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Reading fiction comes with unique benefits.
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The Washington Post

Surprising benefit of reading (or hearing) a fictional book

Imagining a different world and its characters is good for your brain — but it’s the way it influences our social connections that’s truly remarkable

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An aerial view of Capella.

Relish Singapore’s secluded sanctuary just minutes from city

Travel
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Greetings from a Rottnest Island resident.

Welcome to Wadjemup, Western Australia’s island paradise

Travel
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Bikes lined up outside the Welngut & Edolobstbrennerei Winery.

Cycling through a German wine region? What could go wrong?

Travel
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Mark Seymour first visited Tibet in 2016 on a family trip. 

The euphoric, reflective city that enraptured Mark Seymour

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Wellbeing

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Reading fiction comes with unique benefits.

Surprising benefit of reading (or hearing) a fictional book

Wellbeing
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Apple cider vinegar has been touted as a super food.

Getting to the core of apple cider vinegar myths and truths

Food
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Reformed optimisers are laying down their smart watches and tracking apps.

The popular wellness habit making people miserable

Wellbeing
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Chronic stress can fuel cravings for sugary and salty foods.

The surprising reason your belly fat won’t budge

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

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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

Australia
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Food

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A range of milk has been urgently recalled from shelves across South Australia after it was found to have been contaminated by E. coli bacteria.

Milk urgently recalled over dangerous bacteria contamination

Australia
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Macgill Estate Restaurant, overlooking the Penfolds winery near Adelaide, has taken out two Michelin stars in the state's guide.

Aussie eateries listed in first Michelin Awards Down Under

Culture
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Australia’s food safety watchdog has issued an urgent recall on a brand of instant noodles being sold in grocery stores across Victoria.

Popular instant noodles urgently pulled from shop shelves

Food
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Keira Rumble shared the recipe from her debut cookbook The Family Table.

The easy lamb dinner your family will devour

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

Aussies accelerate away from petrol as EV sales soar

Business
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Video
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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

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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

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