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Australian actor Pia Miranda first visited Florence at the age of six.
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Jane Rocca

Aussie star’s childhood memories in Italy’s Renaissance city

Actor Pia Miranda, who shot to fame in Looking for Alibrandi, finds the perfect collision of art, appetite and authenticity in Italy’s Renaissance city.

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The resort sits on a peninsula on Vanua Levu, overlooking Savusavu Bay.

The island escape that changed my mind

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Australian actor Pia Miranda first visited Florence at the age of six.

Aussie star’s childhood memories in Italy’s Renaissance city

Travel
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Boozy beginning in Japan’s sake city heralds a good time

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Taking in the view on Lord Howe Island.

The 10 Aussie walks everyone should do once

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Wellbeing

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Reapply sunscreen every two hours or more if swimming

How to spot the most common (but easily missed) skin cancer

Wellbeing
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The vagus nerver runs along either side of your neck.

The billion-dollar nerve-shocking trend

Wellbeing
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Protein is genuinely having a moment, and it really is for good reason. 

How to find your whey through high-protein dairy labels

Food
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Liver disease is on the rise worldwide. Your diet, workout routine and other health conditions can affect your risk.

The best & worst habits for your liver as cancer cases rise

Wellbeing
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Property

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Australia faces the worst housing downturn in 70 years as the likelihood of the fourth interest rate hike this year diminishes the borrowing capacity of prospective borrowers, a leading housing economist says.

Fears as Australia faces worst housing downturn in 70 years

Australia
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The head of Australia’s biggest mortgage broking group, Lendi, has issued a warning to those who bought a property with a small deposit during a housing downturn.

‘Trapped’: Grim warning for first homebuyers in Australia

Australia
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It may sound dramatic, but the numbers make it difficult to conclude anything other than this: housing confidence is heading towards a cliff.
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Confidence in Australian housing is heading towards a cliff

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Mortgage applications from first homebuyers are in the worst freefall since 2022 and sales of brand new homes have tanked, calling into question Labor’s Budget plans to boost housing supply.

REVEALED: Figures expose dramatic shift in housing market

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Food

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Protein is genuinely having a moment, and it really is for good reason. 

How to find your whey through high-protein dairy labels

Food
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Home cook Arrnott Olssen shares his traditional Fijian recipes.

Discover the secret behind the flavours of Fiji

Food
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Masters Spearmint milk is unique to WA foods. Pictured enjoying a glass are Harvey Elliot, 8, Calvin McCall, 4, and Felicity Elliot, 10.

REVEALED: Iconic food and drinks only found in WA

Food
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Frozen yoghurt has developed a huge health halo, but a single loaded serving can contain up to 15 teaspoons of sugar.

Easy homemade alternative to sugar-laden ‘healthy’ dessert

Food
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Wine

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Actor Sam Neill’s wine brand is best known for producing riesling, rose, and pinot noir.

Late actor’s business booms after sudden death

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Marc Fennell has a new podcast out, Corked.

What a cheating scandal in the world of elite wine reveals

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The industry fears humble Australian vintages could be replaced on US shelves by bulk American wine. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Tariff risks US market crash for humble Aussie wines

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The removal of punitive tariffs has led to a big increase in exports of Australian wine to China. (Alan Porritt/AAP PHOTOS)

Aussie wine back on China's shelves, but will it sell?

World
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Motoring

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Dan Tehan fears rising diesel costs and Labor’s New Vehicle Efficiency Standard will ground boat owners.

Why popular Chinese EVs threaten to spoil Aussie weekends

Australia
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EV sales have overtaken petrol cars for the first time.

Aussies accelerate away from petrol as EV sales soar

Business
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Car maker recalls 1.3m vehicles over fears they could catch fire

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Drivers will be able to get KFC take away food and charge their car in less than ten minutes.

KFC, BYD to deliver 9-minute feed and fuel drive thru

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Home

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Retailers, including Bunnings, have started removing popular bait products.

‘Unacceptable risk’: Item stripped from Bunnings’ shelves

Australia
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The tremors were felt as far away as Kalgoorlie and Perth.

Rumbling earthquake recorded in Wheatbelt, felt in Perth

Home
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The council aims to make all new homes, offices and hotels fully-electric by 2027.

Huge change for new homes as major council imposes ban

Australia
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Extreme weather events are pushing up insurance costs beyond what some households can afford.

Aussies giving up key protections in cost-of-living crunch

Politics
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Garden

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Putricia the corpse flower has captured the frenzied attention of Sydneysiders and the world as she blooms in a once-in-a-generation event.

Rare flower that smells like rotting corpse begins to bloom

Garden
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Better Homes and Gardens designer and decorator Juliet Love.

Juliet Love shares tips summer entertaining ease

Food
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Salvia has to be the No.1 easy-care flowering perennial.

Perennials in Australia get a bad rap. They shouldn’t

Garden
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Tanya Senior swapped life as a public servant for getting her hands dirty in a market garden. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

The training farm giving desk jockeys a fresh start

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Fashion

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Neila Bontempelli may have subtly responded to the ridicule her Brownlow dress received.

Neila Bont’s subtle dig at trolls after Brownlow backlash

Fashion
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Nicole Kidman, Megan Stalter and Trisha Paytas.

All the best and worst fashion from Emmys blue carpet

Culture
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Designer Bob Mackie poses for a portrait in his studio in September, 1990. (Photo by Ted Dayton/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images)

Cher, Elton John lead tributes after death of fashion icon

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Designer John Galliano has bowed out of an upcoming Met Museum Show amid mounting criticism over past anti-Semitic remarks.
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Galliano quits Met show amid outrage on anti-Semitic remarks

Culture
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