Australia

Stay on a remote south coast NSW island in an historic lighthouse cottage with only fairy penguins, a resident colony of playful seals and passing whales as neighbours.

Once called the Pearl Princess of WA, Marilynne Paspaley feels at home in the remote pearling port where her family made its fortune.

Because of its spectacular scenic beauty and tame wildlife, Lord Howe Island is a South Pacific paradise.

If 450 hectares of skii-able terrain, and family deals to rival any alpine resort sounds exciting to you, it's time to get your snow on at Falls Creek. It's the ultimate Aussie winter playground.

Following the announcement of the new federal budget, we're hopeful of some benefits for our savings.

If there’s one genre Aussie filmmakers have feared to tread since 1981’sGallipoli, it has been the sweeping war epic. But director Jeremy Sims now takes us underground, beneath Hill 60, for his ambitious foray. Brendan Cowell leads as Oliver Woodward, the new commanding officer of a group of civilian miners charged with digging their way […]

There is no greater honour than the Victoria Cross – a medal so rare it had not been granted for 40 years. So just how has VC hero Mark Donaldson gone from dodging bullets to family life? Sue Williams reports. It hurts to send the man you love off to war. For Emma Donaldson, wife […]

Higher interest rates, increase in housing prices, what will the new year mean for our bank accounts?

Liberal leader Tony Abbott is a self-confessed attention seeker, who polarises women’s opinions. It’s a trait that has got him into hot water, yet he is surrounded by women who are fiercely loyal and admire him. Helen McCabe reports. Tony Abbott slides into the back of a government car at Townsville airport. “Sorry,” he says, […]

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