He’s still got it:Robbie Williams on New Year’s Eve in Sydney.

Robbie Williams rocks Sydney for Aunty’s New Year’s Eve show

This is the tale of how Robbie Williams set fire to Sydney Harbour for a good 40 minutes before the bridge exploded at midnight.

  • Neil McMahon

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The people and animals that made 2024 special.

The year girl power got a joyous update

From pop culture and sport to royalty and the natural world,plenty of diamonds dazzled in the dust in 2024.

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Melbourne band Yacht Rock Revival.

Yacht rock – the genre you had no idea you knew so well

The name was coined as a joke in the early 2000s,but this genre of pop music is fast developing a serious fan base.

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Thirty years after reporting from Rwanda,one image still haunts Helen Vatsikopoulos

As SBS’s foreign affairs show Dateline marks its 40th year on air,a former reporter reflects on one of history’s worst tragedies.

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Nemesis caps off an extraordinary exercise in documentary journalism

From Labor in Power in 1993 to the just-wrapped Nemesis,the four series on eight Australian prime ministers is a monumental achievement,one only the ABC could or would do.

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Podcasters (from left) Catherine Whitaker,Matt Roberts and David Law have become influential on the tour.

Growing influence for tennis podcast with a point of social conscience

Three British tennis nuts have become popular and influential for hosting a podcast that often focuses on what happens off the court,such as gender equality,racism,war and mental health.

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Spare a thought for the poor barista,who has to deal with crushes and creeps,crashing bores,cryptic names and crazy orders.

Yes,queuing for your morning coffee can be chaos,but spare a thought for the barista

I’ve often watched a barista in full flight in the caffeine peak hour and thought it looked like the worst kind of hell,as workplaces go.

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A beautiful view,if you can get a seat.

Australian Open,we love you. But you need to calm down

The joy of Australia’s greatest major event is starting to fade with unrelenting crowds and a “dynamic” pricing system that’s dynamically prohibitive.

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Bleary eyes are acceptable in the second half of January. It’s the law.

Pace yourself,stock up:Surviving the tennis from your lounge room

Let’s go to the Open — if not in person,then via the couch,and that means a two-week viewing marathon for which we need to be prepared.

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The mystery of Confidence Man.

Welcome to the New Year’s Eve we all missed:NYE TV wrap

The ABC asked its New Year’s Eve viewers to put on their party shoes,leave their grumpy hats in the cupboard,keep their minds open – and let the music take over.

  • Neil McMahon