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Ritz-Carlton, Melbourne: a sleek, sky-high base for exploring the coastal capital

Every room has a view at this chic new 80-story outpost from the Ritz-Carlton group. Don’t forget to sample the picture-perfect menu at the highest restaurant in the city while you’re there, says Charlotte Lytton

Evening Standard

Dunes retreating from angry ocean at alarming rate

Coastal dune fields are on the march in South Australia, retreating inland from an angry ocean at an alarming rate, scientists have revealed.

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MONA pulls pin on summer festival as magic wears off

The owner of Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art has cancelled the gallery's summer festival after 16 years, citing poor attendance and competing costs.

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First Groovin the Moo, now Splendour: why are Australia’s music festivals falling over?

The industry is reeling as a ‘multitude of factors’ combine to hurt ticket sales – and the path forward appears uncertain

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Rosie Batty: ‘Luke is frozen in my memory as an 11-year-old, but he’d be a handsome young man’

On the 10th anniversary of the murder of her son by his father, the anti-violence campaigner talks about irredeemable loss and the passage of time

The Guardian - AU

Fruitful experiments always in the mix at Topper's Mountain

Topper's Mountain winery owner Mark Kirkby challenged to nail down his top grape varieties

Newcastle Herald

MPs to skip Paris as Brisbane Olympic venue row rages

Queensland will not send any ministers to the 2024 Olympics after backing a controversial infrastructure plan for the Brisbane Games 2032.

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‘Tourists ask a lot of questions’: Great Barrier Reef guides face up to bleaching tragedy

Tour boat divers have long borne witness to mass bleaching events. Once reluctant to wade into discussions about global heating, they are now opening up

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Grand prix, euro trains pitched to draw visitors to NSW

Ministers have thrown around creative ideas such as Formula One cars racing on the Sydney Harbour Bridge as ways to draw more visitors to NSW.

AAP

Cyclist killed and another injured in separate incidents in Indian Pacific Wheel Race

Western Australia police appeal for information after second death in race after British ultra-endurance cyclist Mike Hall was hit and killed near Canberra in 2017

The Guardian - AU

Nina's cantina adds touch of Mediterranean to West End

'I make everything from scratch, dolmades, the baklava...'

Newcastle Herald

Millions of Australians relax as PM looks to the sky

The prime minister is among millions of Australians partaking in public holiday celebrations as four states and territories give their residents the day off.

AAP

New Zealand Volcano Disaster Victims Win Damages

The victims and families affected by the 2019 New Zealand volcano disaster, which claimed 22 lives, were awarded total damages of NZ$10 million (US$6 million) on Friday.

International Business Times

‘There’s no way to get home’: the public transport deserts on Brisbane’s northern fringe

Two-thirds of households in Caboolture have at least two cars – and locals say that’s because both public transport and cycling infrastructure is lacking

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Men risked their lives to work on the Snowy Hydro scheme. Now, 75 years on, the 2.0 project represents a different world

Rugged adventurers who toiled in dangerous conditions to create the hydroelectricity scheme would scarcely recognise today’s technological advances

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‘Nature will have her way’: how a desolate Perth shopping mall has been transformed into a sprawling wetland

Perth festival is offering a last chance to spend time in the abandoned Carillon City before it is demolished. It’s not as you remember it

AAP

An emu footprint giving hope to a town doing it tough

At a riverside north western NSW town, Indigenous elders hope a cultural centre will keep the community alive.

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‘Feral horses don’t know state borders’: the push to protect Victoria’s Alpine national park

Native species are losing ground in Victoria’s Alpine park as the brumby population booms

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Inquest into Jackson Stacker’s mysterious death provides glimpse into Byron Bay’s underbelly

Young traveller’s decomposed body was found in a field in 2021, as authorities struggle to establish if it was murder or suicide

AAP

'Beyond the Harbour': Tourism overhaul needed for NSW

Tourism industry leaders have a responsibility to reimagine Sydney and encourage visitors to explore national parks and beaches, NSW Premier Chris Minns says.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter Means Business: your new one-stop shop for local business news

The name of the column says it all - 'Hunter Means Business'.

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Bendigo named top town on the back of Loong the dragon

Wotif has named its top ten Australian towns, with Bendigo in Victoria taking out the top spot for its Golden Dragon Museum and lively gold rush history.

The Guardian - AU

Lunar new year 2024: where to celebrate the year of the dragon around Australia

Cities will be putting on street markets, hosting lion dances, throwing block parties and racing dragon boats

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Calls for more netted swimming spots in Sydney harbour after shark attack

Harbourside councils want to install more shark nets across city but say pollution remains a problem and requires state government funding

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Australia’s black summer bushfires ripped billions from the tourism industry. Is global warming making the cost of natural disasters worse?

Exclusive: The impact on businesses was widespread, even in areas relatively unaffected by the disaster, study finds

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