Margaret Burin

New mothers in Australia are expected to be back on their feet quickly after giving birth. But in many ancient cultures, the first weeks are a precious time to recover and bond with the baby.

In 21 countries, we asked photographers to capture snapshots of home and hope. Here’s what they saw.

On this one street, millions of dollars and hundreds of livelihoods are at stake. How will Australia’s longest shopping strip survive the long and bumpy road ahead?

One day, future generations will look back at the history we’re living right now, captured in these photos of a nation in shutdown.

Three Australian housemates have decided to make their self-isolation as joyful as possible, setting themselves a daily ‘quaranqueen’ costume challenge.

Scott Morrison says keeping schools open is in the national interest. But for principals like David Smillie, making that happen is getting more difficult by the day.

Amazon’s driving ambition is to provide online shoppers with cheap prices and deliver orders fast. Staff at its Melbourne warehouse say this mission results in a dehumanising, insecure and sometimes unsafe workplace.

We visited schools from one of the poorest and wealthiest suburbs in the same city and took a peek inside kids’ lunch boxes. Here’s what we found.

They’re not triplets, and none of them are twins, but these three brothers are all receiving their grade 12 results simultaneously, just two years after arriving in Australia.

Read the weird, funny and philosophical emails that people are sending to Melbourne's trees.

For the first time, a new interactive map details the scale and type of the often hidden homeless population, revealing the issue creeps well into the suburbs.

The ABC’s Interactive Digital Storytelling team asked strangers at one of Australia's busiest intersections what was keeping their eyes glued to their phone? Some people agreed to show them, and Hey Stranger was born.

Kadiga and Youssif know how some people feel when they walk past their teenage children. It’s all over their TV screens and social media feeds.

When the Piedimonte family began selling Italian food 60 years ago, they never imagined they’d create a cult following. Let alone one where some among that following don’t want things to change.

Mindy and her family live on a multi-million-dollar piece of real estate a stone’s throw from the CBD of an Australian capital city. Their impoverished conditions are a stark contrast from the development charging ahead around them.

For Harold, discussing same-sex marriage with his gay son was one thing. Dealing with the social media fallout — and then deciding how to vote — was another.

These Muslim women are hoping to curb domestic violence by encouraging their daughters to speak up for themselves and by breaking down stereotypes, both within and outside the community.

The regional town of Lismore has adapted well to flood over many decades, but has recently been reminded about a flood's potential force and devastation.

The regional town of Lismore has adapted well to flood over many decades, but has recently been reminded about a flood’s potential force and devastation.

The regional town of Lismore has adapted well to flood over many decades, but has recently been reminded about a flood's potential force and devastation.