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The no-interest loans helping Australians get back on their feet

More than 350,000 zero-interest loans have been given to those on low income since 2003 – and experts say the financial alternative has changed lives

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‘It’s like they’re time travellers’: the peculiar portrait of an artist’s parents, bought by a friend

In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Anna Guthrie shows us a curious triptych that is absurd and mundane in equal measure

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Australia’s increase in welfare payments ‘is just a Band-Aid’, say low-income earners

‘I’m not going to be ungrateful, it will help … But the reality is, people like myself, we’re trapped’

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Billy Corgan, pro wrestlers and a medieval castle: inside Smashing Pumpkins’ weird gig for the ages

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman owns a pro-wrestling league – so of course the band is touring Australia with a troupe of wrestlers

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Eyes on the sky: the air-traffic controllers watching 11% of the world’s airspace

Exclusive: Airservices Australia is looking to recruit up to 140 trainee controllers a year. They want you – if you can pass the test

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‘A disease’: Caste discrimination in Australia is on the rise – but some are fighting back

As migration from south Asia booms, Australia’s human rights commission is looking at stronger measures against caste-based discrimination

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Behrouz Boochani in Australia: ‘Some of those politicians who barred me are gone. But I am here’

The Kurdish Iranian refugee was always confident he would prove Peter Dutton’s declaration that he ‘wouldn’t be permitted to come to Australia’ wrong

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Finding fufu: Australia’s growing appetite for West African food

Diners are embracing the joys of jollof, but chefs cooking West African food in Australia still have to make some creative substitutions

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‘You can’t escape danger’: the artist making ‘risky’ playgrounds – and splitting opinions

New Zealand engineer Mike Hewson has raised eyebrows with his ‘risky play park’ in Melbourne. But the kids are voting with their feet

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Refurbishing not demolishing Port Melbourne public housing estate could save Victoria $88m, study finds

A not-for-profit firm has found building could be added to Barak Beacon estate and residents wouldn’t be forced to relocate

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‘Most severe we’ve seen it’: Australia’s food relief providers struggle to meet demand

With power prices rising, wages stagnating and welfare leaving people below the poverty line, the demands on charities are off the charts

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NSW’s Matt Kean comes to town spruiking the Victorian Liberals’ ‘progressive’ credentials

The New South Wales treasurer and energy minister insists the Liberal party in Victoria can appeal to teal voters

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‘I no longer question who I am’: they’re rural, trans and staying put

A Bendigo clothes swap brought TGDNB people from across rural Victoria, and it was all about finding a safe space

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They lived in Melbourne public housing for decades; they learned it would be demolished without warning

Residents of Port Melbourne’s Barak Beacon estate say they are shocked and saddened after the Victorian government suddenly told them they must move out until at least 2025

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Laboratory to study dark matter opens 1km under Australian town – with no bananas allowed

From deep inside a gold mine in Stawell, Victoria, researchers are hunting for the invisible substance thought to make up 85% of the matter in the universe

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