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  • Jessica Mauboy
    ‘Why did I do a kookaburra call for Ellen DeGeneres?’

    Walk with Jessica Mauboy in Centennial Park, Sydney, Australia, 24 January 2024.

  • Food
    How two brothers from Cambodia created Australia’s best pie

    Ryan Khun with his award-winning prawn curry pie in Country Cob bakery, Springvale.

  • ‘The only hat you’ll ever need’
    The travel essentials that made your holiday better

    Beach sandals, striped towel, sunglasses, sunscreen, and a straw hat arranged on sand

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    Australian aged care firm accused in class action of charging residents for high teas and classes they couldn’t use

    Arcare says it’s unable to comment on the federal court case in which it’s alleged it illegally charged fees
  • The open-cut Bluff coalmine

    Mining
    Fears Queenslanders could be forced to pay for mine cleanup as LNP reviews environmental ‘red tape’

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    Analysis
    Coal is back in AustralianSuper’s portfolio. What happened to that net zero pledge?

  • A two-storey historic house on Spectacle Island sits on a rocky waterfront, surrounded by trees

    Royal Australian Navy
    Off limits to Sydneysiders for more than a century, secretive Spectacle Island is coming up for sale

    The Sydney Harbour landmark with its ‘falling down’ heritage-listed buildings if one of 67 Defence-owned properties to be sold – but who will buy it?

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    New South Wales
    Mass fish deaths feared as Minns government promise to restore Murray-Darling rivers in doubt

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    Geoengineering
    Bomb the Arctic, dam the Mediterranean and build a second moon: five outlandish plans to remodel our climate

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    My son was unconscious and I frantically called out for help – then five teenagers came running

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    10 Chaotic Questions
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  • Yara Abu Amsha, 15, playing the violin.

    Gaza
    Gaza’s musicians reopen bomb-shattered conservatory – in tents

  • A woman applying deodorant

    Well actually
    Is it unhealthy to suppress sweat?

  • Richard Burton and Amanda Hutton on the land around Fox Hill in West Wales for Saturday magazine extract feature.

    Stalking
    ‘He hadn’t been trying to scare us. He’d been trying to kill us’: how stalker neighbours turned our dream home into a nightmare

  • One Nation leader Pauline Hanson sits in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra

    double quotation markWhat Australia can learn from the rise of populists around the world to avoid following Hanson down her rabbit hole

    Julianne Schultz
    A quarter of the world’s democracies are now led by authoritarian regimes and almost none have media systems that are able to hold power to account
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    Gene-edited humans: darker uses must be acknowledged alongside medical ones

    Editorial: Polling shows that the public supports this new technology, but the conversation must move beyond simple questions of safety

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    Donald Trump takes over America’s 250th celebration

    He has a lot to say but not everyone is a fan
  • Brayden Maynard is held back

    AFL
    Brayden Maynard: a robust AFL player opposition coaches would love to have

    The Collingwood defender’s very being screams imminent confrontation but if the Pies’ opponents show any holes he and his teammates will exploit it

More sport

  • Bruno Fernandes in action for Manchester United

    Football
    A footballing deepfake: how Bruno Fernandes fell victim to an unlicensed betting operator

  • Charles Leclerc, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton tucked in behind the safety car during the British Grand Prix.

    Formula One
    Leclerc holds off Russell and Hamilton to win chaotic British F1 GP

  • Andrey Santos could soon be a Manchester United player.

    Premier League
    Manchester United target Andrey Santos but Chelsea value midfielder at £50m

  • Kimi Antonelli celebrates after securing pole position at Silverstone

    Formula One
    Antonelli takes pole for British F1 Grand Prix with Hamilton third on grid

  • people hold signs that read 'AI data center regulation now' and 'Alexa, why is my utility bill so high'

    US news
    Bipartisan bill fails to protect US consumers from datacenters’ true costs, critics warn

  • Police officers stand beside markers placed on the pavement of a street in Coney Island

    New York
    At least eight shot, including four children, in New York’s Coney Island

  • A Black woman sits surrounded by neo-fascists in white masks.

    The far right
    Hundreds of masked white nationalists march in Washington on Fourth of July

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    Paul McCartney performs I Want to Hold Your Hand for first time in 60 years at Taylor Swift wedding

    McCartney reportedly played Beatles No 1 hit at star-studded reception at Madison Square Garden
  • Chris Minns

    Gambling
    NSW Labor to adopt tougher pokies stance as inner Sydney mayor says ‘momentum for real reform unstoppable’

  • Simon Baron-Cohen sitting in front of green leaves

    Society
    Pioneer of ‘extreme male brain’ theory of autism now says phrase unhelpful

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    Analysis
    One Nation is campaigning directly to Christians. But will party policies rub against worshippers’ conscience?

  • The Icac inquiry announced this week is expected to run for eight weeks from late July.

    Explainer
    Political lobbyists, Liberals and a fugitive developer are facing corruption allegations. Here’s what you need to know

  • Healthcare workers in protective suits and blue gloves close the coffin of an Ebola victim.

    Analysis
    Understanding Ebola’s wildlife origins is crucial to preventing next big outbreak

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    How and where to watch Socceroos games in Australia

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    Reducing speed limits in cities can save lives. Why is Australia still reluctant?

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    PM criticises rightwing 'race to the bottom' but Liberal MP says coalition with One Nation 'not even being talked about'

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    Jail and a $10,000 fine: former political staffer shares fear over MP complaint system

  • Exclusive
    ‘Silent extinction’: Many of Norfolk Island’s corals aren’t found anywhere else – and could disappear altogether

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    Trump repositions himself as peacemaker in long call with Putin

  • Extreme heat
    From ‘heat panic’ to ‘sacrificed at the altar’: Europe’s air conditioning culture wars heat up

  • US news
    Man claiming world’s smallest penis says he’s booked enhancement surgery after public’s help

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    ‘A halo of optimism’: why The Pitt is the most hopeful show on TV

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    Film
    ‘If you see one movie this year’: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey set to storm the box office

  • Rebecca Ferguson, Avi Nash, Rick Gomez, Common and Harriet Walter in Silo.

    TV review
    Silo review – this handsomely produced sci-fi drama grapples with the big questions

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    Film
    The making of Independence Day at 30: ‘I panicked and raced to set to rewrite’

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    Being human is hard, this pair of psychologists say. Could accepting we don’t have free will make it easier?

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    Australian book review
    The End of Romance by Maria Takolander – a bleak, bold and urgent novel for our times

  • Rupert Murdoch in profile against a dark background, wearing glasses and a suit

    Media
    ‘This is the dark art’: new book claims pattern of personal attacks by Murdoch media empire

  • Daisy Johnson

    Books
    Long Wave by Daisy Johnson review – a sublime novel of motherhood and loss

What to play

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    Review
    Rhythm Paradise Groove review – exhilarating bitesize beats test your reflexes

  • PlayStation game cases displayed on white shelves in a store, showing titles for PS4 and PS5

    PlayStation
    Sony will kill PlayStation games on discs in 2028 and offer digital downloads only

  • Amber Gray and Eva Noblezada dance centre stage with arms raised, surrounded by cast members in Hadestown

    Interview
    ‘I felt like Orpheus’: how the designer of Gears of War bounced back from studio closure by producing Hadestown

  • A woman and man in sunglasses pose beside a green sports car with palm trees and city buildings behind in video game Grand Theft Auto VI Ultimate Edition.

    Grand Theft Auto
    Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders open, but don’t expect a physical copy

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    Classical music
    Kazuki conducts Harmonium review – John Adams’ wild ride centres an elegant showcase of US composers

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    Art
    Young Archie competition 2026: Australia’s portrait prize for child artists – in pictures

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  • Bloomsbury novelist Susanna Clarke at her home in the Peak district.

    Books
    Susanna Clarke: ‘I had been ill for 11 years. I felt like I was about to fall off the world’

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    Just married
    Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce marry at New York City’s Madison Square Garden

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    The moment I knew
    I woke up and couldn’t see out of my right eye. Hours later, she helped me record an album

  • Jesús Piñero wearing a pale blue shirt lies on a lawn.

    How we survive
    Shot by a robber, I was bleeding out on the way to hospital – and terrified the doctors would leave me to die

Food

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    Europe heatwave
    Shaking it up: why salt is this summer’s hottest ingredient

  • A cobb salad arranged in rows on a pink plate, with hard-boiled eggs, avocado, bacon, tomatoes, chicken and lettuce

    Felicity Cloake's masterclass
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  • Four plates of golden courgette pancakes served with diced cucumber salad, arranged on a green tablecloth

    Food
    Meera Sodha’s vegetarian recipe for Beijing-style courgette pancakes with hot honey cucumbers

  • Benjamina Ebuehi’s honey butter brioche with grilled peaches.

    The sweet spot
    Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for honey butter brioche with grilled peaches

Wellbeing

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    Circus
    Roll up, roll up! Older generation find joy and fearlessness in circus

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    The big idea
    Feeling stuck? Try ‘productivity snacking’

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    Sexual abuse
    ‘My childhood stopped’: British woman sues CPS after taking stepfather to abuse trial

  • Ethnicity pain gap: how the ethnicity pain gap exists throughout a patient's life

    Pain
    From birth until death: how the ethnicity pain gap follows people through life

Advice

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    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    How do I cope with my grief and guilt after losing my husband?

  • Two people holding paint buckets stand on grass with a dog between them in a park

    Change by degrees
    The fight against green ‘waste’: how a Victorian community came together to create garden gold

  • A person tangled in a chaotic ball of brown string, surrounded by floating pills and capsules

    You be the judge
    Should my girlfriend stop leaving piles of her hair and nails around the flat?

  • A wicker casket filled with white flowers sits on a green catafalque outdoors

    Change by degrees
    Breaking it down: how to limit the environmental impact of your body after death

Fashion & beauty

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    Fashion
    ‘All those lovely floaty clothes!’ How Penelope Keith supercharged 70s style as Margo Leadbetter

  • A composite image of a pale blue, strappy gingham dress, white pearl bow earrings, gold flower hair clip, red lipstick, red sequin drawstring evening bag, gold and blue beaded friendship bracelets and gold high heeled court shoes on a beige and brown vertically striped background.

    Fashion
    Love story: what to wear to celebrate Taylor Swift’s wedding

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    ‘American royal wedding’
    And the bride wore … who will design Swift’s wedding dress?

  • A woman in a strappy, navy polka dot top, floaty matching trousers and black peep-toe stiletto heels crouches holding a blue woven bag

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    Still wearing stripes? It’s time to join the dots

Travel

  • Ancient white Greek column on a green hillside in the sunshine

    Travel
    Walk in the footsteps of gods, heroes and monsters: five trips to mythical Greece

  • Beach sandals, striped towel, sunglasses, sunscreen, and a straw hat arranged on sand

    The Filter
    ‘The only hat you’ll ever need’: the travel essentials that made your holiday better

Relationships

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    This is how we do it
    ‘I fell in love with my lover’s husband – and now we’re a trio’

  • Lily & Brodie

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    ‘I made him take a few too many selfies…’

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    Leading questions
    My job provides financial stability but my passion has gone. What do I do?

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