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15 days ago

Three-metre giant oarfish, ‘palace messenger’ of doom, washes up on Tasmanian beach

The enormous, serpentine fish, regarded in Japanese folklore as a herald of disaster, usually live deep below the surface and are only sighted when sick or dying

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22 days ago

From the Met to maximum security: Joyce DiDonato is on a mission to bring opera to the people ⊕⊕

The celebrated American mezzo-soprano has graced the world’s top opera houses, but is equally passionate about performing to first-timers – and inmates

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24 days ago

Aurora australis: southern lights to be visible across large parts of Australia amid severe solar storm

Lights may be enjoyed from Tasmania and New Zealand, experts say, but also as far north as Sydney and Perth

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31 days ago

Jake Weatherald in contention for Test debut after being named in Australia’s Ashes squad

  • Opener included in 15-man squad for first Test in Perth

  • Analysis: Australia keep options open with few surprises

Opener Jake Weatherald has won a place in Australia’s Ashes squad and is the leading con…

39 days ago

Man finds surfboard that drifted 2,400km from Australia to New Zealand - and then finds its owner

The board was found covered in barnacles and mussels in Raglan, nearly 18 months after it was lost during a boat trip near Tasmania

A surfboard lost off Australia’s coast nearly 18 months ago has wash…

52 days ago

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus announces retirement from swimming

  • Titmus first Australian since Dawn Fraser in 1964 to win back-to-back gold medals in the same event

  • Swimming great steps away as the current 200m freestyle world record-holder

Four-time Olympic gold me…

57 days ago

Two dead as severe weather brings down trees and powerlines in Tasmania ⊖⊖

Severe weather warnings have also been issued for Victoria, southern New South Wales and parts of South Australia

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Walking the halls of the UN, I felt its power — and its distance from the people it was built to serve | Satara Uthayakumaran

From the Tiwi Islands to Tasmania, from city classrooms to refugee programs, I have listened to thousands of young people. And now I carry those voices with me into the heart of the UN

In its 80th yea…

70 days ago

3 months ago

Australia was once the gold standard for gun safety. Experts say it’s losing control

Gun numbers have rapidly increased, 3D-printed firearms are routinely seized by police and one state is on the verge of enshrining a ‘right to hunt’ in law

It was lunchtime on a Sunday in April when M…

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