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Inside Shein, the fast-fashion giant extolling ‘the future of retail’
Behind the scenes of its first foray into the Australian fashion industry, with a highly competitive label where appearances are everything.
- Jessica Yun and Lauren Ironmonger
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Troubled waters: Tasmania goes to the polls for the ‘salmon election’
Tasmania has just five federal seats. But many locals think the smallest state could be crucial to deciding who forms government in May.
- Bianca Hall
When brilliance is not enough: What it takes for an outsider to become one of the political greats
Mark Carney is leaning heavily on his outsider status in his appeal to Canadian voters, but it may not be an advantage in the long run.
- Samantha Selinger-Morris
Hostile and deeply divided: In south-west Sydney, it’s an election campaign like never before
Harnessing anger over Gaza, independents are posing an unprecedented threat to Labor in heartland seats.
- Eryk Bagshaw and Kayla Olaya
Pope Francis has an outstanding wish. How far will the Vatican go to deliver it?
No Pope has set foot in China, but Francis wants that to change. Critics say the cost of doing deals with Beijing has already been too high.
- Lisa Visentin
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- Healthcare
In a medical crisis, who will speak for you? Here’s how people plan ahead
It can happen in an instant. When you can’t make decisions about your own medical treatment, who steps into your shoes? And how do doctors know what you want (and don’t want)?
- Nick Newling and Felicity Lewis
This bonkers film about killer unicorns is less far-fetched than you’d think
Death of a Unicorn is inspired by real-life artworks that still perplex art historians to this day.
- Nell Geraets
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‘Elbows up!’ How Canada stopped playing nice with Trump
Donald Trump has suggested making Canada the 51st US state. Could he? And how are (usually polite) Canadians fighting back?
- Angus Holland
From bestiality to AI Miley Cyrus: The best, worst and weirdest episodes of Black Mirror
As a new Back Mirror season lands, we look back at more than a decade of the genre-flipping anthology TV series. It’s a wild ride.
- Nell Geraets
Hawke, Packer and ‘Supercat’: Cricket’s secret Kirribilli meeting and the end of apartheid
Forty years after the rebel tours of South Africa, we reveal one of the great sliding doors moments in Australian cricket.
- Daniel Brettig
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