9 h. ago Salmon sperm facials and the return of the perm: The best, wildest and weirdest beauty trends of 2025

From the benign to the worrying, trends that hit the spotlight this year proved once again that we will pay almost anything in pursuit of beauty, youth and keeping up with K-Pop stars or the Kardashians.

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3 d. ago Teens brawl on beach for second day after supermarket trashed

Vision has emerged of dozens of youths shoving each other and throwing punches and kicks at Mordialloc Beach.

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3 d. ago ‘We are truly sorry’: Premier’s husband caught drink driving on way to supermarket in random breath test

Premier Jacinta Allan says her family is ‘embarrassed and shocked’ to reveal her husband was also involved in a collision before he was pulled over.

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4 d. ago Teens fight at second Melbourne beach as police continue to hunt Mordialloc ‘brat pack’

Police have urged the parents of about 150 teenagers who stormed and ransacked a Mordialloc supermarket before brawling on a beach to dob in their children.

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4 d. ago Brawling teens return to Mordialloc as police continue to hunt ‘brat pack’

Police have urged the parents of about 150 teenagers who stormed and ransacked a Mordialloc supermarket before brawling on a beach to dob in their children.

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4 d. ago ‘Terrifying brat pack’: Parents urged to dob their kids in to police after teens storm Woolies

Police have urged the parents of about 150 youths who stormed and ransacked a Melbourne supermarket before brawling on a beach to dob in their children.

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4 d. ago Teen arrested in beach clash with police after storming Mordialloc supermarket

One boy remains in custody after riot police were called in to disperse a large group of teenagers allegedly brawling on Mordialloc beach.

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5 d. ago Teens clash with police on popular beach after storming Mordialloc supermarket

Riot police were called in to disperse a large group of teenagers allegedly brawling on Mordialloc beach.

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1 week ago We put 13 supermarket smoked salmons to the taste test, and the cheapest was the best

Which ones are destined for the platter, and which did we spit into the bin?

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1 week ago ‘I didn’t care which one I kissed!’ The friends who married identical twins

Friends Nina Stocker and Kate Day became sisters-in-law when they fell in love with twin brothers, despite always thinking they had different tastes in men.

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1 week ago Residents return home after fleeing fire engulfing Sydney servo

Atmospheric testing for gas was conducted before residents who fled as a nearby petrol station sent black smoke billowing into the sky were allowed home.

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1 week ago Atmosphere tested, gas cylinders monitored after blaze engulfs servo

The fire has sent plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky, with 50 firefighters on the scene to fully extinguish the blaze.

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1 week ago Fire engulfs service station in Sydney, surrounding buildings evacuated

The blaze sent plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky, with 50 firefighters on the scene.

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1 week ago Fire engulfs Sydney service station, surrounding buildings evacuated

The blaze sent plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky, with 50 firefighters on the scene.

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1 week ago This neighbourhood gem captures the seasons with its vivid pizza toppings

With a former Pizza Madre chef, 72-hour-fermented dough and smoked mozzarella, it’s easy to see why the community has embraced this tiny pizza shop.

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2 w. ago ‘A little bit different, but it’s organic’: Bush beef the answer to a feral Queensland problem

Vince Harrigan grew up eating the stuff and says its organic, clean, tastes good and is the future of sustainable meat production.

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2 w. ago Lady Gaga returns to Melbourne – and her pop glory – with gothic, melodramatic opera

After emerging atop a giant birdcage, the megastar writhes in a sandpit filled with skeletons, is brought back to life by demonic nurses and plunges the stage into smoke and emerald green.

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2 w. ago ‘Is this Soviet Russia?’ Australia is getting smoked by its tobacco fail

The underground trade in illegal tobacco has become a growing cancer for the Australian economy. It’s now so large that it is distorting our national accounts because its sales can’t be measured.

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2 w. ago The optics on these $94,000 flights are terrible, but the timing is even worse

It’s the simple scandals – the ones voters can explain to each other in a supermarket queue – that bring ministers undone.

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3 w. ago Melbourne Airport terminal evacuated, travel chaos after fire

Travellers have been evacuated from Melbourne Airport after smoke was seen coming from a terminal. 

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