9 h. ago Animal Farm has turned 80, but we still don’t know who wrote the best line

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a crucial book for understanding rising authoritarianism. We need it more than ever.

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9 h. ago Sick of Taylor Swift’s pure pop? This is the artist you should know

She brought jazz and classical music to the TikTok crowd. Now Gen Z phenom Laufey enters her ‘f— you’ era.

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9 h. ago Fears of flash flooding as relentless rainfall set to worsen in NSW

Authorities are warning of potential flooding in parts of NSW as relentless rainfall is set to worsen.

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10 h. ago ‘Leave a bit of hope for me’: Bobby Hill to miss again, finals unlikely

The 2023 Norm Smith medallist will miss yet again for Collingwood and is only a slim chance to play a part in the Magpies’ finals series.

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12 h. ago I found the best supermarket. It treats you like it’s a communist dictatorship

When it comes to Woolworths, Coles, Aldi or IGA – you think you want choice, but do you really?

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15 h. ago ‘We’ll take everything you have’: Top cop’s warning as drugs, Ferrari and guns seized from Perth bikies

Nine people were arrested after WA Police conducted multiple raids across Perth last month.

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16 h. ago These personal portraits of extinct species may well make you cry

Feelings of grief are unavoidable when reading about the species that have disappeared due to human encroachment.

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16 h. ago This yarn about the links between wool and war might surprise you

Australia’s large-scale sheep pastoralism and the northern hemisphere’s industrialisation of woollen textiles allowed the huge armies of the 20th century to exist, a new history argues.

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16 h. ago What literary satires reveal about the state of the publishing industry

Two recent novels featuring literary fraudsters comment on how fearfully difficult it is to scratch a living as a writer waiting for the big break.

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16 h. ago Drifters, vagrants and loners: a lyrical journey through Australia’s interior

The world through which an unnamed narrator journeys, accompanied by various companions, is one you can hear and smell.

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17 h. ago Is it a thriller, satire or nightmare? Eddington will keep you guessing

Director Ari Aster sends his kindred spirit Joaquin Phoenix on another odyssey through a divided America.

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17 h. ago ‘Ocean of awfulness’: Aubrey Plaza opens up about husband’s death for first time

The actress has remained largely out of the spotlight since her husband, Jeff Baena, suddenly died in January.

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18 h. ago Brisbane news live: ‘Broad spell’ of rain hitting SEQ | Olympics venues get $3.4m federal boost | Council’s safety concerns over Palestine protest

Follow here for today’s news updates as they happen in Brisbane and beyond.

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19 h. ago Why our 'emotional support water bottles' could be damaging our health

Health experts are warning if your drink bottles aren't cleaned daily you could risk drinking mold.

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20 h. ago Brisbane news live: ‘Broad spell’ of rain hitting SEQ | Olympics venues get $3.4m federal boost | Police detail case against Story Bridge protest

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20 h. ago Brisbane news live: ‘Broad spell’ of rain hitting SEQ | Police detail case against Story Bridge protest

Follow here for today’s news updates as they happen in Brisbane and beyond.

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22 h. ago Bret McKenzie’s new songs aren’t comedy, but ‘it’s in my DNA to be funny’

As half of Flight Of The Conchords and songwriter for The Simpsons, Spongebob Squarepants and more, Bret McKenzie has always been the funny guy. But now he’s getting serious sort of.

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23 h. ago ‘Still stings’: Why Carey Mulligan is tapping into childhood heartbreak over Take That split

The Oscar-nominated star was only 10 when the boy band split – but the emotional memory has served her well for her new film The Ballad of Wallis Island.

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32 h. ago ‘Censorship is never the answer’: Writers festival organisers call for braver spaces after Bendigo boycott

Writers festival organisers around the country are expressing dismay over the fallout from Bendigo Writers Festival, saying such codes of conduct “stifle freedom of expression”.

Technology

33 h. ago Why a fake treatment might cure your flu and which ones to avoid

Whether your preferred cold remedy is lemon and honey tea, eucalyptus rubs, chicken soup or vitamin C, they probably shouldn’t work. So how are they producing real effects?

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