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Around 350 million people globally use dating apps, and they amass an estimated annual revenue of more than US$5 billion. In Australia, 49% of adults report using at least one online dating app or website, with a further 27% having done so in the past.

What could you buy for 90 cents? Not much – perhaps a banana.

Australia might see some fallout from Donald Trump's tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports, but local households are expected to be spared too much pain.

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Rape myths still have power in and out of Australia’s courtrooms; Terrorgram group hit with sanctions; US tariffs labelled ‘dumbest trade war in history’

The 2024 US presidential election saw a historic shift to the right, driven by the largest swing of young male voters in two decades. Analysts attribute this partly to podcasters like Joe Rogan, whose unfiltered, conversational content bypassed traditional media to mobilise this demographic.

From today, February 3, pregnant women in Australia will be eligible for a free RSV vaccine under the National Immunisation Program.

Australian Damon Heta has been knocked out in the World Masters quarter-finals by Luke Humphries, who went on to lift the crown.

Travis Head has won his first Allan Border Medal and Annabel Sutherland has claimed the Belinda Clark Award, also for the first time.