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Open Original WebsiteSticky orange and sumac lamb skewers with pickled cucumber tzatziki
Marmalade is the secret weapon you didn’t know your lamb needed.
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Open Original Website'Maybe keep your mouth shut': WNBL star unloads
In a wild interview, Cayla George of the Southside Melbourne Flyers blasts the naysayers.
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Open Original WebsiteThe value of fighting injustice through art
Ignorance is bliss, says actor Keiynan Lonsdale, but his starring role in Sydney Theatre Company's The Normal Heart has given him a newfound appreciation of the nuances of speaking truth to power.
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Telstra posts billion-dollar profit as job cuts deepen
The telco giant is reaping the rewards of aggressive cost-cutting that has shed more than 2300 jobs in six months.
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Open Original WebsiteSee who was seated at the table with gangland figure Mick Gatto
Mick Gatto dining with Plumbers union boss and influential ALP figure Earl Setches and firefighters union chief Peter Marshall aboard a yacht owned by Gatto’s friend, ex-AFL player turned media personality Sam Newman.
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Open Original WebsitePremier's jab at Victoria after pinching iconic race
South Australian motorsport fans are lapping up confirmation that MotoGP's Australian Grand Prix will move to the Adelaide Street Circuit from 2027.
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Premier backs ministers’ attack on CFMEU corruption investigator
Jacinta Allan weighed in during a fiery press conference in which she also dismissed calls from Labor MPs to order a royal commission into the scandal.
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Open Original WebsiteColbert hits back at CBS for blocking Talarico interview
Stephen Colbert has lambasted his network CBS for refusing to air his interview with James Talarico.
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The newest Olympic sport has the oldest history – and is a window into the future
Throw triathlon, marathon, alpine and cross-country skiing, and sport climbing into an athletic blender, and you end up with ski mountaineering – the newest sport at the Winter Olympics.
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Open Original WebsiteThis coastal block has million-dollar views. Its owner is fighting council for access
The owners of a block of land in NSW launched court action after a walking and cycling path was built in front of the property, blocking road access.
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Revealed: Police commissioner’s apologetic letter to Muslim leaders
Mal Lanyon has also promised an “active presence” for Ramadan events, after concerns over the way police dispersed Muslim worshippers protests last week.
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Open Original WebsiteCollingwood, Essendon fans made to wait for Anzac Day tickets after PayPal glitch
Ticket sales for club members for the annual blockbuster were postponed by 24 hours.
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Open Original WebsiteWill Angus Taylor look to his grandfather for guidance on immigration?
The new Liberal Party leader’s great role model, his grandfather William Hudson, brought tens of thousands of immigrants to a xenophobic White Australia.
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