2 h. ago Kids, animals, a Wiggle and Warlow: Annie demands you leave your cynicism at the door

The musical based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip is both joyful and timely – and it’s just opened in Brisbane.

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21 h. ago ASX Runners of the Week: Charger Metals, Calix & Investigator Silver

The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is Charger Metals which unleashed a ripping high-grade maiden gold discovery at its Xmas anomaly in WA.

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23 h. ago WA man sentenced over horror kidnap of two little boys from sleeping beds

Jonathan Richard Anthony said he was suffering a psychotic episode when he donned a disguise and took two little boys form their Moora home in 2023.

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69 h. ago Woman charged after 30 shots fired at Sydney home with kids inside

A woman has been charged over a shooting where more than 30 rounds were fired into a Sydney home with children inside earlier this year.

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2 d. ago ‘People don’t want to think about it’: How animal shelters are reaching crisis point

Pregnant and homeless at Christmas, a Staffordshire bull terrier named Peridot has been given a new year’s lifeline. But experts say rehoming pets in need is becoming increasingly difficult.

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3 d. ago Python hitches ride in unsuspecting driver's car across Queensland

A coastal carpet python has hitched a ride across the Queensland and NSW border after coiling itself into the crevice of a car.

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3 d. ago Gymnastics Australia slammed for ‘sloppy’ bullying investigation of Olympic coach

The National Sports Tribunal has cleared coach Olga Belooussov of seven allegations of bullying made on behalf of a then-17-year-old gymnast.

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3 d. ago Pistols, revolvers and thousands of bullets seized as cops swoop on alleged contract killers

Six people believed to be members of a “contract kill crew” have been arrested in a major bust in Sydney while two others have been arrested over an alleged shooting plot.

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5 d. ago I was the mother of holiday invention ... until my kids went feral and I went to yoga

But let me tell you this: Yoga is for wimps.

Politics

5 d. ago The 18 most underrated, and nine most overrated, things in global food

Non-alcoholic drinks and Australian chefs get a big tick in our underrated and overrated foodie travel list, while QR codes and kids’ menus are given the thumbs down.

Politics

7 d. ago Test your general knowledge with the Good Weekend kids’ quiz

Trivia buffs: can you get a perfect score in the interactive superquiz?

Politics

8 d. ago Politicians should be on same page when it comes to gun control

It only takes one gun and one bullet to kill someone, so why should we allow any guns at all to be held in a home?

Politics

9 d. ago Welcome to Coonamble, where kids ride bulls and big toes come and go

A night of storytelling brings out the best in an outback town.

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1 week ago Who’d dare put a dumb phone under the tree for a kid? You should do it for adults, too

All I want for Christmas is connection – genuine, human connection.

Technology

2 w. ago The dad buying property for his teen and the $3.8m dump: Sydney’s wildest auctions of 2025

Sydney’s auction market became more competitive, as buyers splashed cash to get into the market, invest, or help their kids.

Economics

2 w. ago Kids’ public hospital gender care ban extended despite ‘inherent risks’

The ban on new patients will continue until the end of a UK trial in 2031, the Crisafulli government says. But a long-awaited review offered other options.

Politics

2 w. ago Ban on kids’ gender care in Queensland public hospitals extended

The pause on stage one and two hormone therapies will continue until the end of the United Kingdom’s “Pathways” trial in 2031.

Politics

2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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