What a difference $1 a day makes for so many

Rachel Browne For Evelyn Scott, $1 a day will buy peace of mind.

Families still struggle with cost of care, study reveals

Rachel Browne More than a third of families struggle to pay childcare fees despite increased federal government assistance over the past decade, a new report by public policy think tank The Australia Institute...

Charity offerings down but people power out in force

Rachel Browne THE groups that support needy people at Christmas are doing it tough themselves this year with charity organisations saying donations have slumped compared with last December.

230,000 seek help as housing affordability bites

Rachel Browne Almost a quarter of a million Australians - or one in 98 people - requested help from welfare agencies because they were either homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, according to figures from the...

Disabled workers challenge naive employers

Rachel Browne A fear of the unknown is deterring Australian employers from hiring more people with disabilities, according to the chief executive of one of Australia's largest companies.

Working from home campaign set for launch

Rachel Browne More Australians will be encouraged to ditch the office for a desk at home under a new federal government campaign to be launched this month.

More homeless despite $1 billion funding

Rachel Browne The rate of homelessness in Australia rose eight per cent between 2006 and 2011, despite public funding of $1.1 billion as part of a Federal Government promise to halve homelessness by 2020.

Homeless numbers surge despite pledge

Rachel Browne Ambitious pledge to halve homelessness by 2020, launched by Rudd government, is failing to reach its target.

Bid for right to offend bereaved

Rachel Browne A MAN accused of sending offensive letters to the families of soldiers who died in Afghanistan will go to the High Court to have the charges dropped on the basis they infringed his implied freedom of...

At home with Carole Renouf

Rachel Browne It's clear from the moment Carole Renouf opens the door to her Waverley terrace that she's a woman who embraces change in all its chaotic glory.

If I'd waited for my test, I may have been dead in 10 years

Rachel Browne AT 45, the Qantas chief executive, Alan Joyce, did not consider himself a candidate for prostate cancer, which primarily affects older men.

Margaret Whitlam a trailblazer

Rachel Browne, Stephanie Peatling NOT CONTENT to stay silent ''in a cage'', Margaret Whitlam was a trailblazer who broke the mould of prime ministers' wives in the social and political legacies she leaves her fellow Australians.

Cocaine dangers

A fine line to an early death

Rachel Browne THEY are young, fit professionals in their physical prime - hardly the typical candidates for cardiovascular disease.

Cracks in the aged care system

Rachel Browne ALMOST a fifth of NSW nursing homes managed by the country's largest private aged care provider have been slapped with non-compliance notices this year.

Getting vegies on the palate

Rachel Browne PERSEVERANCE is the best way for parents to win the battle with artificial preservatives and dyes, and vegetables can play a role.