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Jay HannaBusiness Insider Editor

Jay Hanna has worked as a journalist for two decades covering entertainment, culture, news and business.

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Can we please refrain from decking the halls until December?

Christmas always has a habit of sneaking up on us but it seems to be happening earlier every year.

Jay Hanna

WinePremiumIs Elanto Vineyard Australia’s next pre-eminent winemaker?

‘Elanto Vineyard is shaping up to become the next pre-eminent name in pinot noir and chardonnay, and remarkably, it’s only five years old.’

Jay Hanna

Take 5PremiumSupport the businesses that give back

Support businesses that support communities this Social Enterprise Day.

Jay Hanna

Anxiety Aunt PremiumHow to put aside family drama on Christmas Day

‘Christmas is a time for compassion and compromise.’

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna

Anxiety Aunt PremiumHow do I get my friends to stop taking my photograph?

Any attempt to coerce someone into doing something they don’t want to do, no matter how trivial or lighthearted it might seem, is simply not the kind of behaviour that should be encouraged.

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna

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Don’t leave kids in the dark about knowledge of their bodies

No one likes coming face-to-face with evidence of their own parenting failures. But there was no denying I had let my son down badly when he looked pale after his first Year 5 growth and development class.

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna

Anxiety Aunt PremiumWhat to do when you can’t keep up with rich rellies

Times are tough, and you are by no means the only person in Perth who has had to swap champagne nights out for cut-price, bleach-your-insides-cheap-chardonnay nights at home.

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna

Anxiety Aunt PremiumWhat to do when friends critique your life choices

If you’ve got it flaunt it and if you love it, do it. That’s your Aunt’s advice. 

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna

The NightlyFailure is part of the journey: Richard Branson

High-flyer Richard Branson says not everything goes to plan, and he’s learnt a lot from that.

Jay Hanna

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The lasting impact of coercive control

‘For more than two decades, Gwen* didn’t know she was in an abusive relationship. She thought abuse was fists and yelling. She didn’t realise it could be silence and restrictions, control and isolation.’

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna

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Joanna Lumley is still ab fab

‘Joanna Lumley is the first to admit that she was born without ‘critical faculties’. ‘I was born to love things.’

Jay Hanna

Anxiety Aunt PremiumWhat happens when neighbours go to war over boundaries

‘One is well aware that sometimes neighbours can get on every single one of your nerves.’

Jay Hanna

Jay Hanna