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Kristy McDonald, new owner of the Casterton News.

Reports of the death of country newspapers are distinctly premature

Kristy McDonald’s little newspaper, the Casterton News, was about to close. So she bought it. She is among those determined to keep country newspapers alive.

  • Tony Wright

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Rebecca Yarros’ Empyrean series has been topping bestseller lists since 2023.

Dungeons, dragons and sex: The new genre that’s slaying publishing

A book about dragons, betrayal and sex has broken publishing records after its first week on shelves. What is it about “romantasy” novels that has readers in a chokehold?

  • Nell Geraets
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, leaves the High Court after giving evidence in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2023.

Murdoch’s British tabloids offer rare apology in legal settlement with Prince Harry

The Murdoch-owned tabloids offered a “full and unequivocal apology to the Duke of Sussex” for years of serious intrusion into his private life.

  • Brian Melley
Maggie Tabberer at the Veuve clicquot awards, 2006.

Ageless style defied the career-limiting odds of the fashion industry

Helmut Newton pronounced the photographs of Maggie Tabberer to be “wonderful, just wonderful!”

  • Amy Ripley
Joe Rogan finishes the year on top despite ABC chair Kim Williams’ lack of appreciation.

ABC chair Kim Williams v Joe Rogan: Australia makes its choice

Their spat went global – now the numbers are in.

  • Stephen Brook, Kishor Napier-Raman and Calum Jaspan
ABC chair Kim Williams has found himself in an unlikely war of words with Joe Rogan and drawn criticism from the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.

Joe Rogan v ABC boss: The unlikeliest of media spats

The unexpected war of words has also drawn in the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.

  • Riley Walter and Josefine Ganko
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Political cartoonist of the year? ‘You must be joking’

Megan Herbert has been crowned Australian political cartoonist of the year for her work, which appears regularly in this masthead.

  • Karl Quinn
The Portland Observer will print its final edition before Christmas, unless it is snapped up by a new owner.

Across much of western Victoria the local news, more than a century in the making, slips quietly away

The slow death of local, rural and regional newspapers continues. Portland, Hamilton and Casterton will lose their old and reliable newspapers by Christmas.

  • Tony Wright
Richard Flanagan calls Question 7 a “love note to my parents and my island home”.

Richard Flanagan knocks back $100k literature prize over sponsor’s fossil fuel links

Flanagan was awarded the Baillie Gifford Prize for his latest book at a ceremony in London.

  • Lachlan Abbott
Arthur Frommer with his daughter Pauline posing among tourists in the Wall Street area in New York in 2012.

‘The less you spend, the more you enjoy’: Travel tycoon Arthur Frommer dies aged 95

The former US Army soldier, whose book empire began with “The GI’s Guide to Travelling in Europe” in the 1950s, became a household name for budget-conscious travellers. They made him a multi-millionaire.

  • David Henry

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