Assumed you were immune to measles and chicken pox? Think again

Assumed you were immune to measles and chicken pox? Think again

For people in certain high-risk scenarios,not having immunity to these diseases can be serious. Here’s what experts want you to know.

  • byVivienne Pearson

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Monster utes are symbolic of everything that’s wrong with our world
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Cars

Monster utes are symbolic of everything that’s wrong with our world

Bloated cars are effectively holding up a knuckleduster-decorated middle finger in the face of climate change.

  • byVivienne Pearson
Southern Cross Station’s ‘user experience’ is an epic fail – here’s how to fix it
Opinion
City life

Southern Cross Station’s ‘user experience’ is an epic fail – here’s how to fix it

The station’s roof may look good from above,but down on the platform level it is a dirty mess of inaudible announcements and poor signage.

  • byVivienne Pearson
My daughter’s planning an arts degree. I’m proud (and quietly terrified)
Opinion
University

My daughter’s planning an arts degree. I’m proud (and quietly terrified)

They doubled HECS fees for arts degrees in a bid to drive students into more “job-ready” courses,but Australia needs to cultivate its future thinkers.

  • byVivienne Pearson
My supermarket accused me of theft. Pot,kettle,black?

My supermarket accused me of theft. Pot,kettle,black?

Coles and Woolworths are treating their customers with contempt. Higher prices,fewer staff,more surveillance.

  • byVivienne Pearson
Byron gets the five-star hotel it ‘deserves’,but I have reservations
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Byron Bay

Byron gets the five-star hotel it ‘deserves’,but I have reservations

A new swanky hotel will not change Byron Bay,but it does misrepresent what this complex,miraculous place stands for.

  • byVivienne Pearson
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If you don’t welcome teens to sex,it could have unwelcome outcomes

If you don’t welcome teens to sex,it could have unwelcome outcomes

I am left wondering what the parents objecting to the book “Welcome to Sex” want for their kids. Would they prefer they learn about sexuality from porn?

  • byVivienne Pearson
Cost-of-living spikes don’t hurt everyone – life is cheaper when you’re rich
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Bills

Cost-of-living spikes don’t hurt everyone – life is cheaper when you’re rich

Here’s a cruel reality:it can actually be cheaper to live on a day-to-day,year-by-year level when you have more money.

  • byVivienne Pearson
Gut instinct and at least one curveball,but I could very well be the worst footy tipster out there
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AFL 2023

Gut instinct and at least one curveball,but I could very well be the worst footy tipster out there

When it comes to tipping AFL winners,only 66 people out of nearly 800,000 are doing worse than me.

  • byVivienne Pearson
After 16 years of protecting my child,I was terrified to teach her to drive

After 16 years of protecting my child,I was terrified to teach her to drive

Teaching a learner driver is a scary experience for a parent used to ferrying a child around. But there are ways to make it easier.

  • byVivienne Pearson
My daughter did not want to finish her Sprite. Then I read the label
Opinion
Health

My daughter did not want to finish her Sprite. Then I read the label

The rebranded popular soda drink,Sprite Lemon+,contains enough caffeine to classify it as a beverage that is not suitable for children.

  • byVivienne Pearson