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October

The use of real pumpkins as treat baskets can help Halloween be more sustainable.

How to enjoy Halloween without the landfill guilt

Much of the $450m Australians are forecast to spend on Halloween this year ends up at the tip. Here are some tips to stop that happening.

  • Austyn Gaffney and Michael Bailey
Striking Philadelphia longshoreman picket outside a port terminal on Tuesday.

US dockworkers strike, halting half the nation’s ocean shipping

The strike blocks everything from food to automobile shipments across dozens of ports from Maine to Texas, in a disruption likely to cost the economy billions a day.

  • Doyinsola Oladipo and David Shepardson

November 2023

London pubs lean on happy hours to lure bankers to quiet city

On too many weeknights, London’s financial district is almost empty as workers cut back amid a cost-of-living crisis that’s left UK adults spending less.

  • Neil Callanan, Sabah Meddings and Giulia Morpurgo
Thankfully, Australia bravely held firm against Xi’s diplomatic and economic tantrum

Why China running the world is scary

Want to know what life under Chinese Communist rule would be like? Take a look at the differences between Halloween in Sydney and Shanghai.

  • Misha Zelinsky

October 2022

People pay tribute at the memorial altar for the victims of the Halloween celebration stampede.

South Korea probes Halloween crowd surge as nation mourns

Officers are analysing footage taken by security cameras in the area at the time of the crush and related video clips posted on social media.

  • Hyung-Jin Kim

Australian among 151 dead in Halloween crowd surge in Seoul

An Australian has died in a stampede in the South Korean capital that has left more than 150 people dead after a crowd became unruly.

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  • Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim and Finbar O'Mallon
Halloween is more popular in Australia than it used to be.

Think you’re too smart to be superstitious? Think again

We all have our good luck rituals and talismans, even if science tells us how unnecessary they are. Why does superstition prevail in the age of Big Knowledge?

  • James Hughes

October 2020

Screen vampires are tame compared to real politicians.

Halloween has nothing on the never-ending political horror show

If you really want to scare the neighbourhood tonight, then try out these ideas.

  • Rowan Dean

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