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For the past few days, the world has been watching the exchange of fire between the United States and Iran across the Persian Gulf like a crowd at a tennis game. And it seems, based on the details which are emerging about what might be in this deal between Washington and Tehran, that it’s the…
You know the songs. But do you know the songwriters? The 2026 inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame are credited with smash hits that include Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You and Beyoncé’s Single Ladies. Established in 1969, the Hall of Fame celebrates and honours the work of those behind the…
At the launch of trade, the share price took off like a rocket. Elon Musk’s SpaceX, once a private company, is now officially trading on the stock market. It pushed the company to above $2 trillion valuation. Based in Texas, SpaceX operates rockets, spaceflight, telecommunications, and AI. But Musk now wants to establish a self-sustaining…
Sitting on stage, rolling a durry, donning a mullet and lip syncing about Centrelink, drag king Dirty Damo is in his element. Out of drag, Damo is Soph Keegan, a Tasmanian mum who’s always loved performing. But in drag, Dirty Damo has been a bogan, hip-thrusting and occasionally pole-dancing performer who is a thriving part…
Kerry Hodgetts loves his job as a locksmith, but acknowledged that the future of his industry faces challenges. Over his two decades in business, Mr Hodgetts has taken on seven or eight apprentices, with only one seeing the apprenticeship to completion. Locksmith Kerry Hodgetts worries his industry is dying. (ABC News: Kelsey Reid) Mr Hodgetts,…
It’s a rictus grin that not even Botox can smooth out. The unhappy smile of the movie star forced into a false and ingratiating chummery with the next media schmuck who sits before them in an endless round of promotional interviews. Years after the press junket first established itself as an uneasy contract of minimal…
The Invasive Species Council says it is likely that a feral deer species was transported across state lines into South Australia for hunting purposes, but a hunting advocate rejects the allegation. Monitoring trail cameras detected a feral sambar deer in an orchard near Loxton North, about 250 kilometres north-east of Adelaide. The animal is one…
The stadium by Toronto’s waterfront, expanded and gussied up for this tournament with truly silly amounts of public money — and temporarily no longer named for a bank — exploded in joy, and it must be said, relief. Ryan Reynolds, Mike Meyers, Will Arnett and all the Canadian royalty in attendance exchanged hugs and high-fives…
After losing his wife, Christine Ray, to cancer, Greg Clitheroe thought he was mentally tough enough to carry on, but that changed quickly. “After three weeks, I hit rock bottom, and I didn’t know what to do,” he said. “I thought I was strong and would cope with my wife’s death, but all of a…
Jasmine* was five years old and so traumatised that when she woke up trying to scream, she couldn’t make a sound. She told her grandparents of nightmares about black dogs trying to eat her. Jasmine was safe in Australia, a long way from Syria, where she was born, and from the conflict that had claimed…