state's National Parks and Wildlife Service found no alternative for a clothing-optional area.

The heritage-listed amusement park on Sydney's harbour foreshore was acquired by an investment firm in 2007, and Luna Park CEO John Hughes says it is the right time to sell.

Australia is proving a winner with international travellers, with new data showing they are staying longer and often spending more than before the pandemic.

Gone are the days when a phone call was the main way to call in sick. With email, text and messaging apps now in the mix, we ask experts about the best ways to let an employer know you're unable to work.

Doris Odgers spent most of her life making clothes for herself and her community. Her collection of 1900s dresses, bathing suits, hats, lace, and more was recently on show in an exhibition to remember the life and fashion of a beloved regional woman.

It's Pay Day! Farmer and filmmaker Leila McDougall shares the surprising truth about life on the land, how her family informed her attitude towards credit cards, and why it's important to believe in yourself. 

The world-renowned celebrity chef is grateful he survived what he says could have been a disastrous incident.

The cost of living's latest victim could be the Aussie gap year dream, but experts say there are still ways to backpack overseas on the cheap.

It's Pay Day! The ACT's Young Australian of the Year, Caitlin Figueiredo, shares the first big purchase she made at just eight years old, why she won't stop buying people gifts and how she's managed to stop paying rent.

Visitors will soon be able to ride the Plantation Train again, which once carried then-Prince Charles and Princess Diana around the grounds.

Meg Grealy says her car attracts attention every time she takes it out for the day and has opened the door to a new world.

Jane Newson saves for a P&O cruise every year and says it's her chance to see the world when other options are too expensive. The cruise company's surprise exit from Australia after 90 years is the end of an era for her and the national icon.

For Pay Day, demographer and social researcher Dr Liz Allen shares the shame that comes with living in poverty, the secrets of survival, and how this experience "grants perspective that can never be bought".

The Australian travel brand will fold its operations into parent company Carnival Cruise Line from March 2025, leaving passengers with cruises booked on the Pacific Explorer after that date to receive a refund or credit.

Before the small regional community of Wedderburn set up this salon, locals travelled between 40 minutes and an hour to get their hair cut. Now it has become so much more than a place for a little bit of pampering.

It's Pay Day! Australian drag superstar Hannah Conda explains the expensive reality behind the scenes of her glitzy appearances on RuPaul's Drag Race, and the travel mistake that led her to the lowest point in her financial life. 

A group of thrillseekers rigged up a high-line near the top of the Stirling Range, a rugged group of mountains that tower over the surrounding lowlands in Western Australia's south.

An Adelaide man has come forward to claim Thursday's $150 million Powerball jackpot, becoming Australia's biggest lottery winner in the process.

Over 23 nights, the festival of "pure joy" will revolve around the theme of humanity, and a universal search for meaning and purpose.

It's Pay Day! Brisbane-based visual artist Nordacious, AKA James Hillier, shares the lesson of "delayed gratification" that he learned from his parents and the irresistible guilty splurge in his shopping trolley most weeks.

It's Pay Day! Elly Desmarchelier shares the financial reality of living with a disability, why salary-sacrificing her car turned out to be a disaster, and the money advice from her parents that she carries with her to this day.