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Brutal judge cuts down Cass on DWTS

TV It was supposed to be a new beginning for Karl Stefanovic’s ex-wife, but it didn’t stop her from being savagely slammed by one of the judges.

Groom blasted for revealing sex secret

TV MAFS bride Jessika unleashed in a furious rant.

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: MAFS cheaters busted in sloppy affair

TV Married At First Sight’s cheaters have ignited their affair.

Cheater bride ‘living like a recluse’

TV Cheating MAFS bride Ines has ‘lost 12kg’ amid scandal

‘It’s gone!’ Ten to axe game show

TV THE show that replaced Family Feud is on the way out.

Celebrity in awkward interview over Today shake-up rumour

TV Shane Crawford is rumoured to be replacing Tony Jones on Today Show.

Bride upset at ‘promiscuous’ portrayal

TV Jilted MAFS star reportedly upset about her on-screen portrayal.

Health

This breakfast food could be toxic

Food & Entertainment Many people eat this one food every day, but if you aren’t careful preparing it, you’re consuming a ‘powerful polluter’.

20-hour flight saves Aussie $85k

Health Man takes drastic step of flying to India for affordable dental care

Bride’s trick to shedding calories

Lifestyle Trends claiming to burn hundreds of calories

Why we cave into cravings

Food & Entertainment Taste.com.au’s Eat Real campaign reveals why we give into cravings

Mum‘s incredible six-pack transformation

Parenting Mum reveals diet and exercises behind incredible transformation

Aussies blocked from lifesaving heart check-up test

Health The funding for a simple test has been blocked.

Beauty therapist minutes away from death

Health Helene Sheehan had no inkling she was about to die

Smarter Shopping

Shock supermarket price hike for Woolies

Smarter Shopping It’s the controversial product at the centre of the supermarket wars but now one of the big two has said it will axe the low price.

Coles’ toys outrageous $500 price tag

Smarter Shopping “Most of the sellers have multiple items for sale"

Nation's fury with IKEA map mistake

Smarter Shopping “Wonder if they’re going to sell these maps in the new Auckland store"

‘Personal reasons’: DJs CEO quits

Smarter Shopping David Jones chief executive David Thomas has abruptly resigned

Big W’s genius $99 laundry solution

Smarter Shopping Marie Kondo has a lot to answer for.

‘Disturbing’ bodysuit goes viral

Fashion & Beauty "‘Clothes to make you feel like you, but better’"

Mum’s ‘revolting’ hack slammed

Smarter Shopping “I try not to do it too often because I feel a bit bad"

Parenting

Anti-vax mum sues school for kicking out her daughters

Parenting An anti-vax mother in the US is claiming religious discrimination after her daughters' school 'violated' their rights to remain unvaccinated.

Sperm donor’s goal to father 2500 kids

Parenting Sperm donor in Australia to father more children

‘Misunderstanding’ led to baby car death

Parenting Mum Samantha Rowlands has spoken about how the tragedy unfolded.

Rusciano ‘smoking in bed’ with baby joke backfires

Parenting The nurse was not impressed at all

Get to the supermarket, fast! BMW's fire-breathing SUV pair

Motoring BMW turn up the dial on X3 and X4 M variants.

Mum flaunts saggy tummy in bikini comp

Parenting "I felt like the worst person in the world"

Boy defies ‘anti-vax mum’, gets vaccinated

Health “My parents are kind of stupid and don’t believe in vaccines"

Home & Style

Charlize Theron’s Marie Kondo moment

Home & Decorating Charlize Theron has revealed her own Marie Kondo moment to her adoring fans — and it stems from her days as a teen model.

$3 oven cleaning trick Aussies love

Home & Decorating "Look what happened"

$5 cleaning hack blowing people’s minds

Home & Decorating “It has come out great"

'Marie Kondo ruined my home'

Home & Decorating Netflix series, Tidying Up with Marie Kondo causing a mess

Easy Eating

The $7 dish no one can finish

Food & Entertainment It’s a dish that’s universally loved and feared in equal measures, but this Thai restaurant chain is dishing theirs up on a whole new level.

KFC pays breastfeeding mum $2.1 million

Crime “It was a great and long fought victory"

Vegan’s cruel response to tearful farmer

Pets & Animals Vegan gloats after dairy farmer posts tearful video saying goodbye to her herd of...

Excuses for bad eating busted

Health Two common eating myths have been debunked

Vegemite makeover, recipe change surprises fans

News Major change to trademark recipe

Subway brings back fan favourite

Food & Entertainment Subway brings back fan favourite, Old English Cheese to new menu

Parents, it’s time to have your say

Parenting Triple P Parenting: Parents given a voice in stressful times

Gardening

It's time for a trim to keep your bottlebrush lush

Gardening Prune as soon as possible after bottlebrush flowering has finished to allow stems to grow for next spring's flowers.

Tropical delight that thrives for many months

Gardening A mussaenda can flower from September to May in this climate.

Nine indoor plants you (hopefully) can’t kill

Gardening Are you a plant killer? There's hope for you yet

Take the fun outside during summer break

Gardening It's the perfect time to get your little ones outdoors.

It's the perfect time for garden immersion

Gardening Plant yourself in the backyard to really enjoy a summer's night.

Summer survival guide to keep garden going

Gardening Water is the key to surviving the heat

Get the little ones dirty these school holidays

Gardening Playing with dirt scientifically proven to release happy chemicals.

Travel

Desperate Aussie’s $12k scam warning

Travel Kate Browne and her family were all set for a massive 10-week international holiday. But two days in, disaster struck.

Two big reasons the A380 failed

Business Loved by passengers, loathed by airlines and feared by accountants.

‘Shed a tear’: Shock news for superjumbo

Travel The move could affect more than 3000 jobs

Drop everything: $199 flights to Hawaii

Travel Jetstar’s sale runs until Monday, February 18, unless sold out

Jetstar's insulting offer to ‘slut shamed’ woman

Travel "There’s really no excuse for what she did"

Airline sues passenger over cheap flight hack

Travel One of the world’s biggest airlines is seeking to sue.

My top 5 rules for travelling alone

Travel Being alone doesn’t mean you have to be lonely.

Fashion

Simple beauty products to master

Fashion & Beauty IT seems like a simple part of our beauty routine, but somehow it’s become super complicated. We break it down in this step-by-step guide.

Secret behind famous GoT dress

TV Game of Thrones has been an unlikely source of inspiration

Woman’s ‘horror burns’ from cult product

Health "I woke up a few times with my face absolutely burning"

‘She’s a troll’: Shocking Grammys outfit

Music One notorious attention-seeker’s outfit has viewers seeing red.

Savvy fashion idea making millions

Business It’s been dubbed the “Airbnb for dresses”

Gucci caught in blackface scandal

Fashion & Beauty “I want to know who thought this was a good idea?"

Woman’s incredible $15 wedding dress hack

Fashion & Beauty “It was so easy and worked amazingly"

Dating

Big problem with strange sex apps

Technology A series of apps promise to make it much easier to let your partner know you’re in the mood — but there’s a big problem.

Petty $9 invoice man sent date who rejected him

Dating A man has found a new way of becoming internationally unpopular

Gruesome history of Valentine’s Day

Offbeat Some suggest Valentine was beheaded for helping Christians escape.

Man’s ‘appalling’ dating demands slammed

Dating “I think we can all see why he’s single at 35"