Cody Simpson ahead of his lead role in Guys&Dolls. Performing on stage has parallels with swimming races,he says:“The nerves are very similar.”

From pop idol to swim star to leading man:‘Annoyingly gifted’ Cody Simpson’s new gig

He’s already been a pop-phenom heartthrob dating the likes of Miley Cyrus,and a champion swimmer. Now,the Gold Coast-raised prodigy is in his third act.

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Athletics Australia president Jane Flemming.

Australian Athletics boss Jane Flemming backs DNA testing for female athletes

Noting her own experiences and those of athletes decades before her,Flemming says the issues of gender in female sport might be complex,but they are not new.

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Faster than Usain Bolt at the same age:The Ipswich schoolboy turned $6 million man

Meet Queensland teenager Gout Gout:A-grade student,prefect,Mario Kart fiend – and,at 17,the talk of global sprinting.

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“There’s not going to be a nice family Christmas after this. Are you comfortable with that?”

‘It is going to get really bitter’:Why family-will battles are set to explode

With more blended families and a record $3.5 trillion intergenerational wealth transfer expected over the coming decade,inheritance clashes are set to balloon.

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Nick Mongta’s parents,Walter and Tania,after their son’s death in 2015.

I’ve covered many tragic funerals. These are the details I always jot down

Hours after someone dies in dramatic or horrific fashion,journalists appear on a doorstep,hoping we’ll be allowed inside to ask a shocked and grieving person to talk about their dead relative.

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Emerson and Hayden Jones training on the Gold Coast:the siblings will start competing on the men and women’s tour this year.

She’s world junior champ,he’s hitting the men’s tour:Meet our sibling teen titans

They’re already among the world’s best juniors:Gold Coast brother-sister tennis duo Emerson and Hayden Jones on family life on the international circuit.

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Jelena Dokic by the Yarra River. The former star player wants to “go past hardship and adversity”.

‘Now I get it’:Jelena Dokic on tackling hardship – and her key morning routine

The former world No. 4 suffered incredible trauma during her career. Now she’s showing the world how it’s possible to not just survive it,but thrive afterwards.

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Mum and daughter sailors were together 24/7 for two months – and had only ‘one tiff’

Sophie Snijders and her mum,Annette Hesselmans,spent two months on a boat together in 2018 - good training for their upcoming Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

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Food,shopping or culture clinch some people’s holiday picks. Me? Where I can swim

Mucking about in water seems tied to the best times of my life.

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The eco-lodges at Peninsula Hot Springs,one hour southeast of Melbourne.

Next up on the wellness agenda,sleep – and the sleep retreat

Plus:get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

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