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Programme Name: Top Of The Lake 2 - TX: n/a - Episode: Top Of The Lake 2 (No. Ep 5) - Picture Shows:  Julia (NICOLE KIDMAN) - (C) See-Saw Films (TOTL2) Holdings Pty Ltd - Photographer: Screen Grab

Top Of The Lake is talk of the world

NICOLE Kidman’s first Aussie TV series in almost 30 years has become the drama event of the year, with stunned critics falling over themselves to heap praise upon the Hollywood superstar.

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Midsection of businessman calculating tax by different size houses and stacks of coins on table. For Sold on Cairns

Fears of Chinese exodus

CHINA’s links to our housing market are so strong that many homeowners could be at risk if foreign buyers left the market, Jonathan Chancellor writes.

Television
Nicole Kidman and Alice Englert in a scene from season two of the TV series Top Of The Lake. Supplied by BBC Australia.

Aussie global TV hit ups the ante

TOP of the Lake’s compelling new series China Girl is still addictive and still filled with the sexual and psychological frankness of the hit first season, but with a twist.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 01:  Nicole Kidman and Jane Campion arrive ahead of the Top of the Lake: China Girl Australian Premiere at Sydney Opera House on August 1, 2017 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Critics weigh in on Top of The Lake

AS hype builds ahead of the Australian premiere of Foxtel’s Top Of The Lake, director Jane Campion talks about the pressure of working with some of Hollywood’s top actors and the possibility of a sequel.

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(FILES) This US Navy file photo taken on March 21, 2013 shows the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) sailing in the waters off the Korean Peninsula. A US warship on August 10, 2017 sailed close to an artificial island China has built up in the South China Sea, as part of a

China challenges US warship

BEIJING has expressed anger after a US warship sailed near an artificial island in the disputed South China Sea, a prompting a tense standoff.

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Chinese paramilitary police search for survivors after an earthquake in Jiuzhaigou in southwest China's Sichuan province early on August 9, 2017.  A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled southwest China late on August 8, killing at least seven people, with up to 100 feared dead, according to a government estimate.  / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT

Deadly earthquakes strike China

THIRTEEN people have been killed and up to 100 more are feared dead after an earthquake struck southwest China, while a second big quake hit the country’s northwest.

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Star-studded affair at Top of the Lake

SYDNEY put on a stellar sunset for the premiere of Foxtel’s Top of the Lake: China Girl as cast, VIP guests and fans lined the forecourt of the Opera House for the red carpet affair.

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TAS COUNTRY: Heritage Honey owner Peter Norris (left) has started exporting his honey to China after a chance meeting with Finely Zhang from Chinese company, Shandong Chambroad Picture: LUKE BOWDEN

Honey export hits Chinese sweet spot

THE taste of Tasmanian honey is hitting the sweet spot for Chinese consumers, with one of biggest beekeepers in the south of the state shipping eight tonnes in their first container export.

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Naomi Watts and Nicole KidmanPost by Watts on Instagram.

Nic: I can be kidding!

Versatility has been a key to her success, now Nicole Kidman is ready to try her hand at an unexpected role. The Oscar winner says she never gets offered funny roles — but is definitely up to it.

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