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, Birtles and Bean Round the world trip with Daily Telegraph Cartoonist, Warren Brown and Journalist, Matthew Benns. The pair have made it to Cairo, Egypt. Picture: Supplied.,

Push to get roadster to pyramids

The epic 24,000 km journey to recreate Francis Birtles’ famous 1927 drive from London to Melbourne in a classic roadster roars through the Egyptian capital to raise funds for Australian charity

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Mark Knight cartoon for Herald Sun, October 29, 2024

High-flying PM hits turbulence

From working class man to Chairman’s Lounge king, Anthony Albanese’s ‘man of the people’ pitch might not pass muster with the public amid the cost of living crisis in Mark Knight’s cartoon

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 26, 2024 QLDVOTES24: LNP leader David Crisafulli during the party function in Brisbane. Picture: NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

Brisbane Games high on To Do list

Australia’s next Olympic Games in Brisbane 2032 was the top topic when Queensland’s first Liberal National Party premier in a decade took a congratulatory call from Prime Minister Albanese

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WARWICK, ENGLAND - AUGUST 07: Georgia Baker of Team Australia celebrates as they cross the line to win Gold in the Women's Road Race on day ten of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at  on August 07, 2022 on the Warwick, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Comm Games cuts more sports

With the Glasgow Commonwealth Games slashed to just 10 sports after being abandoned by the Victorian Government last year, some of Australia’s strongest sports have been given the axe

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Heamasi Makasini on the run. Picture: Michael Gorton. NSWRL Junior Reps, Harold Matthews Cup round three, Newcastle Knights vs Western Suburbs Magpies at St Johns Oval, 17 February 2024

Meet Australia’s million dollar kid

The nation’s richest schoolkid is rising NRL star Heamasi Makasini, who plays rugby union for his high school but has just signed a massive $1 million-plus deal with league’s Wests Tigers

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web art for Bluey coins

Real life Bluey dollarbucks for sale

Bluey fans can trade in dollarbucks ‘for real life’ after Australia Post and the Royal Australian Mint release a new limited edition set of 10 $1 Bluey coins – but you’ve got to get in quick

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Scam smart kids start with ABCs

Scott Pape and other financial experts believe Australian kids need a ‘vital’ tool as Generation Alpha’s digitally-led lives mean they have to be scam savvy from a younger age than ever before

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Old Australian $2 notes on a table

$1 and $2 notes worth big money

Australian $1 and $2 paper notes are popping up online for sale for more than 1000 times their old value. Discover the special feature that makes them worth a bundle today

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The Royal Australian Mint has released Bluey dollars.

Bluey $1 coins go gangbusters

Let’s hope the Heeler family put aside a set of commemorative coins for Bluey, as the Royal Australian Mint’s limited edition $1 coins sell out and buyers with big bucks go bonkers on eBay

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2/6/24. Three Adelaide Hills students invented a new card game, SWIPEE when they were in yr5, now in yr7 they have just signed a global distribution agreement for their game to be sold world wide with the Fantastic Factory - Ben Logan, Sam Hawkes and Jacob Brumby (all 12yrs old). 
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Aussie kids go global with card game

It was created in their classroom and now these three 12-year-old Australian friends can’t believe how successful their Swipee card game has become as it starts selling around the world

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 30: People react moments after news that former U.S. President Donald Trump was found guilty in his trial on hush-money payments in Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. The former president was found guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial.   Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Guilty: Can Donald Trump still run?

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has been found guilty of falsifying business records and still faces other charges – so can he still run for re-election on Nov 5? The answer may surprise you

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The Lexus Melbourne Cup trophy with successful 2024 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour representative and Hall of Fame basketball player Chris Anstey and jockey Will Price in Trentham. Picture: Jay Town

Melbourne Cup kicks off epic tour

The Melbourne Cup is on the move, taking in capital cities and country towns across the nation as well as eight overseas destinations, with $50,000 for an Australian charity up for grabs

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The galleon San Jose

Biggest treasure in human history

Mystery surrounds the final fate of the San José, as suspicions and rumours swirl around one nation amid multiple claims on the shipwreck, long rumoured to hold billions in sunken treasure

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Mark Knight cartoon for Herald Sun, May 14, 2024

Budget inspires cartoon bonanza

Treasurer Jim Chalmers had his work cut out delivering this week’s federal budget while attempting to win the hearts of voters and big business, as captured in Knight’s three-part series