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A grand final we won't forget, but may want to

A grand final we won't forget, but may want to

Prepare for your weekly déjà vu experience

Prepare for your weekly déjà vu experience

Trump's fake fix, Cartier watches under scrutiny

Trump's fake fix, Cartier watches under scrutiny

As if being hit by COVID's first wave wasn't enough ...

Reinfection is a rare phenomenon, maybe

The Cupping Room's manager, Connor Crampton Smith, shows how QR codes are now used to check-in and view the menu. Picture: Matt Loxton

An almost antiquated phone technology has become an unlikely hero in 2020

Sarah Basford Canales

Onetime politician turned Crown Resorts chair, Helen Coonan (left) and Brett Sutton, Victoria's chief health officer.

Inquiring minds ask more of Brett Sutton, Helen Coonan

Janine Graham

One is a hair metal star, the other an Australian politician-businessman. They're going head-to-head in Federal Court.

Clive Palmer v Twisted Sister: ding, ding

Janine Graham

A vaccine won't suddenly return us to what we once thought was normality. Picture: Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

EXPLAINERWhy a coronavirus vaccine won't be the magic bullet

Steve Evans

Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski celebrates his hat-trick goal in the 5-0 thrashing of Frankfurt.

Lewandowski hat-trick inspires Bayern

Sergio Ramos jumps up in delight after his penalty helped Real Madrid win 3-1 at Barcelona.

Ramos spot on as Real beat Barca 3-1

Chris Robshaw was among those whose COVID-19 rule breach caused the England match cancellation.

England match off after COVID-19 breaches

Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski celebrates his hat-trick goal in the 5-0 thrashing of Frankfurt.

Lewandowski hat-trick inspires Bayern

TEMPORARY HOME: Queensland became the centre of the AFL universe in 2020 due to a second wave of COVID-19 in Victoria. Photo: Jono Searle/AFL Photos/Getty Images

OPINIONNorthern hubs, comebacks, second waves: AFL's season 2020 was anything but usual

Howard Kotton

In skipper Cameron Smith, the Storm have arguably the most influential player ever. Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Image

OPINIONExperience will see Melbourne weather grand final storm, says Laurie Daley

Laurie Daley

AA hits fast ice off Davis V1 7 Nov 2019. PHOTO: Simon Payne AAD

LISTENClimb aboard the only Australian-made icebreaker

AA hits fast ice off Davis V1 7 Nov 2019. PHOTO: Simon Payne AAD

LISTENClimb aboard the only Australian-made icebreaker

Ride Dungog's Chloe Chick and other volunteers installed flow tracks down the hill at the Common. PHOTO: Marina Neil

LISTENWhy this town is booming its way through COVID

Ride Dungog's Chloe Chick and other volunteers installed flow tracks down the hill at the Common. PHOTO: Marina Neil

LISTENWhy this town is booming its way through COVID

Craig Hall, Sherry McArdle-English, Anne McGrath and Fred McGrath Weber and Paul Keir want certainty for the Majura Valley producers. PHOTO: Matt Loxton

LISTENIn their own words: The battle faced by the ACT's farmers

Craig Hall, Sherry McArdle-English, Anne McGrath and Fred McGrath Weber and Paul Keir want certainty for the Majura Valley producers. PHOTO: Matt Loxton

LISTENIn their own words: The battle faced by the ACT's farmers

Shannon Noll is back on the road for Great Southern Nights.

Great Southern Nights: 1000 gigs to get you up and moving

Brittany Lazarus
2hrs ago

Canberra from $150 a night; a bonus night in Mackay; and a SA special just for Explore readers

Canberra from $150 a night; a bonus night in Mackay; and a SA special just for Explore readers

Explore Travel

Feel like you're overseas, without leaving Australia

Feel like you're overseas, without leaving Australia

Craig Tansley

A scene from Baby Done. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWKiwis face unexpected pregnancy

Cris Kennedy

A scene from Never Too Late. Picture: Bradley Patrick

REVIEWVeteran actors lift so-so comedy

Ron Cerabona

A scene from Kajillionaire. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWQuirky look at scamming family

Cris Kennedy

A scene from Baby Done. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWKiwis face unexpected pregnancy

Kristen Scott-Thomas and Lily James in Rebecca. Picture: Netflix

REVIEWTame adaptation of gaslight classic

Jane Freebury

Anna Van Dyken before and after she lost 70kg. Picture: Supplied

'I lost half my body weight': how one woman shaped her wellness journey

Karen Hardy

Your future trip is outback

Your future trip is outback

Emma Brown

GET ON BOARD: Businesses and individuals are getting behind this year's event to make money and save money.

All aboard the Garage Sale Trail

McGrath Foundational Breast Care Nurse Katie Evans and patient Ellie May.

Look, feel, and learn about breast cancer

Your future trip is outback

Your future trip is outback

Dandenong McGrath Breast Care Nurse and patient Elle May.

McGrath Breast Care Nurses go COVID-safe

A perfect hot plan for you

A perfect hot plan for you

Emma Brown

Country lifestyle at Llandillo

Country lifestyle at Llandillo

Country lifestyle at Llandillo

Country lifestyle at Llandillo

UNDER THE HAMMER: Auctions are adapting to changing digital technology. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Auction: Time to make the top bid

UNDER THE HAMMER: Auctions are adapting to changing digital technology. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Auction: Time to make the top bid

NEW HOMES: Inspections are not just for older homes, a building inspection on a new build will pick up on any defects to the home that you or the builder might have missed. Photo - Shutterstock.

Be prepared before you sign on the dotted line

Country life of your dreams

Country life of your dreams

House of the Week

BE PREPARED: Auctions are a great way to buy, provided you've done your research. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK.

How to bid with confidence on auction day

Kirsty Horton

WATCH OUT: Some scammers will even impersonate real estate agents and organise fake inspections, victims will then arrive to discover the property doesn't exist or is currently occupied.

Scamwatch: New scam targets renters during COVID-19 pandemic

Australian Taxation Office

Scamwatch: ATO warns tax debt text, call is a scam

The email the Commonwealth Bank is warning customers is a hoax.

Scamwatch: Bank warns 'verify account' email is a hoax

WATCH OUT: Some scammers will even impersonate real estate agents and organise fake inspections, victims will then arrive to discover the property doesn't exist or is currently occupied.

Scamwatch: New scam targets renters during COVID-19 pandemic

Scamwatch: Don't be fooled by this Netflix scam

Scamwatch: Don't be fooled by this Netflix scam

Scamwatch: Don't be fooled by this Netflix scam

Scamwatch: Don't be fooled by this Netflix scam

Is Rudd's petition about fairness, or making it easier for his side to win government? Picture: Elesa Kurtz

OPINIONWhat's really behind Rudd's call for a Murdoch royal commission?

WE HEAR YOU: Parkes MP and Federal Regional Communications Minister Mark Coulton says the government is doing all it can to help regional media. Photo: Jessica Worboys

Save Our Voices: we hear you, says regional minister

HECTIC: Ball Park Music are performing a 13-show residency at Brisbane's The Triffid starting on Friday to launch their self-titled sixth album. The shows will feature a unique set list each night.

Ball Park Music sweat out the big stuff for new record

NEW GROWTH: Terra Lightfoot's fourth album Consider The Speed followed a period of severe writer's block. Picture: Mat Dunlap

Terra Lightfoot makes speedy recovery after saving wild horses

Some of the world's best photographs from on high

Some of the world's best photographs from on high

Cats carry diseases deadly to humans, and it's costing Australia $6 billion every year

Cats carry diseases deadly to humans, and it's costing Australia $6 billion every year

Sarah Legge, Chris Dickman, Jaana Dielenberg, John Read, John Woinarski, Pat Taggart, Tida Nou

SPEAKING UP: Workers from Hunter industrial companies opened up about their mental health struggles for the video campaign.

'Big, boofy blokes' open up about mental health in video campaign

Sage Swinton

TALENTED FRIENDS: The Jaded Hearts Club are, from left, Matt Bellamy (Muse), Jamie Davis, Miles Kane (The Last Shadow Puppets), Graham Coxon (Blur), Nic Cester (Jet) and Sean Payne (The Zutons).

Jaded Hearts Club supergroup renews passion in Nic Cester

Josh Leeson

Marj Thornton (nee Pullen) left with her friend Joy as special wireless operators at Kedleston Hall in the early 1940s.

At 98, code-cracking Marj is no enigma

NATIONAL TREASURE: Jack Thompson thinks there's something special about seeing a film at the cinema. Photo: Peter Brew-Bevan

It's never too late, says Jack

Samara Ross

Advocate says older workers' jobs are threatened by the government's new JobMaker scheme.

JobMaker sees older workers dumped by employers

Eileen Wood

Police detain a Tigers supporter before releasing him on Swan Street in Richmond, Melbourne.

Police give thumbs up to AFL celebrations

11m ago

Tony Burke has slammed the government's go-slow on setting up a federal integrity commission.

Labor slams integrity commission 'go-slow'

35m ago

More test results were needed to make decisions on restrictions, Victoria's premier says.

Hopes for eased rules amid rising cases

1hr ago

Some of the world's best photographs from on high

Some of the world's best photographs from on high

Greg Hunt has announced new medicines to be added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

More medicines added to PBS: Hunt

Colin Brinsden, AAP Economics and Business Correspondent
1hr ago

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews sounded a less optimistic tone about easing restrictions on Sunday.

All eyes on Vic again with hopes of easing

Andi Yu

Annastacia Palaszczuk has brushed off suggestions her government's re-election is a "shoo-in".

Qld premier: re-election not a 'shoo-in'

Armenian-Australians have marched in Sydney over the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Armenian-Australians call for PM's support

Andi Yu

A happy Jason Collett brings Its Me back to scale after winning The Kosciuszko (with handler Rowena Dillon) at Randwick last Saturday. Photo Virginia Harvey

Kosciuszko: It's the one and only Me

Virginia Harvey

Some of Gulgong's Centennial Hotel punters who made their way to Randwick to see their pick Fender run in the Kosciuszko.

Gulgong punters go oh so close in Kosi punt

John Ellicott

The Eastern Young Cattle climbed to a record 801 cents a kilogram (carcase weight) on Thursday afternoon. Photo: Karen Bailey

Cattle market hits record prices, again

Karen Bailey

How to design an eco-kitchen that won't cost you the earth

How to design an eco-kitchen that won't cost you the earth

WATERLOGGED: Too much of a good thing has its risks. Picture: Shutterstock.

Wise up to hazards lurking in the deep for water-loving dogs

Dr Anne Fawcett

ROBUST: Taking a love of coffee to the next level. Picture: Shutterstock.

Bean thinking about growing coffee in your garden?

John Gabriele