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Brisbane's GreazeFest is bringing hot rods and rockabilly chaos back
GreazeFest returns to Redland Showgrounds from 31 July to 2 August with hot rods, live rockabilly bands and kustom kulture. Here's what's on.


Puffing Billy just turned into Melbourne's prettiest night out this winter
Puffing Billy's Train of Lights runs through the Dandenong Ranges until 19 July and has already sold out for 2026. Here's what to know for next year.


Anthropic backflipped on Claude Fable 5 pricing days after killing the free tier
Anthropic has extended free access to Claude Fable 5 twice, now through July 19, after backlash over pulling its flagship model from standard plans.


Stephen King's best adaptation in years just landed on HBO Max
Stephen King's The Long Walk landed on HBO Max on 10 July with an 88 per cent Rotten Tomatoes score. Here's why this bleak dystopian thriller earns it.


MONA is opening a Bangkok outpost, and Hobart's weird little art empire just went global
Hobart's Museum of Old and New Art has spent almost two decades being the strangest, most confronting museum in the country. Now it is franchising itself to Thailand. MONA has signed a fifteen year deal with Asset World Corporation, a major Thai property developer, to build MONA Bangkok on the banks of the Chao Phraya River. The plan is for it to open in 2029. Under the arrangement, MONA handles the parts that made it famous in the first place: collection, curation, exhibitio


Melbourne's Royal Exhibition Building just opened a 'room' nobody has seen in 100 years
The Royal Exhibition Building's Dome Promenade gives Melbourne a view that stayed hidden for a century. Here's how to book the guided tour this winter.


Sam Neill has died at 78, and Sydney is where he took his final bow
Sam Neill, star of Jurassic Park and The Piano, has died in Sydney at 78, just months after announcing he was free of the blood cancer he had fought for years.


Netflix's Little House on the Prairie reboot got a season two before anyone's watched season one
Netflix renewed its Little House on the Prairie reboot for season two months before season one even premiered. Here's what that confidence really means.


HBO's new Burning Man doco asks if Silicon Valley killed the vibe
HBO's new documentary The Man Will Burn traces Burning Man's shift from countercultural gathering to a Silicon Valley playground. Here's what it gets right


OpenAI's GPT-5.6 lands today, three versions deep, and it's already undercutting itself on price
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 launched in three tiers, Sol, Terra and Luna, undercutting its own pricing as the AI price war with Anthropic heats up fast this month.


NRL just signed a $5.3 billion deal that leaves the AFL in the dust
The NRL signed a record $5.3 billion broadcast deal with Nine, Foxtel and Sky NZ, well ahead of the AFL, and broadcasters will expect plenty back for it.


Emmy nominations 2026 are in and The Pitt just made history
The 2026 Emmy nominations are in, with The Pitt leading on 25 nods and Hacks setting a comedy record. Mariska Hargitay hosts the ceremony in September.


The World Cup quarterfinals are stacked this weekend, here's who to watch
The World Cup 2026 quarterfinals continue this weekend with Spain vs Belgium, Norway vs England and Argentina vs Switzerland. Here's who to watch now.


A Canadian government just used Claude to hack itself before anyone else could
The Government of Alberta used Claude to scan 466 million lines of code in 20 hours, a rare example of AI doing real infrastructure work, not just hype.


The Emmy snubs are in, and Jeremy Allen White didn't make the cut
Jeremy Allen White was shut out of the 2026 Emmy nominations despite two wins for The Bear. Here are the biggest snubs and surprises from this year's list.


Bondi Beach has an ice rink and a ferris wheel right now, and it's peak Sydney chaos
Bondi Beach has an ice rink and a Ferris wheel until 19 July as part of Bondi Festival, turning the beach into an unlikely winter playground right now.


Melbourne's Botanic Gardens just turned into a glowing forest and it's the best cold-weather excuse to leave the house
Lightscape is back at Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens until 2 August, with new light installations and returning favourites worth a winter night out.


Google can now tell you how your Instagram and TikTok posts perform in search
Google's new Search Console feature tracks how your Instagram and TikTok posts perform in Search and Discover, and captions just became genuine SEO now.


Albanese says China's missile test in the Pacific is destabilising the region
China tested a long range missile in the Pacific this week and Albanese called it destabilising. Here's what happened and why it matters for the region.


Telstra's outage has a 'secondary issue' now, and compensation talk has started
A day after Telstra's nationwide outage, a secondary fault is still causing issues and the telco is now facing real questions about compensation owed.
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