How a can of Coke brought down an Aussie icon
This is the confronting moment Dawn Fraser stared down death and bravely declared “I’m going to fight”.
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Forget Insta, these are our real rock-star influencers
A moment glimpsed when I least expected it at a school fete made me realise who the OG influencers really are.
How a Monday night Tinder date sparked romance
A Home and Away actor and an Australian netballer walk into a bar and watch a rat climb across a rafter. Five years after that first date, Lukas Radovich and Liam Forcadilla are getting hitched.
‘He had a knife’: Aussie mum used mind tricks to survive hell
A famous Australian jailed overseas has described her captors’ cruellest form of punishment – and bravely revealed another horror from earlier in her life.
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‘I want to see Daddy’: How Chumpy’s girl connects with him
Ellidy Pullin has revealed the heartbreaking way her daughter Minnie connects with her late father, Chumpy Pullin.
Escaping the Taliban for a new innings in Australia
They could have been killed in Afghanistan just for being women who played cricket. Instead, a group of Aussies helped them flee and they now hope to play in a women’s refugee team at the Olympic Games.
‘Nothing I’d seen before’: What really goes on at swingers’ parties
Mattresses on the floor, topless waiters and ‘play rooms’ – what swingers really get up to at sex parties in the suburbs and why ‘ethical non-monogamy’ is on the rise.
‘Paid off in spades’: Why Daddos left LA to come home to Sydney
When Cameron Daddo left a well-established acting career in LA to return to Australia, he and wife Ali faced “challenging, lonely times” — but their careers and family are now stronger than ever.
‘What’s this, Mr Hollywood?’ The woman timing Gout Gout’s sprint to history
It’s the unique relationship driving the most exciting athlete to emerge on the Australian sporting landscape. Go behind the scenes with Gout Gout and his coach Di Sheppard.
The seven-word question that we all need to answer
It’s the question we all would like the answer to, how can we be happier?
Political correctness has officially got ridiculous
Political correctness has been growing for years but we may have finally gone way too far.
This is a taboo topic for new mums – it’s time to change
Australian women are being forced to leave hospital too soon after giving birth – some as early as six hours post-birth.
How Tropfest founder made it big in Hollywood
Actor-director and Tropfest founder John Polson – who’s lived in the US for 30 years after his ‘trainwreck’ Sydney childhood – is back for the premiere of TV series The Last Anniversary. And a lot has changed.
The old-fashioned habit we must revive to keep us sane
It’s an old-fashioned habit but one that has proved time and again to be invaluable.
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