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The fall of Saigon saw hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees make Australia their home.

The hunted and haunted outcasts who changed their new country forever

They endured war, risked death and faced down pirates. And 50 years after they began to arrive in Australia, they have left a profound mark on their new home.

  • Kate Geraghty and Michael Ruffles

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The Anzacs of Leighterton

The year the Anzacs came: the little-known story one English village still tells its children

Leighterton still relied on horse-drawn carts when a few hundred young Australians arrived in 1918, weaving their way through the skies above and into the hearts of the villagers below.

  • Rob Harris
In a photo provided by the US District Court for Maryland, a man identified as Kilmar Abrego Garcia is led through the Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca, El Salvador.

Trump thinks this battleground will play to his strengths. Australians will recognise the territory

Two court cases represent the president’s most direct challenge yet to the rule of law.

  • Michael Koziol

Dutton has spent years cultivating his image. Now he faces a dilemma

Twice a day, Peter Dutton meditates. No doubt, with the overwhelming task of overturning a first-term government, and a bruising election campaign, he’s needed it to steady him.

  • Deborah Snow
Bill Trad of Acai Underworld.

Trad trades gangster life for acai berry business

Ex-con Bill “Underworld” Trad is riding the crest of Sydney’s açai wave thanks in part to his wildly popular social media videos featuring his prison chic face tattoo and rolled-up track pants. But with the business booming, competition is fierce.

  • Jordan Baker
Mahalia Barnes

What made Mahalia Barnes say yes to Jesus Christ Superstar

Barnes has been surrounded by music her whole life, but it took a very particular set of circumstances for her to take on her first musical.

  • Elizabeth Flux
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Large-scale hacks are increasingly automated, and are happening all the time.

There’s one way you can make your super more secure

Super funds are attractive targets for hackers, and recent attacks on funds have put the sector’s security practices under the microscope.

  • Tim Biggs
Anthony Albanese

He’s careful, stable – even prosaic. But Albanese may just have nailed the mood

The prime minister is on a personal mission to do what no Labor leader has done this century – convince voters his party can be trusted to govern long-term.

  • Chip Le Grand
Index for Bondi attack feature

At 3.33pm the bloody rampage began. By 3.39pm six innocent people lay dead or dying

The Westfield massacre unfolded so quickly, most victims didn’t see their attacker coming. Twelve months later, the grief is still deep and raw.

  • Jordan Baker and Perry Duffin
Peter Dutton took some leads from the Donald Trump playbook, but it appears to have backfired.

Trump-lite dynamite: Did copying the president’s playbook blow up Dutton’s campaign?

The opposition leader clearly thought he was on a good thing when he looked to the approach of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

  • Tony Wright

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