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The hills were alive with the sound of negligence

Leaving listeners in a radio daze.

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When bobbies were pith-perfect

And New England foxes were left seeing red.

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A more gratifying senior moment

After all, discounts are wasted on the young.

Clive Lloyd and Bob Hawke in 1985.

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
A Qantas Airbus A380 – the airline was first to fly this route with the superjumbo.

Paying $50 to choose my seat on this Qantas A380 was money well spent

Although I’m surprised at having to pay up to choose my seat, the space on a superjumbo remains unsurpassed.

  • Julietta Jameson
Shark killers extraordinaire, orcas Port and Starboard.

Two killer whales are hunting down great white sharks, Hannibal Lecter style

Forget Free Willy, this is Silence of the Lambs. Shark experts are trying to figure out how and why these orcas are dispatching one of the ocean’s fiercest predators.

  • Jonathan Edwards
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The South African Sanae IV research station in Antarctica where the alleged assault occurred. 

‘Horrible situation’: Nine scientists stuck together for Antarctic winter amid claims of assault

For a continent without permanent residents, Antarctica has been host to a notable amount of crime and misconduct.

  • Zimasa Matiwane and Amelia Nierenberg
Marco Rubio in the Oval Office with Donald Trump.

Ambassador ‘no longer welcome’ in US after think-tank comments

It is highly unusual for the US to expel a foreign ambassador, although lower-ranking diplomats are more frequently targeted with persona non grata status.

  • Ellen Knickmeyer and Matthew Lee
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We took a 12-person extended family overseas trip. Here’s how it went

Travel can be fraught enough; holidaying with a large, eclectic group signals potential disaster.

  • Catherine Marshall
Rita Greyling, a 33-year-old business management consultant from Wakkerstroom, in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Oscar Pistorius’ new ‘lookalike’ girlfriend and the battle to shake his dark past

The family of Reeva Steenkamp have been quick to comment on Pistorius’ new relationship, nearly a year after the former athlete was released on parole.

  • Ben Farmer

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