18 h. ago This sharp satire features a conwoman you can empathise with

The anti-heroine in Sophie Quick’s debut novel scams people just enough to get by – because she’s a single mother with no support.

Politics

3 d. ago Brisbane author Joanna Horton on friendship, desire and the Greens

Horton, partner of Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather, balances activism and motherhood with writing powerful novels about human connection.

Politics

3 d. ago Musk’s bizarre child support battles shows he is a monumental tightwad

For a man determined to have as many children as possible, he appears set on paying them and their mothers as little as he can.

Politics

6 d. ago Hunt for man on bike who allegedly threatened mum and child with gun in Melbourne park

A mother and her 7-year-old daughter have been left terrified after a handgun was allegedly pointed at them in a Melbourne park.

Society

6 d. ago After Port Arthur, Walter Mikac found a ‘superpower’. He’s sharing it with Izzy

Isabella was born five years after the tragedy in which Walter’s first two daughters and their mother were killed.

Politics

7 d. ago Prosecutors to appeal against Taser cop’s ‘inadequate’ sentence

Clare Nowland’s children have welcomed the decision, saying the police officer responsible for killing their 95-year-old mother has not been punished “at all”.

Events

7 d. ago Son jailed for killing mother and trying to claim life insurance

The “monstrous act”, carried out in an attempt to keep funding his influencer lifestyle, was described as the “ultimate betrayal”.

Events

8 d. ago ‘Be careful’: Family’s warning before mother died after drinking magic mushroom tea

The partner and son of 53-year-old Rachael Dixon have spoken out, a year after she died after drinking magic mushroom tea at a health retreat.

Events

8 d. ago WA news LIVE: Rebelo sentenced to life in prison for ‘calculated’ murder of mother

In news overnight, a Bertram couple has returned home from a holiday to find their home gutted by fire, their house-sitters now lucky to be alive. Follow our live coverage here.

Events

8 d. ago Mother to remain in custody over stabbing of her three sleeping children

The woman’s attempted murder charges have been heard in court after she allegedly attacked her children in their sleep before their screams woke their father.

Politics

8 d. ago Mother to face court today charged with attempting to murder her own children

A Sydney mother will face court today charged with attempt to murder after allegedly stabbing her three children.

Events

9 d. ago Boom in private ultrasound industry putting mothers and babies at risk

The peak bodies for obstetricians and sonographers are sounding the alarm over “reassurance” ultrasounds that are leading to misdiagnosis in expectant mothers.

Politics

9 d. ago WA news LIVE: Perth man who murdered mother to learn his fate; Major changes to public sector

Follow our live coverage here.

Events

9 d. ago ‘Cold blooded’: Andre Rebelo killed his mother to prove himself to famous girlfriend, court told

The 28-year-old killed his mother in her Bicton home in May 2020. He will be sentenced on his birthday, with lawyers expecting a life term.

Events

9 d. ago WA news LIVE: Perth man who murdered mother to learn his fate

Follow our live coverage here.

Events

9 d. ago Father confronted children’s mother during Sydney stabbing attack: police

The three children, including a paraplegic girl, were allegedly attacked in their sleep before their screams woke their father.

Events

9 d. ago Three children stabbed in Sydney’s Hills District, mother arrested

Three children and their mother are in hospital after the incident in Sydney’s north-west on Monday morning.

Events

9 d. ago ‘It’s getting worse and worse’: Young Perth mother with terminal cancer stuck in ED for 36 hours

She posted a video after hospital staff were forced to park her at the end of a hallway and put up a makeshift curtain while they waited for a bed in a ward.

Politics

9 d. ago ‘It’s getting worse and worse’: Dying Perth mother stuck in ED for 36 hours

She posted a video after hospital staff were forced to park her at the end of a hallway and put up a makeshift curtain while they waited for a bed in a ward.

Politics

1 week ago Czarina watched her children arrive at school. Minutes after the bell rang, she was found dead

Jessie James Tumaliuan allegedly stabbed his estranged partner to death at her Werribee home opposite a primary school.

Events