Many parents opted to home school their children permanently once the COVID-19 lockdowns ended. The practice has actually been growing in popularity for some time, Catherine Lewis reports. The days of lockdown learning may be behind us, but those trying times...

The Village Chef – previously known as Meals on Wheels – is celebrating 70 years of bringing food to the elderly. For many socially isolated older people, it is about more than a meal. At 92, Leon Smith keeps very active...

Months of remote learning from home during COVID-19 lockdowns has given permanent homeschooling a dramatic boost. Homeschooling numbers shifted from steady to stratospheric across New South Wales last year thanks to bouts of lockdown learning. Remote learning gave parents a front...

Before December, Australians will vote in our first referendum in 24 years. We speak to campaigners for and against the Voice to Parliament. Whatever your views about the Voice to Parliament Referendum – or maybe you are yet to make up...

“Old dogs, new tricks, great mates’ is the Men’s Kitchen catchphrase. And it is living proof that you can actually teach an old dog new tricks and even make new friends along the way. Forestville’s Peter Watson was inspired to learn...

On 14 October, Australians will vote in our first referendum in 24 years. We speak to campaigners for and against the Voice to Parliament. Whatever your views about the Voice to Parliament Referendum – or maybe you are yet to make...

Before November, Australians will vote in our first referendum in 24 years. We speak to campaigners for and against the Voice to Parliament. Whatever your views about the Voice to Parliament Referendum – or maybe you are yet to make up...

As a passionate band of Pittwater locals push to turn Mona Vale’s Bongin Bongin Bay into an aquatic reserve, anglers and spearfishers argue that this will take away their right to the waters. Nestled between the towering sandstone and shale cliffs...

Residents living close to the canned Beaches Link say the State Government has left them with devalued properties and an uncertain future. Despite the new Labor government putting the brakes on the seven-kilometre Beaches Link in June this year, affected local...

The Lower North Shore has experienced its fair share of bus cancellations and delays due to the State-wide driver shortage. North Shore Living investigates. The debate on the quality of the bus services on the Lower North Shore is heating up,...