18 h. ago My bayside suburb has no shopping strip, cafe, or even a milk bar. That’s how we like it

It is not far from the CBD, but my suburb is the antithesis of inner-city hustle, a place where the snapper bite at dawn, pelicans drift overhead, and footpaths wind alongside the creek.

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3 d. ago Rare discovery in Kosciuszko National Park as NSW rejects Barilaro

Ecologists found a critically endangered creature in footage from a camera set up to monitor feral cats. It is found only in one other location in NSW.

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4 d. ago The quote you might have missed that says everything about Carlton’s post

Dual Coleman medallist Charlie Curnow forced his way out of the Blues to Sydney, triggering a brand-new era at Ikon Park.

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4 d. ago This cute bar lets you pick wine from the bottleshop and drink it on the spot

Paddington wine bar L’Avant Cave is the sort of place you might find if you were wandering around the outer suburbs of Paris.

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4 d. ago This LGBTQI bar wants to limit lesbian patrons like me: I’m not surprised

News of a new Sydney club originally called Pink Pony has reignited the conversation about the lack of permanent lesbian spaces in Sydney.

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4 d. ago ‘The time had come’: Charlie Curnow explains why he left the Blues

The Sydney recruit and two-time Coleman medallist has opened up on his difficult final year at Carlton, why he needed a change, and his relationship with Michael Voss.

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5 d. ago Caretaker’s Cottage is a tough act to follow. The team’s new bar is off to a galloping start

Sherry fortifies everything from arctic margs to intergalactic nightcaps at Three Horses in the top end of town.

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5 d. ago Marc Fennell thinks we’re in an ‘era of fragility’. His new show aims to change that

The dinner-party discussion show, Tell Me What You Really Think, promises a gloves-off approach to hot-button topics.

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5 d. ago Charlie Curnow can deliver what Buddy couldn’t for the Swans – a premiership

Sydney’s move for the dual Coleman medallist is their most aggressive since their signing of Lance Franklin, but it could produce something far more tangible.

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6 d. ago Released hostage, Bar Kupershtein, reunited with his family in Israel

Bar Kupershtein is finally reunited with his family in Israel, including his wheelchair-bound father whose only wish was to stand to embrace his son.

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8 d. ago The world on a plate: Hong Kong’s new era of international dining

From Thai street noodles to French haute cuisine, Korean tasting menus to an Australian sausage roll, Hong Kong’s international restaurants put the whole world on your plate.

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1 week ago First Zuckerberg and Pamela Anderson, now the Bumble billionaire. In the biopic era, is a public figure ‘fair game’?

A new film about the female founder of dating app Bumble is the latest example of someone’s life being dramatised without consultation or consent.

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1 week ago Brisbane news live: Calls for gel blasters to be licensed guns after death | Plans for ‘best sports bar in Australia’ revealed | Things to do in Brisbane this weekend

For today’s news updates as they happen in Brisbane and beyond, follow us here.

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1 week ago Principals’ powers to ban aggressive parents from school to be strengthened

It is about to get easier for principals to bar aggressive parents from school grounds.

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1 week ago Ten years on, iconic Oxford Street venue reopens as upscale hotel

A long-gone glam bar is set to become a Sydney landmark once more with the opening of 25hours Hotel The Olympia.

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1 week ago The Curnow trade is at a delicate stage. Voss’ Blues future will be shaped by what happens

Can Sydney come up with a package that satisfies the Blues enough to trade a dual Coleman medallist they don’t want to lose?

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1 week ago Cult NYC bar reveals Brisbane location – and it’s not where you expect

Death & Co will open this summer, but it won’t be in Fortitude Valley or the CBD. Here’s why.

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1 week ago I worked on those boozy, Europe coach tours. I’m sad to see them go

Next year will mark the end of an era for young Australians travelling across Europe on debauched tours aboard big coaches.

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1 week ago Guy Grossi sells Melbourne’s Italian institution, buyer revealed

Celebrity chef Guy Grossi has sold the crown jewels of his family hospitality empire – Florentino, Cellar Bar and Grossi Grill – eight months after sexual harassment allegations engulfed the historic restaurants.

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1 week ago Guy Grossi sells Melbourne Italian institution, buyer revealed

Celebrity chef Guy Grossi has sold the crown jewels of his family hospitality empire – Florentino, Cellar Bar and Grossi Grill – eight months after sexual harassment allegations engulfed the historic restaurants.

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