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‘Sight of the gods’: Unseen letters of the Anzacs

Written in ink on fragile paper by the Anzacs as the horror of war raged around them, these lost letters have emerged. Now, Australians can read them for the first time.

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Boost Juice founder Janine Allis

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‘They laughed at me – then I created a business empire’

An Australian business entrepreneur has revealed how she defied mockery to create a multimillion-dollar success.

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Premier Steven Miles having lunch with Michael Madigan at the Murrumba Downs Tavern as part of the High Steaks series. Murrumba Downs Friday 12th April 2024 Picture David Clark

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Premier answers question every Queenslander wants to know

In his most candid interview since he became Premier, we ask Steven Miles the question every Queenslander wants to know, while he reveals the truth about THAT laugh.

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High Steaks: Inside the life of the kings of Caxton St.

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Million-dollar deals, BMW Ubers and the rise of the Kings of Caxton

We take you behind the scenes of the half-century reign of the Kings of Caxton Street, revealing the colourful history and defining moments of Brisbane’s hospitality maestros.

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HORNSBY ADVOCATE / AAP Jeff and Cheryl Barbara at their Bobbin Head Garage which has just been sold after being in the family for 60 years. WEDNESDAY 27TH March, 2019 (AAP IMAGE / MARK SCOTT)

End of an era for Bobbin Head Garage

Its old-world charm remains an iconic piece of history in the upper north shore, but after four decades in the family, the Bobbin Head Garage has been sold.

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Detectives almost died in crime scene chopper plunge

Outback murders: Cops almost died in crime scene crash

Two detectives injured in a helicopter crash while investigating the 1978 Spear Creek murders have spoken of the horrifying moment the aircraft plummeted to the ground. LISTEN TO EPISODE ONE OF THE PODCAST.

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Residents are calling for a stop to overdevelopment in Epping.

Epping ‘crisis point’: Development crippling suburb

Residents in Epping are at breaking point as development and traffic congestion take a massive toll. Reporter Matt Taylor investigates the growing pains of this once-leafy location.

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The worst time to be alive — ever

Think 2018 was terrible? Worried about 2019? Think again. Researchers have identified the single worst year in history. And it sounds very familiar …

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04/11/1963. Colin Ridgway, 26, former Olympic high jumper and Carlton Reserves player in the uniform of the Dallas Cowboys. His nickname is 'Boomer'.

Aussie NFL trailblazer killed in cold blood

An Olympian and Aussie rules player was the first Australian to crack the NFL. But his colourful life ended in a gruesome ambush murder that’s never been solved.

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Margot Riley from the State Library at Otto. :Lunch with Leo. Picture: John Appleyard

The life of curator Margot Riley

Don’t judge the NSW State Library curator by her navy blue cover. In a wide-ranging interview with Leo Scholfield, Margot Riley reveals her story.

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Davistown drownings: Police and residents hauling one of the cars from the water. Picture: Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate, March 30, 1936.

Six dead after cars drove off jetty in fog

It’s still one of the worst accidents in Central Coast history — the night in 1936 when two cars hurtled off the end of a Davistown jetty in a fog and sunk into the darkness. Rescuers rushed to help as sharks circled.

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Game of Thrones opening credits sequence shows the breached ice wall, with a glacier movind down the right. Picture: HBO

Why this wall rules Game of Thrones

The wall is breached. It’s the single most significant event in the drama-laden Game of Thrones. And its fallout will chart the course of the show’s final season.

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L'Estrange crossing Willoughby Ba. Courtesy State Library of NSW

Why L’Estrange didn’t walk the walk

When the French tightrope walker Jean Francois Gravelet, who called himself Blondin, walked a tightrope across Niagara Falls on June 30, 1859, he stunned the world.

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Saada Abdikarim works in her kitchen preparing a traditional Somali fried rice dish. Granville, Thursday, February 21st 2019. Africultures, the festival celebrating African cultures . One of the interesting parts of the festival is their food stallholders. (AAP IMAGE/ Angelo Velardo)

Sharing memories through food

Mixing four different cultures into one, Saada Abdikarim shares why her fried rice bridges the distance between her Australian born children and Somali born mother, bringing back old memories and creating new ones.

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