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The death of a close friend in a mountain climbing accident was a life-changing moment for Brisbane doctor Andrew Peacock. Now he spends half the year globetrotting on grand adventures.
By Shelley Lloyd
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Police rescue a dozen neglected dogs and puppies from what they describe as a "horrible and uninhabitable" puppy farm in Adelaide's northern suburbs.
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Opportunistic tomb raiders turn to Facebook to sell antiquities stolen in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings.
By national arts and culture reporter Michaela Boland
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A moment of joy in a warzone turned to horror when the photographer behind this image was shot in the head. He's spent decades searching for the piano-playing soldier who saved his life.
By Middle East correspondent Adam Harvey
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With the quality and quantity of public toilets in decline, it’s time for a reckoning — and that means acknowledging how contemporary design disadvantages some more than others.
By Mira Adler-Gillies for Blueprint for Living
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Contestants were tasked with words like 'enchytraem', 'annus mirabilis' and 'oeilade'. Take our quiz to see if you could be a winner at the 2019 incarnation of America's National Spelling Bee.
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Ceramic boobs, pornographic cross-stitch and embroidery of Tinder conversations — it is all craft, but probably not the kind you grew up with.
By
Emma Nobel
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In a time of unreal reality TV, dystopian nightmares and the general Americanisation of our cultural diet, Australian dramedy The Letdown stands out for being really, really real.
By music and pop culture reporter Paul Donoughue
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An 11-year-old computer loaded with six of the most destructive viruses ever created fetches an astronomical figure in an online auction.
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Melbourne's historic Corkman Pub will be turned into a temporary park after the State Government fails in its bid to force developers to rebuild the 19th-century watering hole.
By Kristian Silva
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At the House of Eternal Return, secret passageways and hidden portals offer something its creators say fills a human need.
By Anna Kelsey-Sugg and Paul Barclay
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MORNING BRIEFING: Former Newcastle Knights star Jarrod Mullen is charged over his alleged role in a cocaine ring in the Hunter region and Australia's country music industry is in shock after singer and producer Glen Hannah dies.
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Rocketman, already generating Oscar buzz, is admirably unafraid to engage with the star's homosexuality and grapple with the toughest chapters of his life.
By Jason Di Rosso for The Screen Show
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Multi-millionaire founder and patron of WA's flagship theatre company raises concerns after its executive director is dumped by the board chaired by Andrew Forrest's wife, Nicola Forrest, for an advertising executive with no theatre management experience.
By Joanna Trilling and Rebecca Trigger
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Sordid details of alleged sexual misconduct by prominent male figures within the industry — including violence against women and the sexual abuse of minors — have shocked K-Pop fans worldwide.
By Max Walden
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Video gaming company Sony Europe will face court in Australia over allegations it refused to refund customers who bought faulty games through its PlayStation online store.
By business reporter Stephanie Chalmers
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Sir Michael Parkinson announces a tour of Australia in October, and reflects on his "thousands" of interviews, admitting some of his best guests have been people he "wouldn't wish to invite to dinner".
By Daniel Keane
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MORNING BRIEFING: Sydney's controversial lockout laws will be put under the microscope as part of a major review of the city's night-time economy and police have been charged 55 people after a two-year police operation targeting cocaine supply across Sydney.
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The Dauntless Movement Crew met on the streets of western Sydney and now they're touring Australia inspiring teenagers to get fit and express themselves through dance.
By
Sarah Moss
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M+ is framing itself as the Pompidou of the Asia Pacific: a behemoth museum for visual culture. Sydneysiders can see collection highlights this week, at Sydney Opera House.
By Sarinah Masukor
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The award-winning Australian rapper said she never consented to taking topless pictures for potential release and said the "vile" reactions online have led her to quit social media.
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Whether you loved or loathed the finale to Game of Thrones, you're probably still unpacking what happened and wondering if things could have somehow ended differently. SPOILERS.
By Daniel Miller
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Canadian photographer Steve Biro knew he'd snapped a winner when a bald eagle nicknamed Bruce fixed its eye on him and swooped across a pond, but he admits the reaction is beyond anything he'd anticipated.
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Christian Frenzel is one of an elite group of stonemasons with the necessary skills to help rebuild Notre Dame in the traditional way, and has volunteered his services free of charge.
By Daniel Keane
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Flagship ABC programs Four Corners, 7.30 and Australian Story have attracted six nominations between them, while Gardening Australia's Costa Georgiadis and Hard Quiz's Tom Gleeson are in the running for most popular personality on Australian television.
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Amid the mass fish kills and the ongoing drought, residents of Menindee in outback NSW hope a festival will be the first of many positives that draw tourists back to the region.
By
Aimee Volkofsky
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Keya Morgan was taken into custody and faces felony charges including theft, embezzlement, forgery or fraud against an elder adult, and false imprisonment of an elder adult.
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A story about an alpaca called Macca and his best pal Al has captivated more than a million children during National Simultaneous Storytime.
By
Kim Honan
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A stalwart of rock band Rose Tattoo retrains for a role that will help him give back to the community.
By
Anthony Scully
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Some fans say they were unable to make out what the Spice Girls were singing from the grandstands, putting a dampener on the group's triumphant return to the stage.
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In the wake of the Christchurch shootings, remote Aboriginal artists took to their brushes and painted special gifts for two Muslim communities, thousands of kilometres away.
By Rebecca Puddy
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A group of older Australians is proving age is no limit to trying something new and creative.
By health reporter Olivia Willis
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One year on from the sudden and tragic passing of Balang T.E.Lewis, music and dance has returned to Beswick.
By Chelsea Heaney
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Jason Lambert first stepped up to a pinball machine at age four; now, he's preparing to go to Italy for next month's world championships.
By
Jessica Hinchliffe
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The prequel turned 20 this week and its influence is still felt in CGI-heavy films and the moans of fans dissatisfied with everything from Game of Thrones to the latest adventure in a galaxy far, far away, writes Cameron Williams.
By Cameron Williams
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Two years ago, when Bryan hit a "mid-life slump", he started eating and exercising like a Jane Austen character. He's never looked back.
By Fiona Pepper and Bec Zajac for Life Matters
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People living with albinism face rife discrimination across Africa, but organisers of an albino pageant in Zimbabwe hope to change people's perceptions of the persecuted minority.
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A film about a poor family of hustlers in South Korea has taken out Cannes's top prize, marking the first time a Korean film has taken the festival's top gong.
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A quintet of horror shorts will give audiences something to think — and scream — about at the Sydney Film Festival.
By
Mawunyo Gbogbo
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Cai Guo-Qiang, known for his epic 'explosion events' and gunpowder paintings, has created new works to complement NGV's major exhibition of precious cultural artefacts.
By arts editor Dee Jefferson
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More than 20 Pixie O'Harris artworks are being restored for an exhibition after the final paintings, which had been missing since the 1950s, mysteriously turn up without note or explanation.
By
Emma Siossian
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A mother-daughter duo from Central Victoria documents the wide variety of flowers in Australian artwork in a new book.
By Beth Gibson and Jo Printz
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A finalist in three of Australia's biggest art prizes, Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran isn't afraid to play god.
By
Alice Moldovan
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The animated Aladdin might be a nostalgic classic for those in their 20s and 30s, but a remake isn't "political correctness gone mad", writes Michelle Smith.
By Michelle Smith
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The lead graphic designer and puppet maker for the stop-animation film talk about the time, resources and meticulous care it takes to bring these miniature worlds to life.
By Teresa Tan
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A young Melbourne animator has documented her traumatic childhood, marred by relentless family violence and constant fear. Now, she's in contention for a movie-making award.
By Jedda Costa
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Few people know the puffer jacket, that triumph of warmth and comfort over good looks, came from the hottest and flattest continent on earth.
By Ben Deacon
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A pop-up nightclub hosted by the University of Adelaide during this year's Fringe festival caused widespread disruption to campus life, including interfering with sensitive science experiments, documents reveal.
By Ben Nielsen
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The 90s classic never made British band The Verve much money because they had sampled a Rolling Stones song. Now, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have signed over their rights.
By music and pop culture reporter Paul Donoughue
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Vincent Namatjira, the great-grandson of acclaimed artist Albert Namatjira, wins the Ramsay Art Prize in Adelaide for his painting Close Contact.
By Matthew Smith
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The $63.7 million deal would resolve lawsuits and compensate alleged victims of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Outgoing Insiders host Barrie Cassidy says he is pleased that Sky News political editor David Speers looks set to become the next host of the Sunday morning political discussion program he created more than 18 years ago.
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Author Judith Kerr, who enchanted generations of children with illustrated tales such as The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Forgetful Cat, wrote 35 books and never stopped working, even in her 90s.
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MORNING BRIEFING: Police seize a number of animals, including two deceased crocodiles, and charge a Sydney man with animal abuse and trafficking offences, while an ATM is found in the Edward River in the state's south after a series of ram raids.
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Hop over to YouTube and you'll find reams of "apology videos", while on Reddit, people anonymously confess to their deepest, darkest sins. When and why did the internet become an "apology machine"?
By Kate Douglas
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This breakthrough British series, created by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, is gaining legions of fans with its unique take on the "bad woman" comedy.
By Lauren Carroll Harris for The Screen Show
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The UK's last-placed Eurovision 2019 song drops five points from 16 to 11 following a voting error. It adds insult to injury for entrant Michael Rice, who previously said he always knew he was going to come last "because of Brexit".
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The director was asked why the Australian actress did not get more dialogue in Once Upon A Time In ... Hollywood, Tarantino's new film, in which Robbie plays murdered actress Sharon Tate.
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The personal and political blend in Marcelo Martinessi's award-winning film about a middle-aged aristocrat whose loss of fortune brings a windfall of independence.
By Jason Di Rosso for The Screen Show
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Country and city race days see a rise in Fashions on the Field entrants, and it's fuelling its own economy of milliners, seamstresses, and fashion stylists.
By Kelly Butterworth
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A growing number of Australian brides are selling their wedding dress or buying a second-hand gown online to stay on budget and avoid keeping the worn-once outfit stored away in the back of the wardrobe.
By Sarah Motherwell
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Sydney secures the rights to the hit blockbuster musical Hamilton after NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian intervenes to lure the producers away from Melbourne to the Harbour City.
By Antonette Collins
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Actor Johnny Depp reportedly files new court documents as part of his $50 million defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard, claiming she hit, punched and kicked him and faked bruises for a court appearance.
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Alabama Public Television pulls an episode of the PBS children's show Arthur, featuring a same-sex wedding between an animated rat and his aardvark partner, amid concerns it would "violate" the trust of audiences.
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While many people know Humpty Doo in the Northern Territory for its legendary pub, news that Waldo Bayley is leaving town is like finding out the beer lines have gone dry.
By Gabrielle Lyons and Lyrella Couzens
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Robert Irwin of Australia Zoo comes to the rescue when an echidna waddles into a Sunshine Coast fruit shop and wedges itself under a fridge.
By
Kathy Sundstrom
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Robert Blackmore
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An ugly chapter of human trafficking and black-market trading of body parts in Western Australia is laid bare with the return of 14 sets of human remains which were sold to Germany more than 100 years ago.
By Erin Parke
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You're not the only one with feelings about the Game of Thrones finale. George RR Martin has delivered some thoughts and hints about his own ending. SPOILER WARNING.
By Daniel Miller and Peter Marsh
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Three handwritten wills are found in the suburban Detroit home of Aretha Franklin, months after the Queen of Soul's death — including one that was discovered under cushions in the living room.
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Television comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy takes the oath of office as Ukraine's new president, and as his first act, dismisses the Parliament still dominated by loyalists of his defeated predecessor.
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Beryl Mills became a household name overnight when she won the Miss Australia contest in 1926, but today only a few remember her. Now a musical aims to change that.
By
Laura Meachim
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Journalist Andrew McGarry covered the trial of one of Australia's most notorious serial killings. Two decades since police made the gruesome discovery in a disused bank vault, he looks at the similarities between the actions of ringleader, John Bunting, and George Orwell's novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four.
By Andrew McGarry
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Getting a song stuck in your head is about as ordinary as a flat white coffee. But for Heidi Everett, the orchestral symphonies playing in her mind were symptoms of something far more concerning.
By Dominic Cansdale
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After nine years, the fantasy epic that had the internet abuzz has finally finished. We asked five TV critics about what we should watch instead and what else is on the small screen horizon.
By Hannah Reich for Stop Everything!
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RIP Game of Thrones. Nine years and eight seasons of television have come to a spectacular end. So who ends up on the throne? And was it worth it? SPOILER WARNING
By Peter Marsh and Daniel Miller
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As the US's trade war with China escalates, Beijing decides to air a number of anti-American films across Chinese television in a suspected battle for hearts and minds.
By Iris Zhao and Alan Weedon
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The Game of Thrones drama ends today for millions of fans, but in one Aussie household it will live on for this pampered pooch which has its own GoT-inspired iron throne.
By
Kathleen Ferguson
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Iceland's Eurovision entry could be "punished" by organisers for an unauthorised display of the Palestinian flag during the grand final, the event's Israeli broadcaster says.
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MORNING BRIEFING: Anyone caught drink driving in NSW will lose their licence for three months after new legislation went live today, while the member for Hunter warns Labor needs to return to the "sensible centre" and reconnect with its blue-collar base.
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The final episode of Game of Thrones airs today. Ahead of the big event, readers share their personal stories about the pop culture juggernaut that changed TV forever.
By Peter Marsh and Daniel Miller
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Eurovision fans unleash on Madonna, likening the pop superstar's grand final performance in Tel Aviv to that of a "drunk aunty on karaoke".
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Dr Gurrumul Yunupingu, Saltwater Band, Lonely Boys and B2M are just a few of the names associated with Skinnyfish Music, the independent label that put Northern Territory music on the world map.
By Gabrielle Lyons and Rebecca McLaren
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Here are the big moments of the 2019 Eurovision song contest and how the top countries ranked in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Moemoana Schwenke, 19, is one of few women in the world to perform 'siva afi' or fire-knife dancing — a Samoan ceremonial dance traditionally performed by men which the Aussie teen is fighting to change.
By Anthony Stewart
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The date is August 1970. The place, the Troubadour club in Los Angeles. Elton John is locked in the club's toilet too scared to come out.
By Mark Bannerman
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Demonic, a 'documentary-horror' film exploring the international, media-fuelled panic over Satanic ritual abuse in the 1980s, is the only Australian film screening at the prestigious festival in 2019.
By Keva York
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SPOILERS ABOUND: Look back on how the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest unfolded as Kate Miller-Heidke competed in the Olympics of music in Tel Aviv, singing Zero Gravity.
By Andrew McGarry and Yasmin Jeffery
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For the first time in more than a century, architects will be given the opportunity to substantially alter Paris's Notre Dame which has withstood centuries of political, social and environmental change.
By Alan Weedon
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Live election broadcasts have come a long way in 50 years. The ABC's 1969 coverage featured incorrect results, scrunched-up bits of paper and uneaten sandwiches — and ended with the words, "that's it, thank God".
By Andrew Bell and Niki Burnside
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There's one question fans are asking heading into Game of Thrones' big finale. And the show has already dropped some big clues that point to the answer. SPOILER WARNING
By Peter Marsh
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IM Pei, the versatile, globe-trotting architect who revived the Louvre with a giant glass pyramid and captured the spirit of rebellion at the multi-shaped Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has died at age 102.
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Hundreds of thousands of angry fans sign an online petition demanding the eighth season of Game of Thrones be rewritten and remade after fans and critics pan the penultimate episode.
By Dannielle Maguire and wires
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A group of First Nations women are making their mark on the walls and buildings of Brisbane as a way to connect their culture and heritage to the mainstream.
By
Jessica Hinchliffe
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A photo gallery in a New South Wales cafe which showcases the portraits of about 500 dogs from around the world has raised more than $10,000 for one of the world's poorest countries.
By
Sarah Moss
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With TV rights deals set to be reined in, how does the FFA improve its reach sufficiently to convince Fox Sports — or an alternative platform — it is "marquee"? writes Richard Hinds.
By Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds
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The Eurovision Song Contest has long been as much about political drama as it has been about the music. These are the songs everyone will be talking about this year.
By Yasmin Jeffery
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The star and his stuntman-turned-director bring the team back together for the cult series, which reaches peak stunt action — and weirdness — in its third chapter.
By Luke Goodsell
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A series of protest events, one of them dubbed Gazavision, offer a stark contrast — comparing life inside the Gaza blockade to the glittery euro-centric stage just 70 kilometres away in Tel Aviv.
By Erin Handley
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The 1986 stainless steel sculpture by the American pop artist is regarded as one of the most celebrated works of 20th-century art, and has now overtaken the $90.3 million record set last November by British painter David Hockney's work.
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With the suspected suicide of a British reality TV contestant, it's time to ask whether we give consent as viewers to these not-at-all-like-reality shows, writes Emma A. Jane.
By Emma A. Jane