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I can’t believe I haven’t written about this before. Maybe it’s because litter isn’t much of a problem in Point Piper, apart from the occasional 100-dollar bill falling from Malcolm Turnbull or John Symond’s po...

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Like religion, financial forecasting meets a very human desire to know the unknowable. It doesn’t matter whether the forecasts are accurate or not, people sleep better at night under the assumption that there’s a pre...

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There are over ninety species of swifts worldwide but they are not well represented in mainland Australia, where only three of them occur regularly. Two of these migrate to Australia following breeding in Asia, and both ...

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Debbie has lived in Bondi Junction for two years. She’s a farm girl at heart, having grown up on 500 acres of property near Cooma. Debbie works with people to create health, happiness and well-being in their lives ...

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Okay, so dubbing this cover of Gotye’s ridiculously popular ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ as the best ever is a pretty massive call, but it certainly is impressive. I for one have never seen five peopl...

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The Jewish culture is as much steeped in its dark and beautiful history as it is in stereotypes such as Jewish guilt and kosher brisket. Local quartet, The Asthmatix respond to this with an irreverent, off-the-wall, anyt...

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They were an unlikely pair, Bluey Gill and Dean Kent. Somehow through a twisted fate they had become firm friends. A testing situation involving a Darlinghurst hooker and a missing Italian motorcycle many years ago had f...

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Having published an article by my esteemed colleague Rupert Truscott-Hughes in last month’s edition The Beast on the abundance of wanky tapas parlours popping up in the east, my editors have this month sent me off to, ...

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Christmas may have come and gone, but the fun isn’t all over just yet. Australia Day – the public holiday that gives us all an excuse to crack open a cold beer and enjoy a barbecue in the summer sun – is just a...

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Once the craziness of Christmas has settled down, the summer holiday period is an ideal time to welcome a new pet into your family. The longer daylight hours make it easier to train and socialise a puppy and there is alw...

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