Adelaide Miller

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Adelaide Miller |Rhiana Whitson

Since becoming a single mum three years ago, Angela Ramsey said buying a property for her and her daughter became her number one priority. But, despite working overtime as a nurse and receiving an early inheritance from her mum — which secured her more than $60,000 for a deposit — Ms Ramsey said the banks wouldn't loan her enough for a property in Sydney. "Because of my single income … I could only borrow $500,000," she said.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Adelaide Miller

Superannuation balances have taken a hit after the share market dropped more than 4 per cent today, taking losses to 10 per cent for the year so far. Executive director of SuperRatings, Kirby Rappell, said Australians can expect to have about half of their super balances affected. "For the investment style most people are in, there's about 30 per cent in international shares and about 20 per cent in Australian shares," he said.

Sep 18, 2024 | abc.net.au | Adelaide Miller

At 14, Geordie Williamson was faced with a challenge which left him unable to attend school for the next two years. He didn't know it at the time, but he was living with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), which manifested into a fear of germs and other distressing thoughts. Warning: This story discusses mental health. "I was becoming overwhelmed because everything that I touched was contaminated, so I couldn't even think about going to school," Geordie, now 16, said.

Sep 9, 2024 | abc.net.au | Kimberley Price |Adelaide Miller

During Schoolies week last summer, high school leaver Sophie Brown and her mates were partying on the Gold Coast in Queensland when something weird happened. After having a drink at a club on November 27, Sophie, 18, and her friends shifted venues, and pretty quickly everything started to get scary and she felt strange. "My face was numb and my eyes were just super, super wide," she told triple j Hack.

Sep 5, 2024 | abc.net.au | Adelaide Miller

Two New South Wales government agencies are assessing allegations that leading hospitality group Merivale condoned drug use at its venues, failed to adequately respond to claims of sexual assault and screened at an awards night uncensored CCTV footage of people having sex. The allegations, which were part of an ABC investigation into the hospitality industry, have been described as serious and concerning by Liquor and Gaming NSW and SafeWork NSW.