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Michala Banas (left), Bridie Carter and Rachael Carpani on McLeod’s Daughters.

‘She is loved’: Star of McLeod’s Daughters dies aged 45

Rachael Carpani played Jodi Fountain McLeod on the TV show and was nominated for a Gold Logie in 2007.

  • Louise Rugendyke

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Comedian Tania Lacy was a regular on Australian TV in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

She was one of Australia’s hottest TV stars – then she vanished. What happened to Tania Lacy?

A dramatic firing, cruel rumours and a battle with addiction saw this 1990s TV sensation retreat from the limelight. Now, Lacy reveals the story behind her disappearance.

  • Michael Lallo
Stefan Dennis, Jackie Woodburne and Alan Fletcher in the final episode of Neighbours.

Neighbours ends – again – not with a bang, but a whimper

Was it all a ruse? Was it just some elaborate set-up for a spin-off called Return to Ramsay Street?

  • Louise Rugendyke
Rob Mills gets into the spirit in A Very (Musical) Christmas.

‘It was electric’: The show reuniting a couple of original Australian Idol mates

Rob Mills and Casey Donovan have been fixtures in Australian entertainment for decades, now they have joined forces again.

  • Bridget McManus
Best TV of 2025: Better than Sex; Optics; Adolescence; The Newsreader; Such Brave Girls; The Studio; and The Pitt.

TV year in review: The 25 best shows of 2025

This was a huge year for TV, with some of the best shows coming out of the blue. Do you agree with our critics?

  • Craig Mathieson, Meg Watson, Louise Rugendyke, Karl Quinn, Kylie Northover and Debi Enker
Coco Beeby, winner of Big Brother 2025.

‘This is for the future of my kids’: The single mum who just won Big Brother

After a short season, the rebooted reality show has crowned a winner: a surfy, 30-year-old mother of three from Tweed Heads.

  • Jared Richards
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Charlie Pickering is a TV survivor, with his show The Weekly chalking up its 12th year.

‘The only recipe for success’: How Charlie Pickering became one of TV’s great survivors

With his show The Weekly, the comedian has outplayed and outlasted some of his biggest rivals.

  • Bridget McManus
Jack Black in Anaconda, which was shot on the Gold Coast earlier this year.

Australian drama production hits record high, fuelled by streamers

Drama spending in Australia jumped by more than $1 billion last financial year, according to a new report from Screen Australia.

  • Karl Quinn
Lucy Freyer at the California premiere of Adults in May.

Lucy Freyer moved to New York at 17. This sitcom has made the Aussie a star

After 11 years plugging away at her craft, the former Sydneysider has finally cracked the big(gish) time with a popular show on Disney+.

  • Karl Quinn
Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Barbara in He Had It Coming.

‘I didn’t want to be pigeonholed’: The Aussie actor making her mark in Star Wars and beyond

After a decade in Hollywood, Natasha Liu Bordizzo has returned home to find things have changed for the better.

  • Bridget McManus

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