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Come fly with me: DJI Mavic 4 Pro Drone now available
Flying Into the Future: My First Look at the Mavic 4 Pro Drone As a professional aerial photographer including for The Reader’s Digest Guide to the Australian Coast, I’ve spent years charting our continent’s ragged edges from above — cliffs plunging into...
History & Antiques
Investing in Rare Coins: A Trove for Your Coin Portfolio
When it comes to diversifying an investment portfolio, rare coins are often overlooked gems that can offer substantial returns. Whether you’re a seasoned numismatist or a novice investor, acquiring rare coins can be a fascinating and profitable venture. Highlighting some extraordinary...
Australian history
The Life, Music and Gravy of Poet Laureate Paul Kelly
Gravy Day: Australia’s Unofficial Holiday Paul Kelly has a way of sneaking into the hearts of Australians, embedding his music into the nation’s cultural fabric. Among his many celebrated works, one song has transcended the airwaves to become an unofficial holiday: "How...
Antiques
Directoire Furniture: An Early Glimpse of Modern Design
Directoire furniture, which emerged during the transitional period of the French Revolution from 1795 to 1799, embodies a blend of neoclassical elegance and simplicity. Named after the French Directory government, this style bridges the gap between the ornate Louis XVI and the...
Collectibles
Collecting Teddy Bears, a favourite hobby
Teddy bears are stuffed toy bears that are typically made of soft materials like plush fabric and filled with stuffing such as cotton or synthetic fibers. They are named after Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, and...
Australian Politics
8 animals & 5 plants added to Threatened Species this month
Australia’s threatened species list has expanded once again, with eight animals and five plants added in the past month alone. The new additions highlight the ongoing environmental crisis facing the nation's unique flora and fauna, which are increasingly at risk due...
Australian Politics
Most NSW residents don’t know they are neighbours to koalas
November 2022 - Environmental not-for-profit group Total Environment Centre has established the Sydney Basin Koala Network (SBKN) with three-year funding from Australia’s largest rescue organisation WIRES. The new action group comes as the NSW Government considers legislation and approvals for new urban development that would put endangered koalas...
Earth Care
Scientists warn against harvesting forests to burn for electricity
Europe’s continued reliance on biomass burning undoes EU climate credentials The European Parliament’s decision to retain subsidies for burning forest biomass for energy tarnishes the EU’s reputation of leadership on renewable energy as it ignores recommendations of the Parliament’s own environment committee...
Foodies & Vine
Bachelor’s Guide to Cooking with a Microwave Oven
Mastering the Art of Cooking with a Microwave Oven “We live in strange times. If your idea of a hot meal is nuking leftover pizza with the...
Antiques
Why Collect Asian Art? What to collect
It's not uncommon for collectors — both experienced and novice — to be intimidated by Asian art. That's unfortunate because this fascinating field offers collectors many...
Australian Politics
Targeted Logging Threatens Great Koala National Park
A recent analysis by the Forest Alliance NSW has uncovered alarming logging activities within the proposed Great Koala National Park. According to the report, the rate...
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The Phenomenon of Everyone’s a Photographer Now
Photography Thesis: The Democratization of Photography: Exploring the Phenomenon of Everyone's a Photographer Now Abstract: In the contemporary digital era, the proliferation of smartphones and...
Are forests the new coal? Is Biomass energy renewable?
There is a new and growing threat to the world’s forests, people and climate: the biomass energy industry, touted as a ‘renewable’ energy. The use...
John Thomson Photographing Victorian Street Life in London
John Thomson and Street Life in London: Capturing the Human Face of a Changing City In the dim and smoky streets of Victorian London, where...
Fracking for gas in the Northern Territory
The Honourable Justice Rachel Ann Pepper, the Chair of the NT Fracking Inquiry, "emphasised that it was not the role of the Inquiry to recommend whether or...
Court upholds Whitehaven coal mine expansion at Narrabri
Bushfire Survivors Remain Determined to Advocate for Vulnerable Communities as Court Upholds Whitehaven Coal Mine Expansion July 5, 2023 - Today, the Land and Environment...
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Australian Politics
OECD Warns of “Lost Momentum” as Global Gas Emissions Break Records
🌍 Climate Action Monitor 2025 reveals widening gap between promises and policy The latest OECD Climate Action Monitor 2025 lands like a thunderclap in an overheated world. Global greenhouse gas emissions from 50 OECD and...
Corporate and Event Photography
Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival — November 7–9, 2025
Bendigo’s Bluesy Rootsy Weekend - The best of Aussie blues Get ready, music lovers — the Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival’s spirit is alive and riffing! From Friday, November 7 through Sunday, November 9, eight...
Entertainment
🔥 Why do we Remember Remember the 5th of November?
🔥 REMEMBER, REMEMBER, THE 5TH NOVEMBER ... It started as a plot to kill a king and ended as a bonfire of myths — a powder-fueled anthem that still crackles through the streets every Fifth of...
Climate Change
Can We Adapt to a World Without Wine, Coffee, or Chocolate?
No Wine, Coffee, or Chocolate - Is this the End of Civilisation? Picture a world without wine, coffee, or chocolate. Civilizations have collapsed for less. The morning ritual reduced to tepid water; date nights downgraded to...
Documentary, Street, Photojournalism
The Charge of the Light Brigade poems by Tennyson – Kipling
The Charge of the Light Brigade - How one blunder birthed two immortal poems On 25 October 1854, under a bleak Crimean sky, the British Light Brigade rode into legend—and into catastrophe. Six hundred and seventy-three...
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Justice for Akira and Leandro: A Fentanyl Ring Brought Down
Justice for Akira Stein and Leandro de Niro Rodriguez It was a case that united two families who’d lived in different corners of New York’s creative universe — the Steins of Blondie fame and the De...
Antiques Auction News
Baseball trading card makers
The Unsung Heroes Behind the Cardboard Legends Before the million-dollar auctions, the plastic sleeves, and the vaults of PSA-graded treasure, there were the humble baseball card makers — printers, gum companies, and dream merchants who turned...
Earth Care
Trump Orders USA Nuclear Testing to Resume
Trump orders US to resume nuclear testing Update 30 October 2026 - "Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That...
Australian history
Uluru Handback to Traditional Owners 40 Years On
Forty Years of Handback: Uluru’s Fire Still Burns Bright Under the vast desert sky, where red earth meets the horizon and light dances across the ancient face of Uluru, Australia this week marked forty years since...
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A War on Witnesses: Remembering Gaza’s Fallen Journalists
Remembering Gaza’s Fallen Journalists, Photographers & Media Workers They went to work with cameras, not weapons. Notepads, not shields. Press vests hastily duct-taped with the...
Fossil fuels driving energy price crisis: IEA
Coal, gas and oil are driving skyrocketing power prices which are hurting households, businesses and industries both in Australia and around the world, IEA’s...
Hancock Prospecting Reported Violations in Ecuador
The Melbourne Rainforest Action Group has released a comprehensive article detailing Hancock Prospecting's controversial activities in Ecuador since 2017. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Hanrine,...
The ‘Golden Fleece’ Pirate Ship of Captain Joseph Bannister
Pirate Captain Joseph Bannister and his infamous ship, the Golden Fleece may not be the best known pirate. His daring exploits included avoiding sentencing...
Callum Morton “In Through the Out Door” Sydney’s laneways
If you find yourself wandering through the heart of Sydney, make sure to take a detour through Market Row and Mullins Street. Here, you...