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'Crap service': 3G shutdown will leave remote households in the lurch
Ross Shearwood from Narromine. Picture supplied
Sarah Falson
Step into history as trailblazing women of WA honoured in new legacy trail
Walk among legends at Karrakatta Cemetery's new walking trail that commemorates 22 inspirational women.
Hazel Bradley
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ACM file image. Picture by Darren Pateman.
The Senior's May edition is out now - online and in print
Find out about Grandparent alienation, living in the Kimberley and holidaying in Europe.
Pick up a copy of the May 2024 edition of The Senior at your local stockist, or flip through the e-edition online.
From mountains to sea, snappers have been busy for Photo of the Month comp
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Lorraine Horton's winning entry for May. Picture by Lorraine Horton
Therese Murray
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The art of travelling light: an expert tells
From rolling to zip lock bags, this former flight attendant reveals her secrets.
Fiona Allan
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Fiona Allan has been besotted with travel since she was 13. For years she was a flight attendant and today she is travel writer. Picture supplied by Fiona Allan.
Three generations' passion for high speed Rubik's cubing
Meet the fastest family taking over the speed cubing scene in Victoria's Goldfields region.
Alex Dalziel
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Shirley Lewis, Daniel Lewis, 10, and Michael Lewis at a speed cubing event in Ballarat. Picture by Kate Healy
History
Plans for a royal visit are underway - and the King loves Sovereign Hill
Peter Gilbert delivers Their Royal Highnesses, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, a Wanted poster at Sovereign Hill on April 15, 1983.
Melanie Whelan
Thirst for gold: Richard Gilbert's journey through historic goldfields' pubs
Michelle Smith
Clunes locals Richard Gilbert, Tess Brady, Hugh Wayland toast their new book A Thirst for Gold, which launches as part of Clunes Booktown Festival this weekend. Picture supplied
"An extraordinary bond": The friendship between World War II Bomber Command crew
The realities of war helped veteran Ronald Houghton form deep friendships with his crew.
Anthony Caggiano
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Ronald Houghton of Coonabarabran, NSW, on Anzac Day in 2019, and inset, during his time in the military in 1944. Pictures supplied
Hall with Trojan War decorations uncovered at Pompeii
2000-year-old paintings inspired by the Trojan War has been discovered during excavations at the Roman city of Pompeii. Pictures by Pompeii Parco Archeologico/Instagram
Memory Lane: When cars used cars to rule this beach town's roads
Cars and buses at the front of Warrnambool High School in 1983. File Picture
Who invented the flat white? Italian sugar farmers from regional Queensland likely played a big role
Explore the cultural influences and history behind this global sensation.
Garritt C. van Dyk
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Italian sugar cane cutters in the Innisfail district, Queensland, in 1923. Left to right: R. Cavallaro, F. Leonardi, P. Zaia, A. D'Urso, M. Bonanna, S. Zappalo, L. D'Urso, G. Lizzio, Alfio Lizzio (child) and Carmela Lizzio (cook). Picture by State Library Queensland/Wikimedia Commons
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Why Michael Maguire's NSW Blues should move on from James Tedesco
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Roosters and NSW skipper James Tedesco. Picture by Jonathan Carroll
Greg Prichard
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Editorial: Aussies' lifespans soar sparking retirement dilemmas
Desiree Savage
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An older couple take in the view of the NSW South Coast from Mount Keira lookout, near Wollongong. Picture by Adam McLean.
Opinion
LETTERS: Making contact with banks and business is really getting harder
Readers feel bank closures and big businesses are isolating them.
Banks are closing everywhere. Picture by Katri Strooband
Painstaking research unveils the eight lost Australian legends of Tobruk
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The Rats of Tobruk are commemorated in Newcastle. Main picture Chris Elfes
Therese Murray
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These veterans mean business and need our backing beyond Anzac Day
Brett Wild and Mark Leatham
Bianca Sibbald is ex-Navy, married to a sailor, has three young children and is the author of the "Someone I Love is in Defence" series of story, activity and colouring-in books for the young children of military families. Picture by someoneiloveisindefence.com.au
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Grandpa Jack's pictures from the front line tell the story of World War I
Clockwise from top left: My grandfather (right) with a mate in Ypres; time to go to war; his photo of a captured German tank in Belgium; mementoes; in his London billet in 1919. Inset: Therese Murray
Competitions
WIN | A wild adventure awaits comic strip-turned-film star cat
A still of the mischievous cat in new film The Garfield Movie. Picture supplied
We've got a family pass to new film 'The Garfield Movie' to give away.
WIN Stage show 'An American In Paris' dances across the big screen
Jerry and Lise find love in war's aftermath in this classic musical.
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Delight in An American in Paris on the big screen. Picture supplied
WIN What are you willing to die for? A peek into novel 'The Wild Date Palm'
Espionage, passion and sacrifice grip in this astonishing true story.
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Cover art to Diane Armstrong's 'The Wild Date Palm'. Pictures supplied, Canva
The sly tricks and unsung heroes of World War II
The covers of Deceptions of World War II by Peter Darman and Secret Heroes of World War II by Eric Chaline. Picture by Anne Bowles
Together, these books show the tactics and humanity behind this conflict.
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World wars inspire stories of triumph and tragedy
Win a double book pack of 'At The Going Down of the Sun' and 'The Winter Palace'.
Copies of The Winter Palace by Paul Morgan and At the Going Down of the Sun by Mary-Anne O'Connor. Picture supplied
Review
The tea ladies return and they're fighting crime and for their jobs
The Cryptic Clue is the latest book by author Amanda Hampson.
Eileen Wood
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Author Amanda Hampson has penned a new adventure for the tea ladies of Zig Zag Lane. Picture by Christian Trinder

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