11 h. ago What’s the going rate for the Tooth Fairy, and should it be adjusted for inflation?

From 10¢ in the ’60s to the generous $20 Josh Frydenberg’s five-year-old received in 2022, Tooth Fairy inflation is real – but that doesn’t make it right.

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14 h. ago How a nightclub baron turned a gutted heritage building into a sculptural home

The founders of legendary venues such as Revolver, Cookie and the Toff in Town have extended their vision to their own home.

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25 h. ago ‘Chips cooked in avocado oil’: A dietitian rates this evening snack

Neighbours actor Natassia Halabi shares what she eats in a day.

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39 h. ago Former Animal Justice MP involved in scuffle after women’s rights rally

Hundreds of pro-trans counter-protesters have arrived at Parliament House to drown out speeches at a Women Will Speak event in Melbourne on Saturday.

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49 h. ago The next Pope could be even ‘worse’ than Francis. Let’s hope so

The pontiff was dismissed as “woke” by MAGA conservatives, but he stood up for humanity against their weird cult, helping to redefine Catholicism along the way.

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65 h. ago Is Peter Dutton going to cut penalty rates? Is Anthony Albanese lying about the Coalition’s ‘$600 billion’ nuclear plan? We reality check

The gloves were off this week with the opposition leader accusing the prime minister of being “loose with the truth” in a move the latter called “desperate”. But which one of them is right?

Economics

65 h. ago Is Dutton going to cut penalty rates? Is Albanese lying about the Coalition’s ‘$600bn’ nuclear plan? We reality check

The gloves were off this week with the opposition leader accusing the prime minister of being “loose with the truth” in a move the latter called “desperate”. But which one of them is right?

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65 h. ago Is Dutton going to cut penalty rates? Is Albanese lying about the Coalition’s ‘$600b’ nuclear plan? We reality check

The gloves were off this week with the opposition leader accusing the prime minister of being “loose with the truth” in a move the latter called “desperate”. But which one of them is right?

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3 d. ago His birthday wasn’t picked from the barrel. He was conscripted anyway

Peter Curtin was conscripted into the army during the Vietnam War years. It upended his life. Two decades later, he learned his birthdate hadn’t even been drawn.

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3 d. ago Has the Port of Melbourne outgrown its prime slice of the city?

Melbourne Port, already Australia’s busiest, plans to handle even more containers from even more mammoth ships. But some think its time in the inner city might be nearly over.

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3 d. ago Sydney Olympic Park is due for 13,000 homes. It could get even more

The body responsible for the area – as wide as the distance between Central Station and Circular Quay – is considering increasing the number of units in the area.

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3 d. ago Even this modern maestro won’t touch the world’s weirdest instrument

The theremin’s “woo-ooo” sound has haunted music and cinema lovers for years. Carolina Eyck is the world’s best player, but she’s still making sense of it.

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3 d. ago I love my flower sprinkles even though they were mocked, Meghan says

The Duchess of Sussex has defended her passion for edible sprinkles, joking that she had been portrayed like a “little fairy tossing them around all the time”.

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4 d. ago Inside St Peter’s, mourners weep for the pope they loved. Outside, speculation is already swirling

By Wednesday evening at the Vatican, the queue to view the Pope’s coffin stretched for more than eight hours from start to finish.

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4 d. ago Trump shift on China tariffs only adds to the confusion he creates

US President Donald Trump’s ill-thought tariff polices look even sillier now he has floated lowering his 145 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods.

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4 d. ago Brisbane early voting: Where to vote early this federal election, and how it could change the result

Almost half of all Australian voters are expected to vote early, and possibly even more in Queensland, where election day falls on a long weekend.

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4 d. ago ‘It’s a clarion call’: Bluesfest boss delivers update on festival’s future

Things were looking grim for the much-loved music festival, with this year’s event set to the last. But the fans responded.

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5 d. ago Hegseth has bounced into another hot mess but Trump seems inclined to sack the wrong guy

Rather than taking a hard look at his troubled defence secretary, the president is studying how he could fire the Federal Reserve chairman for failing to cut interest rates.

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6 d. ago How did the Stawell Gift waste what should have been its greatest ever race?

That the two quickest men in Stawell on Monday could not even get to the final would suggest the handicappers had a howler.

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6 d. ago No pancakes, no McLovin muffins: So what can you get at wildly popular Happyfield’s new diner?

New York-style “chopped cheese” sandwiches, beignet doughnuts and soft-serve sundaes are set to put a smile on diners’ faces.

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