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The music industry is stunned by George Michael's sudden death, with celebrities using social media to share tributes to the late singer.

Virtual reality technology gives visitors at the National Museum of Australia the chance to dive deeper into the works of nature filmmaker Sir David Attenborough, with some urged to take sick bags on their tour.

As fans mourn the death of George Michael, ABC audience members share their memories of the British pop idol.

British pop star George Michael's music career spanned decades and produced hit after hit. Take a look back over his artistic journey with some of his best-loved songs.

British pop singer George Michael, who shot to fame in the 1980s with Wham! and continued as a solo artist, dies at the age of 53.

Hollywood actress Carrie Fisher is in a stable condition, her mother Debbie Reynolds says, after the Star Wars star suffered a cardiac episode two days earlier on a flight from London to Los Angeles.

The mercury has soared to 40C in Adelaide, delivering the city's hottest Christmas on record since 1945, with Aussies flocking to beaches around the country to beat the summer heat.

Tributes pour in for Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher, who spent Christmas Eve in a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a medical emergency on a flight.

Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt dies in Spain from a severe infection aged 68, his manager and family confirm, as music industry greats including Billy Idol and The Who express their grief online.

As reindeer get harnessed up for a Christmas parade, animal rights groups campaign to stop using the animals as "Christmas decorations".

Thousands of Australian children write heart-warming "welcome" messages for refugee and migrant children making this country their home.

Actress Carrie Fisher remains in a critical condition in an intensive care unit, her brother says, following media reports she had a "cardiac episode" during a flight from London to Los Angeles.

Typically defined as temporary or demountable housing, nobody is quite sure where the word donga even came from, let alone how it came to apply to such a vast display of structures.

Aussie Jingle Bells, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Santa Wear Your Shorts — they're appalling, writes Ben Pobjie. But Christmas wouldn't be the same without them.

Brisbane teenage indie pop group The Goon Sax end the year on a high note by debuting on the music giant Billboard's Top 50 critics pick for 2016.

Community broadcaster Radio Adelaide secures an injunction in the Federal Court against 891 ABC Adelaide rebranding itself to ABC Radio Adelaide.

"Unscrupulous" art dealers take particular advantage of Aboriginal artists from remote areas of the Northern Territory over the holidays, tricking them into dodgy deals, an Alice Springs gallery owner says.

United States inmate Brendan Dassey, featured in Netflix series Making a Murderer, has no basis for his claims his confession was not voluntary and should not be released from prison as a judge has ordered, state attorneys argue in a court filing.

Vogue Italia editor-in-chief Franca Sozzani, who championed Italian fashion in the magazine she ran for 28 years, dies at the age of 66.

Nine-year-old blind girl Lilly Cascun hopes to one day stand on the stage to perform at Melbourne's Carols by Candlelight. This week she learnt that dreams can come true.

Algeria is probably not the first place that springs to mind when somebody mentions snow, but the desert town of Ain Sefra has just seen its first snowstorm in almost 40 years.

It seems in some ways fitting that Hollywood's latest "big idea" movie, to be released in the US just prior to Christmas, is to be Martin Scorsese's dark and provocative Silence.

First manufactured in the 1890s, Metters wood stoves remain cherished possessions for a small number of passionate collectors.

The Australian Institute of Architects calls for an urgent review of plans to build a fence around Parliament House in Canberra, which includes sealing off the grass lawns on the sides of the building.

A Melbourne council drops plans to apply for heritage protection for the house featured in the movie The Castle, saying it is just an old dilapidated weatherboard with no cultural significance.