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Top Gear UK is back. Should Australia revive its version too?

Aug 28, 2026

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Top Gear UK is back. Should Australia revive its version too?

Five series have been made locally since 2008, the most recent screening on Paramount.

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Archie Milligan

The Bogle-Chandler case, a double death nobody could explain

Aug 28, 2026

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The Bogle-Chandler case, a double death nobody could explain

The mystery surrounding two bodies found on the banks of the Lane Cove River on New Year’s Day in 1963. Were they murdered?

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Archie Milligan

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Aug 28, 2026

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How one unbuilt power line will decide what Victorians pay for electricity

Ahead of the November state election, the Opposition has said it will scrap VNI West and replace it with gas.

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Aug 28, 2026

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1 min read

The Bogle-Chandler case, a double death nobody could explain

The mystery surrounding two bodies found on the banks of the Lane Cove River on New Year’s Day in 1963. Were they murdered?

Watch

Aug 28, 2026

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1 min read

Top Gear UK is back. Should Australia revive its version too?

Five series have been made locally since 2008, the most recent screening on Paramount.

Watch

Aug 28, 2026

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2 min read

Newsletter: How did they die?

Plus: Who should host Top Gear?

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Aug 28, 2026

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PM crumbles on Queensland data centres, but will there be any takers?

Renewable energy was supposed to be a national requirement for data centres. Queensland wanted an exemption, and Canberra just bent its knee.

PM crumbles on Queensland data centres, but will there be any takers?

Renewable energy was supposed to be a national requirement for data centres. Queensland wanted an exemption, and Canberra just bent its knee.

This shark vomited up a human arm and it uncovered a murder

What followed was one of the strangest and most chaotic murder investigations in Australian history.

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Newsletter: Shark bait

Plus: How cancelling a power line could raise your power bill.

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Has the Prime Minister skipped the NewsCorp Bush Summit for the first time?

Can the Dubbo event top Gina Rinehart and her bulldozer noises?

These indie game devs helped build a $600 million goldmine

Hollow Knight, Unpacking, Cult of the Lamb and Untitled Goose Game all sprouted from the minds of creative Australians. How did we get here?

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Newsletter: Russian spies Down Under

Plus: How to avoid endless hours in the ED waiting room

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How virtual EDs are giving ambos more time to attend serious calls

The system delivers care to about 1,000 patients a day in Victoria.

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Newsletter: A beach, a body and a Webb of intrigue

Plus: Queensland says no (again).

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Top Gear UK is back. Should Australia revive its version too?

The Bogle-Chandler case, a double death nobody could explain

THE LATEST

How one unbuilt power line will decide what Victorians pay for electricity

The Bogle-Chandler case, a double death nobody could explain