14 h. ago Here’s jeers to the $6 cafe latte (from a coffee philistine)

Just to save a few sad coins, I confess I’ve been trying those coffee sachets – permanently half-price in supermarkets.

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22 h. ago Gold, coffee and Donald Trump: Australia’s rollercoaster economic year in 10 charts

We started 2025 with interest rate cuts and ended it talking about increases. Gold soared, but it wasn’t the most precious of precious metals.

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3 d. ago Ricky Gervais created two of TV’s greatest comedies. But his standup is slipping

The Office legend’s latest special is another reminder that being funny seems to have dropped down his list of priorities.

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3 d. ago A wish for 2026: Less grandstanding, more attempts to truly tackle nation’s challenges

When our daily language is one of condemnation, how can we make space to work together and listen to one another?

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3 d. ago Kew pool blame game escalates over claims of substandard steel, design faults

Laboratory testing found two of the Chinese steel samples were so poor they did not contain carbon – meaning they could not be classified as steel.

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5 d. ago Watch: Trump meets with Zelensky, reports ‘very productive call’ with Putin

The US president is meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky to try to close out a peace agreement that would end nearly four years of war sparked by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

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5 d. ago Trump meets with Zelensky, reports ‘very productive call’ with Putin

The US president is meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky to try to close out a peace agreement that would end nearly four years of war sparked by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

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6 d. ago ‘Finally we’ve won one’: England break through for first victory in Australia in 15 years

Australia’s fragile batting has proven Stuart Broad right, allowing England’s Bazballers to blast a $10 million revenue hole through Cricket Australia’s coffers and dash local hopes for an Ashes whitewash with their first win on these shores in 15 years.

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6 d. ago ‘They deserve it’: England break through for first win in Australia in 15 years

Australia’s fragile batting has proven Stuart Broad right, allowing England’s Bazballers to blast a $10 million revenue hole through Cricket Australia’s coffers and dash local hopes for an Ashes whitewash with their first win on these shores in 15 years.

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8 d. ago Record numbers expected at SA shopping centres on Boxing Day

Another special holiday tradition takes centre stage as the Boxing Day sales kick off, with record numbers expected across Adelaide shopping centres.

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9 d. ago ‘For exhibition in brothels only’: Some of the most controversial artwork in our galleries

In this special summer series, we asked galleries around Victoria to nominate the most scandalous or controversial item in their collections.

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9 d. ago Bayliss says time’s right for Shangri La Spring to cap special week

Jockey Regan Bayliss believes Shangri La Spring can add to an extra special Christmas for him and his family on Friday at Randwick.

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9 d. ago Family of Lindt cafe victim call for Bondi royal commission, ‘appalled’ by PM invoking siege

The family of Lindt cafe siege victim Katrina Dawson has called on the prime minister to launch a federal royal commission into the Bondi massacre.

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9 d. ago Family of Lindt Cafe victim call for royal commission, ‘appalled’ by PM invoking siege

The family of Lindt Cafe siege victim Katrina Dawson has called on the prime minister to launch a federal royal commission into the Bondi massacre.

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9 d. ago PM announces special honours list for Bondi heroes, Israeli president to visit Australia

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke over the phone on Tuesday, with the governor-general to prepare a formal invitation for the leader to visit Australia.

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1 week ago The daily special at this Kew cafe? A free coffee if you’ve had a home invasion

A cafe that offered free coffees to victims of home invasions never expected such a strong reaction from customers.

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1 week ago Former royal commissioner says federal inquiry must be held into Bondi shooting

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese again rejected calls for a federal inquiry on Tuesday, invoking the Port Arthur massacre and Lindt Cafe siege as examples of tragedies that did not lead to royal commissions.

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1 week ago MPs’ family travel to be limited to economy class after expenses saga

Anthony Albanese said he advised family travel should also be limited to Canberra or an MP’s electorate – aside from special circumstances – after an expenses scandal engulfed his government.

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1 week ago Here are our favourite Superquiz questions of 2025. Can you answer them all?

Our quizmasters have picked the questions they loved this year for a special bumper edition.

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1 week ago Yes, coffee is good for you. Here are eight small ways to maximise the benefits

About 75 per cent of Australians enjoy at least one cup of coffee a day. If you want to gain the most health benefits, however, there are “better” ways to drink it, and it has nothing to do with single origin beans.

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