Want to know what the Mannequin Chalenge is? The idea is that a camera tracks a room where people are frozen in various positions; just like mannequins. Once the video is created, you upload it onto social media and voila!  It's been hugely popular and has been done by sporting teams the world over. Check out some of the better videos here: Michelle O'Bama dn the Cleveland Cavaliers ... read more>

Thank you for that warm welcome — it’s wonderful to be here on the Gold Coast for ASFA’s conference. Occasions like this conference are always an important networking and educational event at a professional level, but it should also be an opportunity to step back and recall the enormous significance of the work you all do each day. In terms of long-term benefits, there are very few professions ... read more>

André Rieu: Christmas with André features a never-before-seen 90-minute filmed Christmas concert packed with festive favourites including O Holy Night, Hallelujah, Jingle Bells, White Christmas and more – plus André invites the audience to his hometown for an intimate tour of Maastricht’s magical Christmas highlights. To win tickets, email me at kayley@fiftyupclub.com.au. This event is on in al... read more>

  While the rest of the country ramps up to Christmas, Victorians are looking down the barrel of increased power prices heading into summer. One of the biggest stories in Victoria at the moment is the looming closure of the Hazelwood Power Station in March 2017. Not only will this have a devastating effect on the community in the Latrobe Valley with potentially 750 local jobs lost, the re... read more>

  The term frugal has a special meaning for older Australians because they tend to be more prudent, economical and averse to waste that our younger counterparts. But what if that frugality is somehow counterproductive and you could, to use that great English phrase, be ‘penny wise but pound foolish’? Two separate surveys out this week suggest some people’s efforts to be frugal are misp... read more>