Acclaimed winemaker Ben Radford has introduced a new and surprising line-up of sparklings at a historic vineyard in South Australia’s Barossa Valley. The bottles look at home among his cellar door wines, but when the cork pops, what pours out is actually beer. Ben Radford is growing barley as well as wine grapes on his…
The final days of 77-year-old Rod Keys’s life were not what he or his family wanted. Battling with advanced dementia, unable to move or talk, Rod’s four adult children found it emotionally gruelling watching him fade away in residential care in Maleny. It was a far cry from the “big, strong” farmer, whose interest in…
It is a crisp winter’s evening at Fairfield in Western Sydney, but a common passion is warming those braving the night air. Ahmad Hakimi is in his element: a ball at his feet, surrounded by new friends. “I love everything about football. It’s a part of my life. It helped me a lot, and that’s…
As One Nation continues to surge in the polls, voters in Farrer are waiting to see if their newly elected MP has the party power to deliver on his promises. The 2026 Farrer by-election sounded a warning for the country’s major parties after One Nation’s David Farley wrenched the seat from the Coalition’s historic grasp….
The detection of Australia’s first H5 bird flu cases means the deadly virus has now spread to every continent on the planet. This form of avian influenza is a high-pathogenicity strain first discovered more than 20 years ago. Since then, it has decimated wildlife and poultry farms worldwide. There have been calls for calm as…
An unfortunate side effect of the incompetent and erratic negotiating tactics of the Trump administration — not to mention the regular apparent gaming of financial markets — is that some of the underlying stories in the global economy can get overlooked. People are kept perpetually on their toes about whether a deal with Iran has,…
Folk and country music legend John Williamson is about to leave Australian winter behind for the palm-lined beaches of Fiji when we meet at his office in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. After touring for more than five decades, the 80-year-old singer of Old Man Emu and True Blue is ready to wrap up his…
The myth of an inland sea lured 19th century European explorers into the heart of Australia. But where they found only desert, this year it is awash, with water levels at Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre now the best some locals have ever seen. In parts of central Australia, it has been one of the wettest years…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, along with Israel and Lebanon’s ambassadors, announced a framework agreement Friday that was described as a first step toward peace following months of conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. The officials…
Doctors have warned of an “enormous” risk of overdose after testing of a popular unapproved weight loss peptide revealed the product had double the strength of what was listed on its label. A boom in the use of unapproved peptides has been driven by social media influencers promoting their supposed health and beauty benefits, despite…