3 h. ago After struggling in stakes company, Island Dec chasing return to winner’s stall

Co-trainer Robert and Luke Price hope the 1100m race at Canterbury proves the perfect target.

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15 h. ago Surviving Russian captivity: Shaun Pinner’s haunting warning for Australian Oscar Jenkins

“The Russians aren’t stupid,” the former British soldier says, outlining the treatment likely facing an Australian schoolteacher in Russian captivity.

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16 h. ago Ben Shewry no longer consents to Attica being reviewed. Here’s why we did it anyway

Trailblazing Attica is still a world-class restaurant, and too important for us to ignore. But critic Besha Rodell finds the whole experience a little odd.

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47 h. ago From Trump’s phone number to the price of eggs, our experts give their final debate verdicts

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the odd claim that Donald Trump does not have a mobile phone, but he was much closer to guessing the price of a dozen eggs.

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47 h. ago From Trump’s phone number to the price of eggs, our experts give their verdicts on the final debate

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the odd claim that Donald Trump does not have a mobile phone, but he was much closer to guessing the price of a dozen eggs.

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64 h. ago More women come forward with stories of abuse inside girls’ homes

NSW is the only state that has not held an inquiry or offered redress to survivors of abuse inside its institutions. Survivors say it is long overdue.

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64 h. ago Utopia or extinction: The space visions driving Bezos and Musk

One billionaire wants to move industry off-world, returning Earth to a pristine state. The other wants humans to colonise Mars for our own survival.

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3 d. ago Dutton backs himself to win the election – but the bookies don’t

With a week to go to the election, bookies and punters have Labor the favourite in 77 seats, a figure that would secure majority government and a second term for Anthony Albanese.

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3 d. ago Dutton’s belief he can win election at odds with bookies’ predictions

With a week to go to the election, bookies and punters have Labor the favourite in 77 seats, a figure that would secure majority government and a second term for Anthony Albanese.

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3 d. 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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4 d. ago A week out, Albanese insists he’s not complacent. But he’s certainly something

Anthony Albanese wants it on the record: he is not feeling cocky about Labor’s election prospects. But the past week is at odds with that sentiment.

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5 d. ago ‘He was scared of my face’: Andrew Flintoff sometimes wished he hadn’t survived Top Gear crash

In a new Disney+ documentary, the former England cricket captain describes the depression and trauma that rooted him to his living-room couch for seven months.

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5 d. ago Fitzgibbons stared down surfing’s cruellest fate, again. Then she beat the world No.1

For three straight years, the Australian veteran has faced her own pro surfing mortality and the gruelling road back to the big time.

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5 d. ago Surfing’s great survivor Sally Fitzgibbons upsets world No.1 in Bells Beach boilover

For three straight years, the Australian veteran has suffered pro surfing’s cruellest fate. On Thursday, she stared it down yet again, against the reigning world champion.

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6 d. ago ‘Voldemort policy’: Labor, Coalition deny hiding energy plans in nuclear election

An earthquake shook a region slated for one of Peter Dutton’s nuclear plants and the PM visited another after a campaign in which the energy debate has been quietly shifted off stage.

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6 d. ago In fluoro yellow Speedos, Walton Goggins, 53, is the real White Lotus star

Brace yourself: what you are about to see cannot be unseen. Against all odds, the character actor from The Righteous Gemstones and The Shield has become fashion’s leading man.

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6 d. ago Sid and Ted: The best mates who ‘freakingly’ stuck together in life and death

Sid and Ted played tennis together as lads in Sydney. The two were among 2434 Australian and British prisoners taken prisoner of war by the Japanese and sent to Sandakan camp in Malaysia to build a new airstrip. Only six survived.

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7 d. ago Viral TikTok "Miracle Tree" draws hundreds seeking healing and hope

An olive tree native to Jerusalem grew into a tree from a branch in the ground fertilised with prayer. Twenty-two years later, claims of the miraculous are still rooted near "The Miracle Tree" in Concepcion, Texas.

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8 d. ago Golf course, cat litter or cupboard? Our ashes end up in odd places

Scattering loved ones is more complicated than it sounds.

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8 d. ago The Last of Us just made one of the gutsiest moves in TV. Will it survive?

The HBO zombie drama has pulled off one of the riskiest moves made by a TV series. Warning: this article contains major spoilers.

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