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The moment I knew: I learned he had a new girlfriend and flew across the world to win him back | Australian lifestyle

Sometimes when you’ve been with the same person for several years, the relationship can start to feel stale. That crazy, all-consuming passion fades and you …

A male chef stands smiling with his arms crossed in a Melbourne laneway.

Omelette-roti hybrid pancakes: Victor Liong’s breakfast recipe | Australian lifestyle

For Melbourne chef Victor Liong, the goal was always to work in food: “The passion started when I was a kid. I’ve always loved eating.” …

A mother and father with their primary-school aged daughter at a restaurant during the day.

The moment I knew: We shared our first kiss on a seedy couch – then didn’t spend a night apart for 18 months | Australian lifestyle

During my first week of rehearsals for Grease the Musical in 2013 we had a performance at the Sydney Opera House. On one of our …

Tess and Piers at Mount Sonder, Northern Territory in 2022. They are seated on a rock lit up by the golden light of a setting sun shining from the left of the photo, while behind them can be seen an expansive green valley with a line of mountainous terrain near the horizon.

The moment I knew: he showed up in a flowing white shirt with a bottle of wine | Australian lifestyle

The first time I saw Piers I was 17 years old. My childhood friend Lucy had just picked me up from Brisbane airport and we’d …

A woman in a beanie, with husband and primary-school aged daughter pose happily for a selfie photo during an camping trip.

The moment I knew: we hadn’t met, I hadn’t seen a picture. But when I read her words a humming started up | Australian lifestyle

“Do you prefer Sartre over sport? Bukowski over beige?” These words, written by my now-wife on her dating profile, are how I fell in love …

Man and woman carrying a moving box from small housing to large one standing near dialogue cloud with outlines cottages

The cost of divorce in Australia: more people want to separate, but not all can afford it | Australian lifestyle

When Amelia* and her de facto partner separated in 2022, they wanted to do things frugally. They lived together for eight months post-split and opted …

A piano stool, opened to reveal a pile of piano music books including one book illustrated with three happy bears and titled ‘Poco Piano for Young Children’.

Three things with Sammy J: ‘I’m a 40-year-old man who uses a four-colour pen – and I’m not ashamed’ | Australian lifestyle

By day, you’ll hear Sammy J on the air as the host of ABC Radio Melbourne’s breakfast program. But away from that early morning gig, …

Erin Delahunty and netball teammates pose on a school sports field

I’ve never worn a netball dress I didn’t love, but I’m glad the sport is changing its uniform | Australian lifestyle

It’s form-fitting, thigh-grazing, unforgiving and perceived by many as representative of a narrow version of heteronormative white femininity in Australia. But despite my fiercely feminist …

The painting gifted to Dingo by his late brother Buck: ‘One of those things through which I can remember him.’

Three things with Ernie Dingo: ‘Somebody’s got it. It’s got my name on it’ | Australian lifestyle

A generation of Australians first met Ernie Dingo on The Great Outdoors, the TV program he hosted for 16 years from 1993. The Yamatji man …

‘Cats are like mini gurus’: the feline path to inner peace | Australian lifestyle

Ryō, an Egyptian Mau, is languid in a shaft of sunlight on Carla Francis’s couch, head tucked towards front paws, silver spotted fur gleaming, low …

Sustainable food app Too Good To Go in action

‘Not everybody wants to go dumpster diving’: the app fighting food waste the easy way | Australian lifestyle

Breezing past a bakery just before closing time to pick up cut-priced loaves has long been a thrifty-living hack. But it’s a time-consuming process that …

Close-up of a pair of cufflinks made from Japanese Edo-period coins.

Three things with Mikey Robins: ‘I’m yet to see anything on cable TV that’s as good as this’ | Australian lifestyle

“The way we were taught history at school is about great heroes and great villains – but what gets left out is the idiots,” says …

A token of ‘acknowledgment, respect and support to the local First Nations community’: Kwong’s clapping sticks, fashioned by a friend.

Three things with Kylie Kwong: ‘I now have him as my spirit guide’ | Australian lifestyle

Kylie Kwong is one of Australia’s most respected names in food – as evidenced by the Order of Australia medal she received this year for …

‘I’d probably be cursed by my ancestors if I didn’t save them’: Michelle Law’s family heirloom.

Three things with Michelle Law: ‘If you have the umbrella, please just turn it in to the Guardian office’ | Australian lifestyle

In 2017, Michelle Law’s play Single Asian Female shook up the Australian theatre industry. That wildly successful production, about a Chinese-Australian woman and her two …

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