Caitlin Fitzsimmons
The Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Skipping meals and GP appointments: The harsh reality for young people leaving home
Sarah Cupitt is making sacrifices to live on her own, including living on toast and cut-price muesli bars while budgeting $30 a week for food. → Read More
Lindy Lee’s cultural cachet has never been higher
Lindy Lee the person is navigating grief, but Lindy Lee the artist is having a moment. Judging by the run of public art commissions, private exhibitions and fashion collaborations, her cultural cachet has never been higher. → Read More
Priyanka was homeless at 18. Now at university, she’s one of the lucky ones
People like Priyanka are the group of Australians with the fastest growing rate of homelessness. → Read More
‘It was very disrespectful’: Dispute over Chris Hemsworth filming at sacred site
A television show depicting the Hollywood action star taking part in an Indigenous ceremony has divided local First Nations groups in northern NSW. → Read More
Before the Voice: Political posturing and failed ambition
The Voice to Parliament is not a new idea. It’s been tried three times in the past 50 years, but without constitutional status, it could always be “wiped away at the stroke of the pen” by the government of the day. → Read More
How beachgoers can get unlimited public parking at Bondi and Bronte
Sydney is finally having a beach summer but parking and transport issues are rearing their head everywhere from Palm Beach to Cronulla. → Read More
Raising Indigenous voices on a Voice to parliament
What do First Nations people think about the proposed Indigenous Voice to parliament? We spoke to dozens of Indigenous people from all walks of life to hear their voices. → Read More
The Sydney areas that embraced ‘no religion’ and those that are more devout
Sydney is considerably more religious than the rest of the nation, but a campaign to get people to choose “no religion” in the census seems to have made inroads. → Read More
Where are the 300,000 empty homes in NSW?
We are in a housing crisis, yet Sydney recorded tens of thousands of empty homes on census night and up to a quarter of dwellings were unoccupied in seaside towns. → Read More
Just 587 customers of collapsed chain STA Travel are getting refunds. Lara is not one of them
Aged care worker Lara Collin paid $15,000 for two cancelled trips and doesn’t know if she’ll ever see that money again. The closure of a compensation fund 8 years ago leaves consumers unprotected. → Read More
Alarm sounded over elder homelessness amid soaring rents
Pauline West fell into homelessness when she became too sick to work before she was old enough for the age pension. → Read More
Why Australians are not paying $58.6m in NSW hotel quarantine bills
Many returning travellers believe they should not have to pay because the quarantine was for public benefit, but almost half of those that stayed in NSW are from elsewhere. → Read More
A wedding photographer let down bridal couples. This is what happened next
Frustrated customers of awarded wedding photographer Ryan Schembri have failed to enforce their consumer rights across state borders. → Read More
Where has the women’s rage of 2021 gone?
Women account for 40 per cent of all candidates across both houses of parliament, and are volunteering for political campaigns in droves. → Read More
‘I’d be in jail’: The former foster kids who are rewriting their fate
For 1200 young people leaving the NSW foster care system every year, moving out of home is more about survival than celebration. → Read More
Demand for specialist preschools after surge in autism diagnoses
The surge in children being diagnosed with autism at age three or four is fuelling demand for specialist programs in preschools. → Read More
More pain in store as grocery prices continue to rise
Coles is responding by taking a leaf out of the Costco playbook and offer a range of 44 supersized items that can be bought in bulk at substantial discounts. → Read More
‘Drained and fatigued’: Healthcare workers share stories from the front line
From the moment the Ruby Princess docked in 2020 to the current wave of Omicron, healthcare workers have been on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s not over yet. → Read More
Authorities probing death of Villawood detainee
Friends of a man who died in immigration detention in Sydney last weekend say he took his life after being bullied and bashed by other detainees. → Read More
‘I don’t want to look like I’m a grandma’: The challenge of clothes shopping beyond size 14
About half the adult female population is size 14 or bigger, based on waist size data, but the clothing industry treats them as a niche market. → Read More