There’s a uniting theme when it comes to manners in Australia: in Australian English, good manners centre on honouring personal autonomy, egalitarianism and not appearing to tell people what to do.

The“Good Manners” chart , based on a set of rules devised by the Children's National guild of Courtesy in UK primary schools in 1889, was issued to Queensland primary schools until the 1960s.

While advocating for change and stepping away from societal norms, younger generations are now acutely focused on ditching traditional expectations, including old-school signs of good manners that ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wonderful partner and I will soon ... when they pretty much ghosted him. He’s actually on good terms with his ex-wife now, but was hurt that most of those in her circle ...

GENTLE READER: The phrase you want is “How nice FOR you,” with the emphasis on the “for.” Repeat as necessary. Please send ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the proper response when an atheist sneezes, instead of “God bless you”? What about people you don’t know? I had a lady give me a hard time when she sneezed and I ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What do you think about people who start scanning their items at grocery store self-checkouts and sending them down the belt before one has finished bagging one’s own items?

The election may be over, but the incivility it incubated isn’t going to dissipate without each of us acknowledging a role in reducing toxic polarization.

Nowadays, it seems like parents don't want to teach their kids good manners anymore. When you go to a restaurant, it's not uncommon to see a child on their iPad or disrespecting their parents.