1 hour ago Gout not the backmarker for Stawell Gift; Schoolgirl breaks Raelene Boyle’s sprint record

Gout Gout was given a difficult mark, but there’s another runner who will start from further back at the famous Easter foot race, while in Perth a sprint record that stood for 57 years has fallen.

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1 hour ago Raelene Boyle’s 100m record stood for 57 years. This Australian schoolgirl just broke it

More stars are emerging in Australian sprinting, with a record that was set at the Mexico Olympics back in 1968 toppled, and the handicaps for this year’s Stawell Gift set.

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3 h. ago ‘Serious’ performance needed to beat Via Sistina after dream barrier draw

English star Dubai Honour’s hopes of toppling Via Sistina in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes have been dealt a blow.

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3 h. ago The beauty and the terror of the inland sea flooding the outback

The flood waters from “exceptional” monsoonal rains in western Queensland were devastating for many graziers, but are already breathing new life into the normally dry landscapes of the interior.

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14 h. ago Tokyo’s shopping mecca has everything – including a flagship Uniqlo

From clothes to records to books to gifts, the shopping experience in Tokyo’s buzzing Shinjuku is next-level and only limited by your credit-card balance.

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19 h. ago Guy Montgomery is everywhere, but he thinks he’s ‘pretty generic’

The New Zealander has written for others, appeared in films, done fundraisers, but he describes these ventures as “dream-adjacent.”

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19 h. ago Kaliane Bradley on her hero, Graham Gore: ‘He’d be so angry with me’

She started writing The Ministry of Time, in which a dead Arctic explorer comes back to life, just for fun. Now it’s a bestseller, heading for the small screen.

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24 h. ago My suburban life was one girls dreamed of, but I gave it up for boys, books and make

The echo of a thoroughbred’s neigh pierces through most of my childhood memories – the kind of life many girls stuck in suburban dwellings could only dream of.

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24 h. ago Life in my suburb was one girls dreamed of, but I gave it up for boys, books and make

A Shake’n’Dog at Wendy’s and a movie from Blockbuster - my childhood at the end of the line was charmed. My suburb has since transformed, but my family name can rekindle the past.

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24 h. ago My suburb on the city fringe has a claim to fame, but it’s no one

A Shake’n’Dog at Wendy’s and a movie from Blockbuster - my childhood at the end of the line was charmed. My suburb has since transformed, but my family name can rekindle the past.

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27 h. ago Dutton harbours dreams of Kirribilli, but Australians never liked a Sydney bias

In framing their Constitution, the Australian people rejected Sydney as the federal capital. Perhaps Peter Dutton needs a refresher.

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29 h. ago Robert Farquharson’s life behind bars: 15 years of chores and lost hope

Not much is known about the convicted child killer’s days inside prison, aside from what his inner circle has told the Trial By Water podcast in a new episode.

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34 h. ago Kerry Greenwood, author behind Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, dies at 70

The beloved novelist and lawyer was best known for her Phryne Fisher novels, a historical crime series set in Melbourne.

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38 h. ago Sold a dream, left in gridlock: the isolated suburb begging for traffic fix

The isolated and car-dependent community of Beveridge is a planning disaster 10 years in the making, say residents of Melbourne’s northernmost suburb.

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47 h. ago The three rules that rocketed this Sydney school up the HSC rankings

Boys are over-represented among struggling school students and under-represented in policy attention. Here’s how Balgowlah Boys and Marist College Eastwood found success.

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48 h. ago ‘I didn’t do a good enough job,’ Piastri admits after Verstappen flexes his muscle to win in Japan

The four-time reigning world champion has won in Suzuka for the fourth time in a row, despite Norris and Piastri having the best race car on the grid.

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49 h. ago Brisbane author Joanna Horton on friendship, desire and the Greens

Horton, partner of Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather, balances activism and motherhood with writing powerful novels about human connection.

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50 h. ago Japanese Grand Prix 2025 live: Verstappen flexes his muscle, wins in Japan as McLaren’s Norris and Piastri struggle for answers

The four-time reigning world champion has won in Suzuka for the fourth time in a row, despite Norris and Piastri having the best race car. Follow all of the drama

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53 h. ago Japanese Grand Prix 2025 live updates: Can birthday boy Piastri hunt down Verstappen?

Follow all of the action as Australian star Oscar Piastri starts from the second row of the grid, while countryman Jack Doohan looks to keep his F1 dream alive.

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61 h. ago Gratitude is a form of preparation for the suffering we all endure

It was gratitude that drew me to faith as an adult convert, and provided my wife and me with the perspective to cope with pain and loss.

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