3 h. ago Cameron Crowe’s memoir is filled with delicious anecdotes from rock’s golden age

A quarter of a century after Almost Famous presented a fictionalised account of Crowe’s early career, The Uncool reveals true stories from his time on the road with some of the biggest bands of the time.

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3 h. ago I want to work through shutdown, but the boss says no. Is this fair?

While a growing number of businesses shut down over Christmas, it doesn’t suit all employees. For those in casual employment, the lack of pay could not happen at a worse time.

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3 h. ago ‘Watch it like a hawk’: Adam Liaw’s porchetta with perfect crackling is easier than you think

Move over turkey. It’s time for this festive Italian roast to become the star of the table.

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3 h. ago Bed block, wait times, bottlenecks: Sydney’s best and worst hospitals revealed

Patients spent longer in NSW emergency departments than at any point since 2010. See how your hospital stacks up.

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3 h. ago The Metro Tunnel didn’t open early. It’s right on time – but at what cost?

Victorians may never know just how much it cost the state for Labor MPs to maintain the illusion that the huge project is ahead of schedule.

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3 h. ago ‘How are we going to stay in contact?’ Teens wake to a social media

Everyone under 16 is now forbidden from using social media platforms. Will it mean less screen time – or creative ways to get around the law?

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12 h. ago Council pushes for ‘old school’ pub stays to boost Olympic accommodation

Changes to Brisbane’s planning rules will make it easier for pubs to build new hotel rooms to boost the city’s short-stay accommodation.

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13 h. ago Singh to spend at least 25 years in jail for Toyah Cordingley murder

Ex-nurse Rajwinder Singh will serve a minimum 25 years in jail for the murder of Toyah Cordingley.

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13 h. ago Driver blows more than five times the legal limit after crash

A drunk driver who blew more than five times the legal limit has escaped injury after crashing into parked cars.

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14 h. ago Wells refers expenses to watchdog as flights to Labor event emerge

Wells charged taxpayers more than $2000 for flights to Sydney to attend a Labor Party fundraiser in August, while the minister referred her own use of entitlements to the independent watchdog on Tuesday.

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14 h. ago ‘Straight to the fans’: How this singer became a social media sensation, one post at a time

Sofia Isella defies expectations about femininity and beauty. And she’s only just getting started.

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14 h. ago One idea would have transformed this sport. It’s been ignored

The greyhound industry in NSW is bedevilled by welfare concerns that have still not been addressed.

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15 h. ago Albanese delivers eulogy for Labor heavyweight at state funeral

The prime minister has led tributes to Graham Richardson at the colourful former Labor powerbroker’s state funeral.

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16 h. ago De Minaur wins Newk medal for fourth time; young gun Cruz Hewitt’s hip ailment

For the third successive year, Tennis Australia crowned Alex de Minaur as its standout player.

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16 h. ago How did we do? Absolutely fine, till you sent me a stupid email

Give me a good table, clean toilets and actors I can actually hear. Just don’t ask me for feedback.

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16 h. ago How did we do? Absolutely fine, until you sent me a stupid email

Give me a good table, clean toilets and actors I can actually hear. Just don’t ask me for feedback.

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17 h. ago Former Labor ministers grilled over delayed child protection scheme

As MPs returned to state parliament on Tuesday, the government went on the attack over a damning report into the state’s worst childcare paedophile.

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17 h. ago Graham Richardson state funeral as it happened: Prime minister delivers eulogy as family and Labor heavyweights farewell late politician

The late political kingmaker has been farewelled with a state funeral at St James’ Church in Sydney.

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17 h. ago The powerful and privileged farewell the ‘Senator for Kneecaps’

Australia’s political class turned out to honour controversial Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson at a state funeral in Sydney on Tuesday.

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19 h. ago Bountiful Mediterranean dishes are best shared at this Carnegie fine diner

Owner-chef Yiannis Kasidokostas channels dishes from his Greek heritage into the S.owl menu.

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