As Australia chokes on bushfire smoke, there is an understanding of the physical risks – but the mental impact of this new reality, while harder to quantify, is no less painful.

When convenience becomes codependence, and leisure gives way to efficiency, who really benefits?

A decade after graduating, a disastrous speech at my old high school forced me to confront the future I thought I’d have. At the end of a year packed with tributes to the past and commitments to the future, I am rethinking what it means to be successful.