Is this their big return? *** Editor’s note: We’ve made a Spotify playlist to listen to while you read this. Hit play down below. In 2011, Kings of Leon lead singer Caleb Followill walked off stage in the middle of his Tennessee concert to have a beer. He never returned, cancelling their next 28 US…
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It is an invisible pain, hurting young men every day. But you won’t hear about it on the nightly news. A recent national survey has revealed nearly one in 10 men under 25 have contemplated suicide. The Young and Well National Survey, conducted by the Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre, surveyed 1400 men from around…
DetailsA Syrian refugee child’s drawing reflects the horror of a civil war that defies logic.
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They’re not who you think… *** “If you want to know who to vote for, I’m the guy with the not-bad looking daughters.” You may not agree with the morality of Tony Abbott’s statement, but his 20-something daughters, Bridget and Frances, are quite the stylish pair. They may be the first daughters, but we think…
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A spin-off to one of the most successful movie series is finally here. *** An extension of the wizarding world of Harry Potter has finally been announced by Warner Bros. Entertainment and it will be J.K. Rowling’s screenwriting debut. The movie was inspired by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a textbook first year…
DetailsAlison Douglas has flared her way in firefighting. At only 25 years of age, she has been in the job for six-and-a-half years. Becoming a firefighter wasn’t her initial choice, she told The Newsroom: “I always wanted to be a police officer.” But, following friends and her father, Ali became a volunteer firefighter at 15.…
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If the 300-metre queue outside the library in the morning alarms you, those who spent the whole night in the library with sleeping bags will laugh at your weakness. Finding a seat in the library can be a seriously frustrating affair that troubles many students who need a quiet, private place to study. Because libraries…
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Living next to a musician is not easy, thinks Tom, who lives next door to aspiring Sydney DJ/producer Byron White. It’s almost midnight and Tom is thinking about going to sleep, but he can still hear the thumping bass line of a song emanating from his neighbour’s house. It’s been repeated, over and over, since…
DetailsBags packed, gumboots on and tickets printed… check. Rain, hail or shine (and, oh, did it rain) the crowd didn’t let the gloomy weather ruin their Splendour in the Grass weekend. This year’s Splendour in the Mud, from July 25 to 28, attracted 25,000 punters to the wilderness of the North Byron Parklands in Byron…
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Could you imagine life without TV? If that box we watch every day and rely so heavily upon did not exist, how would you receive information about the world? Back in the early ’40s, at the time of World War II, there was no television in Australia. Everyone relied on radio for broadcast information, but…
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