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If Only If created a dog-sized version of one of the brand’s most popular styles, used in promotional images for Too Much.

A $270 ‘granny’ nightie is the surprise star of Netflix’s new hit show

Styles reminiscent of your nan have been rebranded as on-trend daywear, and Lena Dunham’s rom-com Too Much can’t get enough of them.

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AGNSW director Maud Page: “I want to create dwelling spaces where families can come and hang out. I want people from across Sydney to think of us as their second home.”

Meet the woman with NSW’s biggest (and hardest) arts job

Maud Page is the first female to run the Art Gallery Of NSW, but its immediate survival as the costs of a new building bite is what she is dwelling on.

Aaron and Jessica Nicholls recently purchased a property in Viewbank after a year-long search.

Home values on track to be 8 times the average Australian’s income

The dwelling value-to-income ratio of some major hubs is predicted to hit record levels by the end of 2026, widening the wealth gap even further.

Nick Adams and US president Donald Trump

From a war on pigeons in Ashfield to Trump’s alpha male in Malaysia

Nick Adams, a former Sydney Liberal councillor, is prone to exaggeration an old colleague says. Donald Trump just made him a US ambassador.

Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds celebrate Wrexham’s latest promotion.

The simple reason Ryan Reynolds’ soccer team is here

Welcome to Wrexham – the series about two Hollywood stars buying a struggling Welsh football club – was a smash hit in Australia. And where streaming success leads, sport is starting to follow.

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Former IBM human resource consultant Zoe Ogden.

AI is already taking jobs. And it’s not where you’d think

Australian CEOs aren’t admitting it, but the first to go are in HR, finance – and in the industry that created the technology.

Melanie Grant at Margaret restaurant in Sydney’s Double Bay.

Why A-listers swear by this Aussie skin whisperer’s $750 facials

Melanie Grant has built a loyal following, thanks in part to endorsements by Victoria Beckham and other celebrities who lap up her skincare gospel.

The new battleground is how quickly the RBA cuts rates this year.

How did investors get the RBA’s interest rate call so wrong?

The central bank has of late blown-up so many of its media voice pieces – wording them up only to change its mind – that traders have stopped paying attention.

Mortgages

How to slash $565 a month from a $1m mortgage despite the RBA ‘hold’

Why wait for the RBA to move? Here’s how to save on your mortgage over the next 12 months.

Gen Z will be richer than their parents. But here’s the catch

Sluggish productivity and tax policies rigged against young people mean many are missing out on financial comfort precisely when they need it most.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Better than expected corporate results have buoyed markets, giving investors more optimism about returns this year.

Risk is back as investors shrug off Trump and buy up bitcoin, stocks

After retreating to havens like gold and hoarding cash, traders are back in search for bigger returns, sending markets and crypto to records.

Treasury’s charity tax plan splits wealthy families

Australia’s richest families will be forced to distribute the $11 billion locked in private foundations at a faster rate to charities, under a federal plan.

Who’s to blame for pricey coffee? Find out in our weekly quiz

Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.

What this child’s puzzle tells us about how AI ‘thinks’

Silicon Valley is divided over whether AI chatbots can think. But does the answer matter if they can still do your job?

Supporters of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva set fire to an effigy of US President Donald Trump during a protest on July 10.

Why Trump’s attack on Brazil scares this Macquarie strategist

The group’s top currency and rates strategist says the president’s 50 per cent tariff on the South American nation represents a worrying pivot in the trade war.

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A rider for the HungryPanda online food delivery service in Sydney.

British court finds Australian delivery app Easi wronged its new owner

HungryPanda had accused its Melbourne-headquartered competitor, specialising in Asian food, of trying to sell its business twice after a $50 million buyout.

Tom Francis, Glenn Piper and Matt McGuire represent the next generation of publicans.

These 3 publicans are building the country’s next hotel empires

Australia has always had its fair share of hospitality dynasties. But the next generation has arrived, growing their own burgeoning portfolios.

Looming large over Anthony Albanese’s China visit and meeting with Xi Jinping is Donald Trump.

Xi is duchessing Albanese while Trump ignores him

Anthony Albanese’s highly choreographed visit to China showcases the lack of a similar invitation – or enthusiasm – from the Trump White House.

Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes cereal at a Pennsylvania supermarket. The company is selling itself to European rival Ferrero International.

Italy’s Ferrero agrees to buy cereal giant Kellogg in $4.7b deal

The deal combines the maker of Nutella with the company behind Froot Loops cereals, diversifying its chocolate-heavy portfolio at a time of high cocoa prices.

When I interviewed Noel Gallagher in January 2012 at the Sydney Big Day Out, he had only one gripe

Why the Oasis reunion is hitting ’90s kids so hard

They were the last band that wanted to be the biggest in the world – and they’re back at a time when we might need that belief more than ever.

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