Best portable solar charger Australia: The $19 Kmart product campers can’t get enough of

Kmart shoppers are obsessing over a $19 product that’s perfect for camping. The portable charger with solar has been flying off the shelves across Australia — with many saying it’s great for charging gadgets on the go — including smartphones, tablets, cameras, speakers and more. The charger features two USB charging ports so two devices … Read more

Teenager Najiah Knight wants to be the first woman at bull riding’s top level. It’s an uphill dream

LAS VEGAS — Najiah Knight drops her 100-pound frame onto a snorting 1,300-pound bull and adjusts her ropes, warming the sticky rosin. Music blares across the arena, but Najiah can hear only her dad, in the chute with her, and her mom, cheering from the stands. She nods to indicate she’s ready, and a cowboy … Read more

Hugh Jackman speaks out on behalf of ex-wife Deborra-Lee Furness after death of Bill Granger

Hugh Jackman and his ex-wife Deborra-Lee Furness have surprised with the release of their first joint ‘statement’ since announcing their split in September. The former couple has issued the message to remember their friend, the late Australian chef and restaurateur Bill Granger, who died on Christmas Day aged 54. The Hollywood actor took to his … Read more

Multiple myeloma patient Geoff Nyssen begins CART T cell treatment in the US

A Melbourne father told he may not make it to Christmas is undergoing a potentially life-changing new cancer therapy in the US — thanks to $1 million of Australian government funding. Father-of-two Geoff Nyssen, 49, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, in 2014 and told he would likely live for only … Read more

Best bed sheets on sale for Boxing Day: Sheet Society drops a 60 per cent off sale ahead of the new year

Sheet Society has dropped a number of epic discounts on its already reduced stock to herald in the new year. The company, best known for allowing its customers to purchase individual sheet, fitted sheet, pillowcase and quilt cover sets so you can mix and match colours and styles, announced it would be hosting a 60 … Read more

Travel predictions for Australians in 2024: Booking.com releases its seven main theories for travel in the new year

While travel used to be a means to escape life, new research from Booking.com reveals that travel is our main priority in 2024 with over three quarters (78 per cent) of Aussies stating they feel more alive than ever when on a break. With a majority of Aussie travellers (66 per cent) thinking they are … Read more

Burning Man survived a muddy quagmire. Will the experiment last 30 more years?

RENO, Nev. — The blank canvass of desert wilderness in northern Nevada seemed the perfect place in 1992 for artistic anarchists to relocate their annual burning of a towering, anonymous effigy. It was goodbye to San Francisco’s Baker Beach, hello to the Nevada playa, the long-ago floor of an inland sea. The tiny gathering became … Read more

$55 perfume that ‘smells exactly like’ famous $369 Barccarat Rouge 540 is slashed in price for Boxing Day

Shoppers are rushing to snap up a $55 perfume that’s been compared to the high-end luxury Baccarat Rouge 540 perfume by Maison Francis Kurkdijian, after it was slashed in price to just $41.25 for Boxing Day. French perfumier Aerre Fragrance only launched as a brand in August 2023, but it was just weeks before it … Read more