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Deadly mushrooms, mysteries and the curious cops

Deadly mushrooms, mysteries and the curious cops

Any homicide investigator will tell you that while lightning can strike twice, you certainly want to go and have a look at the scorch marks.

  • by John Silvester

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Crazy, courageous or just essential change: Deciphering the shock World Cup squad of Eddie Jones
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Wallabies

Crazy, courageous or just essential change: Deciphering the shock World Cup squad of Eddie Jones

Eddie Jones is full of surprises but dumping a number of senior players and naming the Wallabies’ least experienced World Cup squad in the professional era left many stunned.

  • by Iain Payten
Robotinho predicts Women’s World Cup quarter-final results

Robotinho predicts Women’s World Cup quarter-final results

After another successful round of predictions, we once again turn to our resident AI football expert for a hint of what’s to come in the quarter-finals.

  • by "Robotinho" and Mark Stehle
Cook opts to burn laws rather than political capital in Aboriginal heritage backflip
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ALP

Cook opts to burn laws rather than political capital in Aboriginal heritage backflip

Reading between the lines, Roger Cook was forced to cut his losses because he did not have enough political capital with the public to die on any hill at the moment. 

  • by Hamish Hastie
Expert breakdown of NRL round 24 matches
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NRL 2023

Expert breakdown of NRL round 24 matches

There’s just four rounds remaining in the regular season, and round 24 kicks off with Manly’s campaign going on the line when they face the NRL’s toughest test.

  • by Christian Nicolussi, Dan Walsh and Adrian Proszenko
Republicans hunt for Hunter Biden scandal big enough to sink Joe, save Trump
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US politics

Republicans hunt for Hunter Biden scandal big enough to sink Joe, save Trump

The danger is that ongoing ructions surrounding the Biden family will continue to be a headache for a president heading into an election.

  • by Farrah Tomazin
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‘Recovery fragile’ but land sales show first green shoots

‘Recovery fragile’ but land sales show first green shoots

Land sales for new housing at greenfields estates across Melbourne and Geelong rose 13 per cent in the second quarter, ending a run of six straight quarterly declines. The median lot price also jumped 1.3 per cent to a record $385,000.

  • by Stephen Miles
The ’70s and ’80s furniture back in fashion, and worth thousands
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Collectables

The ’70s and ’80s furniture back in fashion, and worth thousands

From today’s perspective, the late 1970s and early ’80s remain radical, pushing the boundaries of what furniture could be.

  • by Stephen Crafti
Superconductor or super-suss? The strange story of LK-99, the internet’s new scientific obsession
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Science

Superconductor or super-suss? The strange story of LK-99, the internet’s new scientific obsession

A South Korean team says it has found a new room-temperature superconductor, but does it stack up?

  • by Liam Mannix
The two words that prove the Matildas can go all the way at World Cup

The two words that prove the Matildas can go all the way at World Cup

We knew the Matildas prefer to play with their backs against the wall. What we didn’t know was if they could beat a team they should beat, and in the manner that good teams do? Their performance against Denmark answered that.

  • by Vince Rugari
New digital ID methods could help stem scam losses
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Payments

New digital ID methods could help stem scam losses

Industry bodies are hoping the introduction of new digital identification methods will stem the amount of money lost to scams.

  • by John Collett