6 h. ago I thought big ships were loud and bogan. I discovered something different

I’d avoided cruising for decades. On board the former P&O ship, now converted to a Carnival vessel, I realised I’d been missing out on the fun.

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49 h. ago I’m about to get married. Here’s what the movies have taught me about being a bride

From Father of the Bride to Ready or Not, I’ve been interpreting wedding movies very differently since becoming a bride-to-be.

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68 h. ago A working laundromat is now home to a pizza shop with a difference

While you wait for your washing, dig into a toasted pizza sandwich with wood-fired flavour. You’ll also find St Ali coffee, matcha-misu and Tarts Anon tarts.

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3 d. ago Why Bulldogs shook up their playmakers – again – three days before the finals

Coach Cameron Ciraldo has explained the reasoning behind his 11th different playmaking combination of the season on the eve of his side’s biggest match yet.

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3 d. ago The inexpensive works that could fix Melbourne’s least reliable railway line

Duplicating Melbourne’s least-reliable rail line through the booming northern suburbs would make a big difference to many people at a modest cost, a new report shows.

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3 d. ago Brisbane Festival review: The Platypus takes a marriage breakdown through the multiverse

Francis Greenslade’s witty play is a Brisbane-set domestic drama, with walk-ons by Cary Grant and Lady Bracknell.

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4 d. ago Jury finds Perth hills man guilty of deliberately setting his wife on fire

Peter Moiler claimed his now ex-wife set herself on fire days after she ended their marriage in 2023. On Wednesday, a jury decided he was lying.

Events

8 d. ago ‘We celebrate both girls’: How Lewis marks Father’s Day after losing his firstborn

Three dads share their very different paths to fatherhood, but they are all united by one thing.

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9 d. ago Virginia Giuffre publishers to rewrite her memoir after family pressure

Weeks before she died, Giuffre reportedly voiced her regret to her family about how she had written about her marriage.

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1 week ago An Immortal’s guide to field goals – get it right and Gus won’t talk to you

One point can make all the difference come NRL finals time.

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1 week ago How private and public schools get the edge for this vital VCE subject

Top performing VCE schools are thinking differently to boost their students’ English exam prospects.

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1 week ago Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch’s sentimental war on marriage

With witty dialogue and a sense of the ridiculous, The Roses tracks the unravelling of a long-running relationship.

Events

1 week ago This Sydney council was branded a disaster. The boss saw it differently

Liverpool Council boss Jason Breton blasted a damning state government report into the council as “fundamentally flawed”.

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1 week ago Smiles and clasped hands as Xi, Putin and Modi try to signal unity

The leaders’ display of friendship in China was aimed at projecting an alternative to US global leadership, even as serious differences among them remain.

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2 w. ago This Survivor episode will go down in history. But the host wanted it to end differently

“You know that’s not the rules”: Jonathan LaPaglia had one big gripe with the way things went down on Sunday night.

Events

2 w. ago Why this AFL power couple uprooted their lives to chase premierships with different clubs

She built a dynasty at the Brisbane Lions. He helped transform the Crows into minor premiers. They live 2000 kilometres apart.

Society

2 w. ago The $370 difference between MPs and rural patients travelling to Brisbane

One organisation described the rate offered to rural patients travelling hundreds of kilometres from their homes to access specialist health services as “inexcusable”.

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2 w. ago Lloyd looks to get into groove for spring with Sixties and King Of Pop

Zac Lloyd expects King Of Pop to fire in the San Domenico Stakes first up after returning “a different horse” for his three-year-old season.

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2 w. ago Do you have a capstone or cornerstone marriage? And does it matter?

Is it better to marry young and build a life, career and family together, or would you be wiser to wait until you are more established and have a greater sense of who you are before tying the knot?

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2 w. ago Capstone versus cornerstone marriages: what’s the difference and which is better?

Is it better to marry young and build a life, career and family together, or would you be wiser to wait until you are more established and have a greater sense of who you are before tying the knot?

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