Free drinks at a bar. A promotion at work. Getting out of a parking fine.

Attractive people often benefit from special treatment. It's a benefit that's become known as "pretty privilege."

Robert Irwin and Nigella Lawson are among the famous faces who make an appearance in Australia's latest tourism campaign. 

But will the $130 million campaign bring more travellers to our shores?

Fifty years ago, Where Did I Come From? landed on Australian bookshelves and changed the way kids learned about sex.

How has sex education changed since then? And are parents better equipped today to guide their children through these important - and often tricky - conversations?

When you think about your dad, what does he look like?

Which kinds of memories does he feature in... and where's he absent? 

Fathering takes many forms, as diverse as the dads that span the country. Now a group of researchers have set out to document the history of "dad-ing" across the last century.

As we grapple with the cost of living, more and more people are contemplating the cost of the commute.

In Victoria, the state government plans to enshrine a legal right for people to work from home - a money-saver for many. 

International missions, covert operations and code cracking. It's the sort of thing we gobble up in spy movies... but tell ourselves probably doesn't actually happen in real life.

But Rachel Noble was living that life -- at the highest level -- when she led Australia's top spy agency, the Australian Signals Directorate -- the first woman to do so.

We've seen AI used to craft deepfakes of people, and in Denmark, there has been a change to copyright laws - to give people the right to their own likeness.  

Meanwhile in Australia, our Productivity Commission is warning against making new laws that would stifle the development of AI.... saying the technology has the potential to boost our economy by billions.So, how do we protect ourselves?

When finance and friendship is mixed... it can get awkward.

So, what happens to a friendship when your bank balances don't match?

For much of her life, journalist Kumi Taguchi refused to engage with the family history that had been passed on to her.

But, eventually, she says, she had no choice but to better understand it. That process not only enriched her life but helped her make sense of her place in the world. 

How has your family history been passed on to you and how has it shaped the way you connect with the world?

Are you one of the lucky few who can still go into a physical building to do your banking?

From self check outs at supermarkets and QR codes…. to prescriptions emailed to your smartphone and trying to fix a problem with Centrelink or the Tax Office. More and more, our lives are being moved online.

For some of us it's no big deal... but there are fears a widening digital divide is leaving some older Australians behind.