Our obsession with looking good is today so expensive, extensive and sometimes inexhaustible, that it can chip away at our financial security. Over just a few years, it is easy to inject the equivalent of a house deposit.

Wheel your supersized trolley into the entrance and try not to immediately go over the top with the week’s specials from family-sized tubs of salted pretzels to 4-litre bottles of laundry detergent.

Rather than letting them spend it all at once, there’s ways to set up your will to drip feed a steady stream of income to your children.

The power of dividends is under-appreciated by those mostly younger investors who have piled into tech stocks that are unprofitable, focussing on share price gains alone.

Follow all the action from the first super Saturday of the AFL season as Geelong take on Essendon, GWS face Sydney and the Brisbane Lions host Port Adelaide.

Celebrities, rich-listers, socialites and corporate high-flyers dug deep for the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation.

Geelong dispelled any doubts they will be a force again this season but they raised plenty of questions about Essendon as they dismantled them.

Nearly 12,000 fans, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison, celebrated after Nicho Hynes booted the winning conversion against Parramatta after full-time.

Labor’s Tom Koutsantonis told ABC’s election night panel that while opinion polls suggested his party was potentially on track for a landslide win, the election result could be much closer.

A controversial ban on storing kayaks at Rushcutters Bay is being reconsidered after community backlash a week after residents were told they would have their watercraft impounded and charged $220 to retrieve them if they were not removed.

The figures come as the Department of Education confirmed two public high schools have temporarily reverted to home learning due to increased cases impacting a number of year groups.

A local planning panel gave the green light to Gretel Pinniger - AKA Madam Lash - to redevelop The Kirk in Surry Hills into an entertainment venue and boarding house.

“I can’t believe it, I just can’t believe it,” trainer Danny Williams said, shaking his head in disbelief after The Galaxy at Rosehill on Saturday. “What do you say?”

Melbourne Boomers were irresistible in their final round clash with an exhausted Canberra Capitals thumping them at Parkville on Saturday.

Catering to an often ignored customer, trend setter Iris Apfel has worked with clothing giant H&M on a collection to be released in Australia this month.

Infectious diseases specialists are particularly concerned about babies and toddlers who have never been exposed to the virus.

Electric vehicle registrations have more than tripled in Victoria over the past four years as car dealers report a surge in recent interest due to soaring petrol costs.

Interior decorator, sartorial star and now high-street fashion designer. So what can we all learn from Iris Apfel?

Essendon’s midfielders were embarrassed against Geelong and their coach Ben Rutten made it clear a response would occur in round two.

Flying filly Fireburn picked herself up and charged through the field for an amazing win in the $5million Golden Slipper at Rosehill on Saturday.

Two major industry groups are asking the Australian and Queensland governments to financially support flood mitigation projects in the Greater Brisbane region that have been proven to work since the 2011 floods.

Excitement was in the air on Longines Golden Slipper Day at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.

Everything you need to know to find a winner on Country Championships Wild Card day.

Philipsburg has won third up in both preparations for the trainer and tuned up for the Wild Card with a game second over 1550m on a heavy track at Canterbury three weeks ago.

Wicketkeeping in Pakistan is a unique challenge, and Alex Carey has stepped up as Australia go into the third Test “grand final”.

Family and friends will lay Shane Warne to rest at a private gathering on Sunday, before a state funeral is held later this month, with tickets to be released this week.

Celebrations take place across the city to mark the 90th anniversary of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which opened on March 19, 1932.

It wasn’t exactly the pointsfest many were predicting, and the Titans showed just enough flair to counter their errors against the wasteful Warriors.

If this is to be the final weeks of the training partnership, then the Freedman brothers will go out with a bang after mudlark Forbidden Love coasted to a second group 1 win in the past fortnight.

Merryl Dray has been remembered as a selfless guardian of her community, as she was farewelled in a private ceremony on Saturday.

Will Pucovski is coming back from what was thought to be his 11th concussion, but there is now a strong belief from experts his previous cases may have been a form of either “post-traumatic migraine or stress-related response”.

Jamie Kah says Saturday’s All-Star Mile win is all the more special after she missed the spring carnival following a high-profile suspension.

Independent MP Zali Steggall has set up an online reporting for disinformation in the upcoming federal election and vowed to reintroduce her “stop the lies” bill if she is returned to Parliament.

Russian romance scams have snared a growing number of Australians since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A free trauma service for first responders to bushfires, floods and other disasters has been told its $4 million funding won’t be renewed.

Despite a big crowd only three bids were placed, as the housing market loses pace and potential buyers become less willing to make big offers on auction floors.

A heartfelt letter from George Piggins to Adam Reynolds on the eve of the 2021 grand final helped the halfback to reflect on the end of his time at Souths.

More than a dozen bidders turned out to compete for the federation home on the market for the first time since 1959. Though the bidding stalled at one point, two investors fought it out to the end.

North Melbourne have been left heartbroken and out of the finals race after a 38-point loss to Fremantle at Arden Street on Saturday afternoon, the first time they’ve lost at their home ground.

James Cummings has floated the prospect of Anamoe running in either the Tancred Stakes or ATC Derby after his Rosehill Guineas romp on Saturday.

The Roosters enforcer opens up on his relationship with Latrell Mitchell as the countdown begins to a match fans of both clubs have been waiting more than six months for.

Queensland have suffered their first loss of the season with a close defeat at the hands of the Brumbies in Canberra.

The skies were leaden but the mood festive as Sydney celebrated the 90th birthday of the Harbour Bridge which opened on March 19, 1932.

The ghost of Ajax cast a shadow over Rosehill as Melbourne Cup winner Verry Elleegant was beaten by Montefilia as the $1.24 favourite.

With elaborate gowns and arias specially recorded in the Philippines, So will bring operatic glamour to a city carpark in Melbourne’s new winter arts festival.

Acclaimed Hollywood producer Paul Feig says the main character Joyce is the new Mary Tyler Moore who, instead of going into TV, goes into nude magazines

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Daine Laurie is as exciting off the field as he is off it. Much to the horror of Michael Maguire.

The stakes of the meeting – which took place as Russia laid waste to cities in Ukraine – cannot be overestimated.

The devastation continues in Ukraine as Russia targets cities in the country's west that were once seen as places of refuge amid the invasion.