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Survivor star exits after horror injury

TV A Survivor favourite has been forced to leave the show after a freak accident made a tough physical challenge go horribly wrong.

20th Aug 2019 9:00 AM

X-rated wardrobe blunder cut from Bach

Celebrity Latest Bachelor evictee Vakoo has revealed accidentally racy moment

20th Aug 2019 7:31 AM

Q&A panellist rejects audience question

Politics Former Liberal denied she was acting as a spokesperson

Elton’s Princess Di admission

Celebrity Sir Elton John has lashed out over the treatment of Meghan

‘Sad’: MAFS star’s brutally honest photo

News New mum and MAFS star Jess Wardrop has shared a candid post

Block scene that is ‘never, ever OK’

TV The Block’s Tess crossed a line — and we should all be raging

Ex-Gogglebox star’s surprising pay

TV It seems the reality star wasn’t paid handsomely for her popularity.

Health

Axe attacker’s sentence increased

Crime The woman who attacked three strangers in a 7-Eleven with an axe will spend an extra five years in jail after her sentence was successfully appealed.

Four words doing even more harm to abuse victims

Politics Abuse victim was finally able to tell her story after nine-years

Risky obsession snaring Aussie men

Health What begins as a pursuit for the perfect body can spiral fatally

Killer flu season stumps experts

Health Killer flu season reaches record heights, claiming 430 lives

Shock find in woman’s tiny ‘pimple’

Health When tiny pimple turned into a scab, she knew something was wrong

Baby’s leg falls off in mum’s hand

Parenting A mum has recalled the moment the unimaginable happened

Horror behind model’s stabbing pain

Health Bernadette Hagans thought she had hit her leg against a box

Smarter Shopping

How Aussie mum quartered grocery bill

Smarter Shopping Rebecca used to fork out a staggering $1000 every three weeks to feed her family of five. Now, she’s managed to slash it to just $250.

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Australian pricing revealed

Smarter Shopping Pen will allow handwritten notes to be converted into Word documents

Samsung unveils super thin laptop to take on MacBook Air

Smarter Shopping Battery is said to run video for almost 24 hours

Samsung Galaxy Note 10: first impressions

Technology More power, new image and video features and super quick pen

Samsung Note10: Take your call on your PC

Business Samsung has expanded its strategic partnership with Microsoft

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 has rotating haptic bezel

Smarter Shopping ctive2 allows users to customise health-tracking services

How I saved $2000 by giving up shopping

Smarter Shopping How I saved $2000 with a self-imposed ban on shopping

Parenting

‘Even my doctor burst into tears’

Parenting As Peta stood to leave her obstetrician’s office, he asked for a hug. “You’re going to need it for the journey you are going on.”

'I hired a surrogate and now I don't want the baby'

Parenting What makes a parent?

‘It’s cruel to have a baby like that’

Parenting Boyfriend tries to force mum to terminate baby with missing limbs

Couple’s ‘disturbing’ stunt slammed

Parenting An Insta-famous couple have copped flak after boy copied stunt

Daughter wants dad's mistress' unborn baby to be taken away

Parenting Her family disintegrated within the space of a single weekend

Newborn died with high alcohol level

Parenting Newborn died with alcohol level more than six times legal driving limit

YouTube family lashed for ‘shock’ act

Parenting YouTube stars blasted for leaving baby alone while swimming

Home & Style

Home renos the breaking point for Aussie couples

Home & Decorating Home renos and building budgets put more on thin ice than cheating, new research shows.

DEEBOT 710: The newest robo vac on the block

Technology Do you really need a robot vacuum? The answer may surprise you . . .

‘Bizarre’ ensuite horrifying the internet

Offbeat ‘Bizarre’ ensuite with no barriers horrifying the internet

Sellout Aldi dupe of $500 item returns

Home & Decorating Aldi brings back $23 dupe of luxury cooking product

Easy Eating

Chernobyl’s ‘Atomik’ vodka hits the shelves

Food & Entertainment The site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster has spawned its first consumer product, “Atomik” branded vodka made from grain and water.

MasterChef winner blasts ‘wage theft’

Business MasterChef winner Adam Liaw has revealed he was also underpaid

UberEats apocalypse is coming

Business Chef claims most restaurants ‘aren’t making any money’

KFC brings back blast from the past

Food & Entertainment It could be the end of “KFC” as we know it as the chain rewinds the clock

Iconic Aussie ice cream’s summer comeback

Food & Entertainment Streets brings back one of its most popular ice creams

Change to Cadbury bar ‘no one asked for’

News For the first time in 114 years, Cadbury is making a change

Inside Ten’s sudden MasterChef exodus

TV Pressure has been on Ten to make changes to MasterChef for days

Gardening

Pimp my garden shed: new trend

Property WOULD you spend $200 for a luxury garden hose? How about more than $100 for a decorative leopard print nozzle set? Has the housing crash broken homeowners?

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

Gardening Prune as soon as possible after bottlebrush flowering has finished.

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

Travel

Mystery stone baffles scientists

Offbeat An artefact housed in a small crypt in London is said to have mystical powers. Yet scientists have no idea where it came from.

$12k in three weeks: ‘An addiction’

Travel Aussie travellers still paying off $12,000 holiday credit card bills

What happened in hotel room 49?

Travel The idyllic island reeling from a mysterious hotel room death

Three mistakes that cost flyer $2k

Crime Three crucial mistakes that cost this traveller $2000

Couple’s ‘disgusting’ act on Bali holiday

Travel Tourists at ancient temple blasted for ‘disgusting’ actions

'Why I threw $5000 off a clifftop'

Offbeat The decision that cost this 25-year-old thousands

Australia’s biggest travel spenders

Travel Australia’s biggest holiday spenders just might surprise you

Fashion

Bride ‘chops’ $1800 wedding dress

Fashion & Beauty A Sydney woman has revealed why she did the unthinkable and decided to chop away at her wedding gown — despite its expensive price tag.

Ash Barty as you’ve never seen her

Tennis Australia, you’ll only fall harder for Ash Barty with her new look

‘Sick’ reason woman’s hair fell out

Fashion & Beauty Tampered product forces woman to shave her head

Racy trend takes over The Bachelor

TV First impressions count

Frenzy over Serena Williams’ $174 dress

Fashion & Beauty Serena Williams has released a dress with a powerful message

‘Mortified’: Mum’s brow wax shocker

Fashion & Beauty Woman left looking like an Angry Bird after botched eyebrow job

Racy see-through ‘bra’ causes stir

Fashion & Beauty Well, this is a wardrobe malfunction waiting to happen

Dating

High ranking porn star says she made just $12,000

Lifestyle Mia Khalifa ditched her risque past for a completely different profession, but her former career has continued to haunt her.

Man gives girlfriend list of strict rules then cheats on her

Dating “Toxic” ex-boyfriend gave her a long list of things not to do

‘Tragic reason I can’t have sex’

Health Something so terrible happened, this woman has found sex impossible

Cringey or creepy? Bizarre story behind viral wedding photo

Dating Susie knew her future mother-in-law wasn't her greatest fan