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The camp at Mpala Jena.

This Australian-designed safari lodge feels more like a coastal resort

Mpala Jena camp feels like a coastal resort that has been airlifted from Madagascar and dropped on the side of the Zambezi.

  • Justin Meneguzzi

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Jeremy Hearder, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) former diplomat and historian, at the M. E. Bliss Law Library in Canberra.

From Robert Mugabe to Alexander Downer: Jeremy Hearder retires after 65 years as a diplomat

Few people could work the same job for 65 years and not get bored. But Jeremy Hearder did – and he got to criss-cross the world doing it.

  • James Massola
Former President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings during jury selection at Manhattan criminal court in New York.
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World of photos, April 20, 2024

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Ali Elliin and his wife Sohila at their home in Sydney.

‘Worse than Trump’: Multicultural leaders shocked by immigration proposals

Diaspora communities say they were blindsided by proposed laws that could ban foreigners from countries such as Iran and South Sudan from entering Australia.

  • Matthew Knott and Angus Thompson
The Australian has been missing in the Victoria Falls National Park since Friday.

Australian tourist missing in Zimbabwe’s famous Victoria Falls park

Such incidences are rare in Victoria Falls, a destination that attracts thousands of tourists from across the globe.

  • Farai Mutsaka
What a purler: Rhodesia Greatrex with teddy bears and her paramedic grandson, Luke Hesse.

Rhody to recovery: The 100-year-old who knits trauma teddy bears

Rhodesia Greatrex knits the bears for her paramedic grandson to give to ambulance patients.

  • Carolyn Webb
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Ikuka Safari Camp, Ruaha National Park.

It’s an (expensive) bucket-list item. Here’s how to do it on a budget

Good safaris are never cheap, but choose wisely and it’s possible to have an incredible experience without breaking the bank.

  • Graham Boynton
Close hippo or Hippopotamus amphibius in water satjul28cover - transports of delight ALISON STEWART - A canoe down the Zambezi Credit: Shutterstock

The end of empire almost upended our careers (don’t tell the editor)

A 1991 meeting in Zimbabwe came at the end of the old world order, and soon, Bob Hawke’s political career. It also almost capsized the careers of two reporters.   

  • Tony Wright
Courtney Bruce in action against Scotland.

Diamonds continue their winning ways at the World Cup

Australia piled up their biggest score at the 2023 Netball World Cup as they hit the century mark and completed a clean sweep of their three pool games with a thumping 101-32 win over Fiji.

  • Melissa Woods and Adrian Warren
Shehan Karunatilaka who has won the Booker Prize 2022 for his second novel, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.

Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

The novel is about a Sri Lankan war photographer who wakes up dead in an underworld populated with victims of political violence.

  • Alexandra Alter

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