16 h. ago Melbourne restaurateur Chris Lucas exits Canberra, sells Carlotta after 14 months

The 150-seat Mediterranean-focused venue, which snared a chefs’ hat shortly after opening, closed on the weekend.

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29 h. ago Restaurant empire’s debts to super fund blow out as celebrity chef eyes new backer

Melbourne chef Scott Pickett’s fine-dining restaurants owe the collapsed First Guardian super fund more than $18 million, liquidators have revealed.

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36 h. ago This band just scored an ARIA #1. Next week, they’re busking for loose change

The Pierce Brothers are going back to where it all began on Tuesday. Call it a Christmas tradition.

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36 h. ago This band just scored an ARIA No.1. This week, they’re busking for loose change

The Pierce Brothers are going back to where it all began on Tuesday. Call it a Christmas tradition.

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41 h. ago This underrated Newtown restaurant serves incredible value lasagne, panini and panettone

At Betto Deli, the Italian-born chef makes family recipes that remind him of home (plus, there are $3 glasses of wine).

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58 h. ago The Ashes 2025 third Test LIVE: Aussies lose quick wickets as Stokes, Tongue fire but England face record run chase

Australia gave England a valuable lesson in how to turn an advantage into an unassailable position as they strengthened their hold on the third Test and the Ashes. Will the third Ashes Test be decided on day four?

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3 d. ago The Ashes 2025 LIVE: Head, Labuschagne look to build Aussie lead after losing Weatherald early

Australia are chasing the last two wickets as England attempts to battle at Adelaide Oval for day three of the third Test. Follow along for live updates.

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3 d. ago The Ashes 2025 LIVE: Boland gets Archer as England all out for 286, Aussies lead by 85 runs

Australia are chasing the last two wickets as England attempts to battle at Adelaide Oval for day three of the third Test. Follow along for live updates.

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3 d. ago ‘Aussie, Aussie, Aussie’: Ahmed al Ahmed receives $2.5 million cheque in hospital bed

The hero bystander of the Bondi Beach attack implored his newfound global following to “stand with each other”, as he declared Australia the “best country in the world”.

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3 d. ago I’m jealous of anyone who hasn’t yet seen The Princess Bride. Some movies turn life up to 11

On a 1987 Sunday night at the Valhalla in Richmond, I first saw my first Rob Reiner film. For 82 perfect minutes, my BFF Pies and I laughed until we pretty much wet our stirrup pants.

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3 d. ago The Ashes 2025 LIVE: Stokes makes half century as Steve Smith returns to Aussie camp after illness

Australia are chasing the last two wickets as England attempts to battle at Adelaide Oval for day three of the third Test. Follow along for live updates.

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3 d. ago Prawn toast to princess cake: The best things we ate in Victoria this year for under $20

Good Food loved a bacon and egg roll with a few tricks, a perfectly proportioned wrap and head-turning snacks at two of the year’s hottest new restaurants.

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4 d. ago The Ashes 2025 third Test day two LIVE updates: England firing in great batting conditions after Aussies make 371

Australia continue their first innings on day two of the third Test against England at Adelaide Oval. Follow along for live updates.

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4 d. ago ‘The pies are epic’: Andy Allen’s Aussie restaurant, bakery and pub favourites

From a bakery’s Big Mac-inspired pies to a three-hatted regional restaurant, the chef, restaurateur and MasterChef judge shares his top dining picks.

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4 d. ago An Aussie medal shot every night? Bradbury’s hot tip for the Winter Olympics

Steven Bradbury explains why patience, discipline and chaos could fuel Australia’s strongest Winter Olympics campaign yet at Milano-Cortina 2026.

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5 d. ago Why the horror at Bondi has forced this Jewish bakery to close its doors

The former champion boxer says he has been resilient in the face of threats and slurs, but Sunday’s massacre made once-unimaginable risks to staff and customers real.

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5 d. ago ‘Severe breach of trust’: Court sentences dance teacher who offered cocaine to teen

The woman was caught when a “career-ruining” video of her snorting cocaine with a girl in the toilet stall of a Gold Coast pub found its way to police.

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5 d. ago How Putin’s favourite pop star became ‘most hated woman in Russia’

Vladimir Putin’s favourite singer has been stung by a public backlash after a court case left a young mother homeless and $3.3 million out of pocket.

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5 d. ago More than half of Aussies don’t love their Christmas gifts. Could this be the solution?

Fretting about what to get that impossible-to-buy-for friend or family member? Or, worse, faking a smile when you open yet another pair of socks from Aunty Mavis? Don’t. This Aussie gifting company is addressing the fact that 53 per cent of unwanted gifts are given each Christmas, with a solution that will fill your heart with joy and laughter.

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5 d. ago Woody Allen has published his first novel at 90 – is it any good?

After a seventy-year career as a comedian and filmmaker, Woody Allen has written his first novel.

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