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I’VE HAD the pleasure of visiting most major cities and regions north of the border, but only now have I made it to the 'granite city' of Aberdeen and its surrounding county, which since medieval times has been the richest and most fertile region of the Highlands. One notable feature ...

It’s easier than you might think to make small changes now that will reduce your holiday plastic waste, and maybe even start some enjoyable new traditions in your family or household.

Amy, almost two decades younger than Broad who is 43, was quoted in New Idea as claiming he was not fit to represent Australia.

KRIS GRIFFITHS spends three days in Germany’s buzzing capital, experiencing the best of its arts, dining and leisure options as can be squeezed into one short break. A snapshot of a truly multidimensional city

SPECIAL FEATURE: Is there real harm in lying to children to prop up a popular myth? And don’t parents deserve the credit for buying all the presents?

What to do, where to to go and the best holiday accommodation options in Barcelona, Spain

Hair transplant procedures have increased in popularity in the last years, thus opening the interest of businessmen and hair transplant specialists in setting up their own hair transplant clinics.

In an attempt to calm nerves and unite the country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has weighed into the Bunnings sausage sandwich furor.

SPECIAL FEATURE: the passage of marriage equality legislation was not the end of this episode in our history. Our communities are still healing after the bruising campaign, and its aftermath has exposed a legal and social landscape in which the human rights of LGBT people are still not adequately valued ...

WATCH: The man who took our imaginations and turned them into action-packed, timeless comic books is no more. However, he will forever live in the works he was famous for.

The very first image of Aboriginal Australians is testament to their resistance by refusal, from very first contact with English to take up their burdens.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The general public might love the game, but we have no ownership or direct influence over it. The only means we might have to effect meaningful reform is by voting with our feet.

With a majestic backdrop of ice, snow and rock, the exhilaration of being there is palpable yet all you have to do is sit back as three separate trains take you progressively higher and higher.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Given the comparatively small population of Australia, its inclusion in Pornhub's “top 10” suggests that Australians are, at the very least, curious about online erotica. Here’s a snapshot of the geographies of online pornography Down Under.

This is the India of honeymoons, yoga retreats and houseboat cruises, far from the pollution, chaos and masses.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Seven of Australia’s ten warmest years have occurred since 2005, with just one cooler than average year in the last decade (2011), highlighting how warmer than average temperatures now dominate Australia’s climate.

SPECIAL FEATURE: What will it take for the world to finally tackle climate change? Encouragingly, there may be a historical precedent: Victorian London’s handling of the ‘Great Stink’, where the River Thames turned into an open sewer, overturned beliefs founded on misinformation.

27 years without a recession, Australia is the 2nd wealthiest nation in terms of wealth per adult after Switzerland and is estimated to have the world’s 13th highest GDP and the 11th highest GDP per capita. It has earned it's reputation as 'the lucky country'.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Trust in media is low in Australia, which is why traditional news values like accuracy and objectivity matter. If we can successfully address the issue of trust and news media, we might even begin to solve journalism’s revenue crisis.

SPECIAL FEATURE: The prospect of additional costs, disruption and complexity when travelling to the EU is becoming a likely scenario in the event of a “no deal” Brexit.

Thriving in business on a local plan and on an international level is often in the attention of investors looking to generate profits in a multitude of generous industries and markets.

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018 Awards are around the corner. A few incredible pictures have been revealed.

Morrison has ahead of him the immense challenge of uniting a fractured party. A lot will depend on whether the conservatives undermine him or accept their rout quietly.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Enough. Most Australian voters surely care less about who is running the country than they do about making sure our country is still a habitable place to live in the future.

Australia is great. But what's earned it three top 10 places in the world's 'most liveable cities' index?

OPINION & ANALYSIS: An appallingly racist diatribe, by a senator who not one in a thousand Australians would have heard of, on Wednesday brought almost all the parliament together to reassert some core values of Australia’s policy.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Have Aboriginal people been in Australia for some 50,000 years or as long as 65,000 years? Either way, they have effectively been on their country as long as modern human populations have been outside of Africa.

WATCH: Since the palace was acquired by George III its been evolving as a building and this project is the next step in that evolutionary process, say officials.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: If Trump’s troll travels here later this year, it throws open a challenge for Australian artists to greet the man and his Baby with thoughtful, artistically sophisticated responses that provoke considered debate rather than superficially regurgitating popular opinion.

There is something about waterfalls. We were wowed by the power and majesty of the rushing water and were amazed at how close we could get to the flow of Europe's largest.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: As he tries to deliver on energy and in other key areas, the prime minister's party enemies and critics will be encouraged in their attacks following Saturday's results.

Koa Smith caught this gobsmacking wave, riding it for two whole minutes as he travelled through eight barrels

SPECIAL FEATURE: Here’s what you need to know about the five electorates up for grabs and, with a federal election likely in the first half of 2019, what’s at stake for Turnbull and Shorten.

For the uninitiated, the adrenaline is flowing because of the fear of the unknown, soon to be replaced by the fear of flying fruit chucked by 30,000 revelers in a glorious explosion of red.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Young Australians on Britain's Youth Mobility Scheme are the ideal migrant for both the state and employers alike as they take on precarious but skilled jobs in the UK labour market, without the electoral costs of permanent migration.

Senator Dean Smith advocates broad view on Australia's population while Tony Abbott presses for big cut to immigration and Pauline Hanson makes lower migrant intake a signature pitch.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Recently, the disruptive agents of the sharing economy, like Airbnb, have been blamed for bringing more tourists into the heart of communities instead of just tourist sites.

With its political & economical problems a thing of the past, Zimbabwe is welcoming increasing numbers of tourists back into the country and hoping for even more. Armed with a camera & notepad, Kris Griffiths takes a tour of the reborn nation, experiencing its full range of impressive natural wonders ...

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Just as republicans can enjoy the spectacle of a royal wedding without abandoning the idea of an Australian head of state, we need to remind ourselves that Trump is, literally, not our president.

Financially and emotionally independent, expats know growing old is mandatory, but ‘growing up’ is not what it used to be.

In London, when I went to get a visa to visit Eritrea they asked me why I wanted to go. Why would a white lady of uncertain years WANT to go there alone?

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The climate message seems to be reaching the Australian people. But will it get to those we’ve elected to represent us?

SPECIAL FEATURE: A more diverse representation of women football fans is needed in media coverage of the World Cup – and other sport events.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: What does it mean to be partly Asian and partly white in a country that, in various ways, reinforces the idea that white people belong and Asian people don’t?

FASHION FEATURE: Meghan Markle’s wedding dress will no doubt be photographed, scrutinised and copied by future brides who dream of fairytale romances - the stuff of Hollywood and her former world.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Brexit is putting greater onus on Australia’s European ties, which will no longer be viewed through London’s prism. This may turn out to be a benefit to Australia of Britain’s Brexit debacle.

Prince William and Kate Middleton welcomed their third child this week - and he's cute as a button. Now everyone's waiting to find out what the new royal baby will be called - and there are a few hot suggestions, including one from Australia's own high commissioner.

SPECIAL FEATURE: The role of women in the Anzac tradition is not just about the “one day” and fair recognition of women’s sacrifice and service; it’s also about how we understand quintessential “Australian” characteristics.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: If national sporting organisations are really committed to LGBT+ inclusion, they might want to start engaging their local champions instead of their national champions.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Aussies definitely enjoy watching sport. However, the increased television and online coverage of major sports events encourages people to spend long periods in front of screens, which may have a negative impact on health.