42 h. ago Netflix’s monster hit Stranger Things is finally over. Was it worth it?

After five seasons, the sci-fi-horror-nostalgia series has wrapped at last. But did the Duffer Brothers stick the landing?

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47 h. ago Australia demands China respect trade deal after shock beef tariffs

Australia’s trade and agriculture ministers have condemned China’s decision to impose new tariffs that could cost the beef industry $1 billion a year.

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53 h. ago China sets beef import quotas in hit to Australia and other exporters

The Australian Meat Industry Council said the measures could slash its beef exports to China by about a third, hitting trade worth more than $1 billion.

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56 h. ago Ditch the music, and don’t lecture us: 10 resolutions the AFL should adopt in 2026

If the 2025 AFL season had been a movie, Margaret Pomeranz would have been hard-pressed to give it more than three stars. It’s time for the league to hit 2026 with a new resolve.

Politics

3 d. ago Sussexit? Harry and Meghan desperate to downplay staff exodus

Of all the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s staff departures of recent year, the loss of a deeply loyal executive director will hit the hardest.

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3 d. ago Car ploughs into power pole after allegedly speeding from police

Two men have been seriously injured after the car they were travelling in hit a power pole and flipped.

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4 d. ago Two charged after semi automatic guns, drugs allegedly found in Melbourne home

Two people have been hit with multiple trafficking charges after more than 20 guns, as well as illicit drugs, were allegedly seized in Melbourne’s north-west.

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4 d. ago ASX rises in early trade as banks, energy stocks gain; gold miners slump

Banks, retailers and energy stocks bolstered the Australian sharemarket in early trade, making up for a plunge in mining stocks after volatility hit precious metals overnight.

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6 d. ago ‘Short Tests are bad for business’: MCG carnage could spark change on pitch preparation

Cricket Australia lost about $4 million in revenue from the two-day Test in Perth and, with 90,000 expected on Sunday, will likely be hit even harder if the Boxing Day Test does not see a third day.

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6 d. ago Fishing nets, seasickness and lost life rafts: Sydney to Hobart hit by wave of retirements

Headlined by the withdrawals of supermaxi Wild Thing 100 and overall contender Moneypenny, 13 yachts had pulled out by 5pm on Saturday due to a wide variety of issues.

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7 d. ago This tech could solve all of Australia’s energy woes. There’s just one teensy problem

A nuclear fusion company building a reactor in America is targeting Australia for international expansion and says it could have a plant up and running here by the middle of next decade.

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7 d. ago ‘Short Tests are bad for business’: How MCG carnage could spark change on pitch preparation

Cricket Australia lost about $4 million in revenue from the two-day Test in Perth and, with 90,000 expected on Sunday, will likely be hit even harder if the Boxing Day Test does not see a third day.

Transport

7 d. ago Man fights for life after being hit while stopped on side of motorway

A man is fighting for life after he was hit while standing in an emergency bay on a motorway south of Brisbane.

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7 d. ago Perth swelters through Christmas Day heatwave but falls short of record

The mercury hit 42 degrees in some parts of Perth on Thursday afternoon but officially did not break any Christmas Day records.

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7 d. ago Fears for man hit by car while stopped in motorway emergency bay

The man is believed to have been standing outside his car in the bay when a car crashed into him and his car.

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1 week ago Cockburn Cement hit with new restrictions over ‘unreasonable odours’ from Munster plant

DWER chief executive Alistair Jones said the “unreasonable odour” was being emitted by the Adbri subsidiary during this part of the lime-making process.

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1 week ago Woman dies after being struck by own car in shopping centre car park

A 77-year-old woman died after she was hit by her own car in a shopping centre car park two days before Christmas on the Sunshine Coast, north of Brisbane.

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1 week ago Racing community in mourning after apprentice jockey dies in car crash

Bronte Simpson, 24, died after her SUV left the Castlereagh Highway and hit a tree at Mendooran, 80km north-west of Dubbo, on Monday night.

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1 week ago Salmon sperm facials and the return of the perm: The best, wildest and weirdest beauty trends of 2025

From the benign to the worrying, trends that hit the spotlight this year proved once again that we will pay almost anything in pursuit of beauty, youth and keeping up with K-Pop stars or the Kardashians.

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2 w. ago Retired NASCAR champion and family members among seven killed in fiery plane crash

The business jet erupted into a large fireball when it hit the ground at an airport in North Carolina.

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