11 h. ago I spent all my younger years trying not to be like my mother. And, yet, here we are

One of the most powerful relationships in our lives is also one of the least understood.

Politics

11 h. ago The mother of all preliminary finals takes centre stage, with Pies the support act

It is rare for the leviathan Collingwood Football Club, the club that draws eyeballs and attention like no other, to be overshadowed in a weekend of preliminary finals. It will be this time.

Politics

35 h. ago She stood by her mother Gisele Pelicot in France’s shocking rape trial. They no longer speak

Caroline Darian supported her mum as her father was revealed to be a sexual predator. Yet on realising she was his “second victim”, she felt abandoned.

Events

52 h. ago Mother’s emotional outburst at court over accused Sydney daycare paedophile

The mother-of-two whose young children came into contact with the childcare worker has spoken about her disgust, shock and fear.

Events

4 d. ago ‘We were so imperfect, the both of us’: Arundhati Roy on her mother, Mary

The Booker Prize-winning author’s new memoir explores the complicated relationship with her late mother.

Politics

4 d. ago ‘We were so imperfect’: Arundhati Roy tackles her most personal subject yet

The Booker Prize-winning author of The God of Small Things explores her complicated relationship with her late mother in her new book.

Politics

6 d. ago The bodies of two children were found in suitcases. Now their mother is standing trial

A family found the bodies of the two children after they bought the contents of an abandoned storage unit during an online auction.

Politics

6 d. ago Fancy getting married in Lady Mary’s Downton dress? With $14,000, you can

As the upstairs-downstairs blockbuster prepares for its big-screen finale, auction house Bonhams is selling off an array of screen-used props, including dozens of vintage-era outfits.

Politics

8 d. ago The ranks of blue farewell a brother, and a family mourns a son

A mother from across the world sat in an Australian chapel overwhelmed by grief, her husband and a remaining son battling through their own suffering in front of a band of blue.

Politics

9 d. ago Hot water theory central to appeal over Perth man’s conviction for killing mother

Andre Rebelo’s lawyers claim an unchallenged comment made by his younger brother during his trial proves he couldn’t have murdered his mother.

Events

1 week ago Mother blames Sydney childcare centre after grandfather takes wrong child home

The “traumatised” woman has taken aim at her toddler’s daycare centre for “losing him” for two hours after the mix-up involving another child’s grandfather.

Politics

1 week ago Baby goes missing from Sydney daycare centre for several hours

The missing child wasn’t noticed until his mother arrived to collect her son, only to discover the baby wasn’t at the centre.

Events

1 week ago Mother dies after being struck by motorcycle in Sydney’s south

A 37-year-old mother has died after being hit by a motorcycle while her vehicle was stopped in the emergency bay of the M5 motorway.

Transport

1 week ago Mum’s prison sentence overturned for crash that killed daughters

The mother who crashed her car, resulting in her twin daughters' deaths, has opened up to 9News in an interview.

Events

1 week ago ‘I was in disbelief’: Teenager still traumatised years after girlfriend’s mum stabbed him

A teenager who was stabbed by his girlfriend’s mother says he remains traumatised two years on from the attack.

Events

1 week ago It took a suicide attempt at 16 for Dee to get mental health support. Now a mother, she wants change

Large-scale issues such as housing pressures and climate change are fuelling a mental health crisis among young Australians, experts say.

Events

1 week ago WA news LIVE: WA mother wins appeal to avoid jail over crash that killed her twin daughters

Follow our live coverage here.

Events

1 week ago He lost all hope after his mother died. Then a random song saved his career

In his grief, Blood Orange lost faith in music. His new album Essex Honey shows how he recaptured it.

Politics

1 week ago Terrified mother woken by arrow slamming into wall close to son’s pillow

A terrified mum has opened up about the frightening moment an arrow was shot into her home.

Politics

1 week ago WA news LIVE: Mother whale and calf return to Leighton Beach

Follow our live coverage here.

Politics