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The ICAC is investigating a blow-out in spending on contractors under former building unit head Anthony Manning (front).

A new boss, his buddies and a $2.6 billion cash splash: Inside the ICAC probe into School Infrastructure

The ICAC is investigating a unit that insiders say “pushed the boundaries” when it came to department rules.

  • Michael McGowan and Lucy Carroll

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Associate Professor Andrea Phillipou, principal research fellow at Orygen and the Centre for Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne.

Anorexia is the deadliest mental health condition. Experts say we are treating it completely wrong

The biased idea that anorexia nervosa affects only young, affluent women, and an emphasis on weight restoration, are contributing to such a lack of research; there have been no treatment breakthroughs for 50 years.

  • Wendy Tuohy
Rob DenBleyker (left), Kris Wilson (centre) and Adam Nusrallah. Cyanide & Happiness are coming to Oz Comic-Con for the first time.

Edgy or offensive? How these early-2000s internet creators kept webcomics alive

Webcomics are well past their peak, but Cyanide & Happiness is still deep in the game. Here’s how it has managed to keep up with the non-stop beast that is the internet.

  • Nell Geraets
Tim Wilson at Little Sister Cafe.

The moment lunch with Tim Wilson turned into an ambush

The newly elected Goldstein MP’s political skills were put to the test when he was unexpectedly confronted by a constituent.

  • Stephen Brook
Former Bachelor Luke Bateman has landed a romantasy book deal after making a splash on BookTok.

This former Bachelor opened a TikTok account to talk about books. Now he has a publishing deal

Luke Bateman started a TikTok account to share his thoughts about books he loved and had 136,000 followers within days – here’s what happened next.

  • Mercedes Maguire
Hidden black mould revealed after renters pulled a couch from the wall, submitted to the Facebook page Don’t Rent Me.

How bad science warped our ideas about black mould

Fear of toxic black mould infects public consciousness. Should you panic about its health impacts?

  • Angus Dalton
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Gordi, aka Sophie Payten,

She’s seen the chaos of life and the quiet of death. Gordi won’t stand still

Being surrounded by tragedy has taught the singer-songwriter about life’s fragility and transience. In the face of grief, she’s firmly an optimist – and one who embraces turmoil.

  • Cassandra Morgan
If you’re happy in your role, there’s no reason to leave.

‘I haven’t the slightest idea how to do it’: The power of admitting your ignorance

Blindspotting is the practice of being honest about the ways our thinking can be flawed, being curious in order to understand what we may be missing, and being flexible of mind to see the whole picture.

  • Kirstin Ferguson
Woodside’s Karratha gas plant.

A prince, traditional owners and a ‘carbon bomb’: Inside Woodside’s extension plans

Energy giant Woodside has won preliminary approval to keep operating its WA oil and gas fields for another 45 years. But at what environmental cost?

  • Bianca Hall
Sally Rewell, manager of the Malabar wastewater treatment plant (right), and Kate Miles, head of system planning and land acquisition at Sydney Water.

The grime balls were a symptom of an ailing sewerage network. The cure could be to drink recycled water

Sydney Water is proposing to add purified recycled drinking water – effluent that has been highly treated back to drinking standard – to Sydney’s tap water supply.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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