88 m. ago ‘This is for the future of my kids’: The single mum who just won Big Brother

After a short 30-day season, Big Brother has crowned a winner: a surfy, 30-year-old mother of three from Tweed Heads.

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5 h. ago Josh Hazlewood ruled out of Ashes series with Achilles injury

Australia were initially hoping to bring the fast bowler back later in the series, but he’s now been ruled out for the full Test summer.

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25 h. ago Gen Zs like me have stopped dating altogether. We’re opting for friends with (other) benefits

And we’ve consecrated this as our Summer of Friendship.

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35 h. ago ‘Everything summer food should be’: Three sunny salads for your December menu

These bold, abundant salads, from nutritionist Sarah Pound, will steal the show at any summer gathering.

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41 h. ago Player ratings: The Aussie with a perfect 10 and the Englishman who embodies Bazball without brains

The second Test at the Gabba delivered many moments that will go down in Ashes history. We rate every Australian and English player from an unforgettable match.

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56 h. ago An Australian world champion wasn’t happy with his night. A brutal punch changed that

Australian cruiserweight world champion Jai Opetaia was already the most avoided boxer on the planet.

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59 h. ago It’s been named the colour of the year and is perfect for your Christmas Day outfit

Wearing white for the holidays is a winning strategy - if you follow a few guidelines.

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59 h. ago ‘It doesn’t gape’: This brand makes the perfect white shirt according to Donna Hay

The cookbook author also details her “bizarre” ritual for plane travel.

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59 h. ago Decking the halls this weekend? Chic Christmas decorations from less than $20

Festive finds for the tree and table, from beautiful brass hammered decorations to joyful glassware and a chic linen stocking.

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65 h. ago England’s Ashes dream on life support after Starc stars with bat and ball

Australia are poised to take a 2-0 series lead on Sunday after Mitchell Starc frustrated England with a gritty 77 then helped reduce the tourists to 6-134 in their second innings – still 43 runs short of Australia’s total of 511.

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3 d. ago Why Christmas lunch is the perfect time to start retirement planning

The big day is coming, and tucked in between the prawns, the cricket and the long lunches is something we rarely make room for.

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3 d. ago Laser king to offload spare trophy beach house with $28m hopes

Alistair Champion, who sold the skincare juggernaut for $650 million in 2017 alongside Babak Moini, won’t be short of places to call home.

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4 d. ago First look: Inside the NGV’s fashion blockbuster Westwood/Kawakubo

The unlikely summer fling between grand dame designers Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo is here.

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4 d. ago Five ways to cut back on your drinking (without even trying)

The festive season can be a “perfect storm” for overdoing it on booze. Here’s how to stay on track while still enjoying a drink.

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4 d. ago How to wear 10 summer looks from the boxer short to the perfect linen blazer

Baring more skin as it heats up, or running for cover? Celeb-inspired moves for keeping it cool either way.

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5 d. ago Choked by algae decades ago, the risk of a Moreton Bay bloom is rising

A huge surge in nutrients dumped in the bay over the past decade has provided the perfect food for an algal bloom, which experts say is imminent.

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5 d. ago One year, my mother ‘cancelled’ Christmas. Then, something magical happened

As adults, we can be a bit obsessed with the perfect day. But this is what our kids really want.

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5 d. ago The optics on these $94,000 flights are terrible, but the timing is even worse

It’s the simple scandals – the ones voters can explain to each other in a supermarket queue – that bring ministers undone.

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6 d. ago A murder suspect dad, a missing TV hostess mum and a perfect VCE score: Alleged principal stabber’s tragic past

He was a child of tragedy, then an academic star. Now, Kim Ramchen – the son of a millionaire once suspected in his model wife’s disappearance – stands accused of stabbing his school principal, bringing his family name back before the courts.

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7 d. ago Farmer killed on WA’s south coast as bushfires rage across state’s regions

A farmer has died when his loader was engulfed in flames while fighting a fire near West River as the state’s hot start to summer brought with it several bushfires on Monday.

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