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2 weeks ago | 
nypost.com | Mary Madigan
Lexie says she’s always wanted to be “financially dependent” on her husband – a stance that has ignited fierce debate. Lexie, 26, is a mother of two who ran her own hairdressing business for seven years before having two children and deciding not to return to work full-time. “I’ve always known I wanted to be financially dependent on my husband, and I’ve never had an issue with it,” she said. Lexie explained that her goal has always been to become a stay-at-home mom and wife.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.com.au | Mary Madigan
Buying a house is an achievement for anyone, but for one young Australian woman, it was about breaking a viscious financial cycle she has been in her entire life. Jessie, 21, grew up in a housing commission, and when she bought her first home, she was overwhelmed with a sense of achievement. There was no bank of Mum and Dad to help her buy a property, and everything she learned about savings and finance began with her.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.com.au | Mary Madigan
OPINIONYou can say whatever you want about Deborra Lee Furness right now, but you can’t accuse her of not being a little bit fun and deeply relatable. It is fair to say that when Furness, 69, and Hugh Jackman, 56, announced they were divorcing after 27 years of marriage, everyone was a bit shocked. It had the same impact of when Jackman injured himself on the flying fox when Oprah came to Australia in 2010.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.com.au | Mary Madigan
The cost of living crisis has made most people reevaluate their spending, and a young Aussie has pointed out the common cheap act that is costing us more in the long run. Maddie Langshaw, 26, was earning more than $100,000 working full-time in social media and marketing when she decided to start her slow fashion brand Audrey Atelier. It wasn’t just her love of fashion that spurred on the decision — she said she also came to the realisation fast fashion was a rort.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.com.au | Mary Madigan
A boss is going viral for asking a worker to cancel their annual leave in the middle of their holiday. Yes seriously. UK Workplace expert Ben Askins, who has found his sweet spot online by sharing anonymous but wild text message exchanges between bosses and employees, has found yet another baffling exchange. There’s also no warm-up with this exchange.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.com.au | Mary Madigan
An Aussie boss has revealed the big problem with working from home after an American CEO claimed remote work would have stopped her from becoming such an success. The working from home debate certainly isn’t one that will be settled anytime soon, and American CEO Emma Grede has just stirred the pot all over again. Ms Grede appeared on the podcast Diary of a CEO and claimed that if she’d been WFH in her twenties, she’d never have achieved such success.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.com.au | Mary Madigan
The privileged offspring of the rich and famous have finally found a social media trend where they can flaunt their nepotism. Pretty much every week there is a new trend taking over TikTok, but the latest ‘air ball’ trend has caught the attention of nepo babies. It’s pretty simple. An air ball is a basketball term for when a player shoots and misses, and Gen Zers are using the reference to make TikToks about when someone makes an assumption about them and completely misses the mark.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.com.au | Mary Madigan
A shocked worker thought her boss was “kidding” when she got ‘dress-coded’ for having “too much chest showing”. Elyssa Marie works at the coffee giant Starbucks in the US and is going viral for posting a very demure outfit that still got her in trouble at work. The clip amassed 2 million views, and Ms Marie argued it was ridiculous that she got dress-coded because the only thing showing were her collarbones, and she was “confused” about how that could be considered inappropriate.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.com.au | Mary Madigan
The future is here and Australians are officially creeped out by it and want it to stop immediately. Technology is changing faster than the panel on The Project, and Meta Ray-Bans have now been introduced to consumers. The smart glasses retail for around $450. They allow you to listen to music, film, make calls, and even interact with Meta AI — basically, like wearing a Google Home on your face.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.com.au | Mary Madigan
Hailey Bieber has just signed a billion dollar deal for her trendy beauty brand Rhode, making her richer than her pop singer husband, Justin Bieber. e.l.f Beauty acquired the brand, which hasn’t even celebrated its third-year anniversary, for a staggering $1 billion (A$1.56b)The 28-year-old model, who married Mr Bieber in 2018, launched her beauty brand in June 2022. She took to social media to share the big news with her more than 54 million followers on Instagram.
