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Here comes the sun: Defending our summer rays

Here comes the sun: Defending our summer rays

In the battle against skin cancer, have the upsides of a little ray of sunshine been overlooked?

  • by Mark Whittaker

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Sex workers' choice: work legally, or work safely

Sex workers' choice: work legally, or work safely

Queensland's current laws do not protect prostitutes against crime, advocates say, and the work's riskier than it needs to be.

  • by Alison Brown
Backpacker deaths in hostel fire a 'landmark' in safety

Backpacker deaths in hostel fire a 'landmark' in safety

Fifteen young backpackers lost their lives in 2000 when the Palace backpacker hostel in Childers was set alight.

  • by Toby Crockford
'Toxic masculinity' is inflamed only by booze

'Toxic masculinity' is inflamed only by booze

Grog is at the centre of so may rugby league atrocities, but 'patriarchy' and  'entitlement' are culpable too.

  • by Peter FitzSimons
Recalled Cuban doctors leave 29m without healthcare

Recalled Cuban doctors leave 29m without healthcare

Criticism by Brazil's far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro prompted Cuba to sever a cooperation agreement.

  • by Anthony Boadle
Cricket Australia sacrifice 3m viewers for Foxtel cash

Cricket Australia sacrifice 3m viewers for Foxtel cash

While CA’s coffers are better off, the lack of viewers is the last thing they needed.

  • by Christian Nicolussi
‘Silly is not what our viewers like’: Rowland on brekkie TV

‘Silly is not what our viewers like’: Rowland on brekkie TV

No cash cows or fake laughter: why ABC's morning show is as strong as ever.

  • by Michael Lallo
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Learning to design with the best: Why having a design mentor is so important

Learning to design with the best: Why having a design mentor is so important

Mentorship gives a professional an opportunity to understand how the industry, whatever industry you are in, works from the inside.

  • by Darren Palmer
Solutions for small-scale living: Inside a pocket-sized apartment

Solutions for small-scale living: Inside a pocket-sized apartment

When Jack Chen bought this pocket-sized, top-floor unit in a 1970s walk-up block, he bought a terrific laboratory for experimentation.

  • by Jenny Brown

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'It was a mistake': ASIC under fire over botched investigations

'It was a mistake': ASIC under fire over botched investigations

Mistake was James Shipton's word of the day. In fact he used it 23 times to describe why ASIC had failed to take action against the big banks.

  • by Sarah Danckert

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Michael B. Jordan stars as Adonis Creed and Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa in
CREED II, a Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures film.
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 Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Creed and Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa in CREED II.

Creed II settles the feud that began in Rocky IV

Michael B. Jordan says it is "pretty cool" to work with the iconic characters from the franchise.

  • by Michael Idato
Jamie Foxx and Taron Egerton in Robin Hood.

'Reimagined' Robin Hood makes you wonder why they bothered

 Hollywood doesn't remake films any more. It "reimagines" them.

  • by Sandra Hall

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Huawei MateBook X Pro: a Windows workhorse in MacBook clothing

Huawei MateBook X Pro: a Windows workhorse in MacBook clothing

With beautiful thin looks, plenty of grunt and a lower price tag than the competition from Microsoft and Apple, Huawei's ultrabook is an appealing alternative.

  • by Tim Biggs
The kid from Byron who became a global sensation

The kid from Byron who became a global sensation

At the top of the fashion world, wild child supermodel Barrett is living the high life as the face of his generation.

  • by Michael Harry

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Where's Kurtley? Michael Cheika's curious omission from England Test

Where's Kurtley? Michael Cheika's curious omission from England Test

Kurtley Beale has been denied the chance to wear a Wallabies Indigenous jersey at Twickenham.

  • by Georgina Robinson & Tom Decent
Mile Jedinak in discussions to sign for A-League expansion hopeful
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Mile Jedinak in discussions to sign for A-League expansion hopeful

If South West Sydney are handed an A-League licence, they could start next season with former Socceroo captain Mile Jedinak as their marquee.

  • by Dominic Bossi

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