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NETWORK SPECIAL.  MUST TALK WITH NETWORK PIC DESK BEFORE PUBLISHING.     BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 20: Valerie Bertinelli and Eddie Van Halen at Chasens Restaurant on March 20, 1983 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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Why rock giants were banned Down Under

Rock legend Eddie Van Halen’s brother has told how their band got cancelled in Australia – and why the famous Beat It collaboration with Michael Jackson backfired badly.

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Why we obsess over dark stories

We love twisted tales about bad people doing bad things and now a world-famous crime author has shared his theory on why, while name-checking Aussie writers he says are at the top of the game.

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Sydney July 13, 2001. Minature portrait Matthew Flinders, 1801, part of an national touring exhibition starting in September. Flinders proved Australia was one land mass by circumnavigating it. (AAP Image/NSW State Library)

How hero was left ‘a broken man’

He’s one of the most celebrated figures in Australia’s story. But on this day in history – as a depressed, anxious jailbird – celebration was the last thing on Matthew Flinders’ mind.

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How shipwrecked cat was saved

One legendary cat, several farm animals and 80 seafarers faced death after being abandoned in the open ocean – until an extraordinary man hatched an audacious rescue plan.

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