Cait Kelly
As pokies go back online, anti-gambling crusaders fear a wave of new addicts
There are growing calls to overhaul how poker machines operate, with concerns the industry will prey on the newly unemployed, creating a...
From locked-down India to Brisbane: Fashion designer Dui Cameron’s mad dash back home
Dui Cameron was meant to fly home from India two days before the country went into strict lockdown. Instead, the Queensland-based fashion...
‘It re-traumatised me’: Victims furious as government backs down on robodebts
The robo-debt collectors started calling soon after Steph’s mother died. It was 2018, and the Newcastle woman, 32, had been receiving a...
We all know a ‘Karen’ or two. But who, exactly, is a Karen?
First, there was the ‘can I speak to the manager’ Karen. Then came the blonde bob Karen. Followed by racist Karen, soccer...
Asymptomatic coronavirus patients more likely to be young and female
People with COVID-19 who don’t show symptoms tend to be younger and are more likely to be women, according to a small...
Our public transport networks need to change. And fast, experts say
The crowded bus, train or tram you take each day to work isn’t designed to be coronavirus safe. And big changes are...
As schools return so will traffic jams. Here’s why they’ll be worse
We’re coming out of lockdown and along with work reopening and schools back on, traffic jams will return too. In fact, those...
‘Just a disaster’: Government under pressure to pay spare JobKeeper billions to those overlooked
The Morrison government is under mounting pressure to use the unspent JobKeeper billions on overlooked workers after revealing massive miscalculations in the...
Missing the Target: Retail giant sacrificed for Kmart’s success
It started with drapes. Dress fabrics, manchester, furnishings. Target was a business built on a simple premise: ‘half the profit, twice the...
Hitting the gas: Federal government’s emissions plan ‘delusional’
The federal government’s plan to transition the country to a greener, more sustainable energy future does so by propping up the industries...