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Food terms. That’s right. This year, the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC) is asking Australians for food-related words and phrases. But, why? ANDC director and chief editor of the dictionary Dr Amanda...
You can’t go to Bunnings without grabbing a snag. For many, it’s tradition. For others, it’s the fuel to feed their DIY shopping spree. But for local groups, it’s a source of vital funds for their impo...
Winter Snow is coming. Or at least, it seems to be. We’re fairly certain at this point that it is. First, it was Emilia Clarke who confirmed in a BBC interview that a Jon Snow spinoff of the…...
Just before Halloween last year, Netflix dropped Squid Game, which quickly became its most-viewed show ever (142 million after just 11 days), and provided many a costume idea (boiler suits, jackets, masks, the lot) to t...
We’ve been writing about other countries trialing the four-day work week for over a year now. First, there was Iceland, then Spain and the UK followed suit plus a few other places since then. Each time we hoped th...
So, you know how Australia loves its big things? As a country, we really do, there’s no denying that. So much so that we counted 165 Big Things across Australia. Last year,…...
Qantas has revealed plans for a direct flight from Sydney to New York and London by 2025. Australia’s national carrier has confirmed the purchase of a new fleet of Airbus A350-1000 jets which are capable of direct...
Australia, for better or worse, has dug thousands of gaping holes in order to mine all kinds of minerals and rocks—and there are tens of thousands of them. According to Reclaim the Void, every one of these holes i...
Google Doodle marks important events and occasions in the world with graphics and short explanations. This Earth Day Google Earth has shared several potent images of the world’s rapidly shifting geology. Climate change ...
A major shake-up of international travel rules has been announced in Australia. As of yesterday, April 18, international arrivals will no longer be required to provide a negative COVID-19 test before flying. Over two ye...