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    This Just In: The World's Largest Ever Cruise Ship Has Officially Set Sail on Its Maiden Mediterranean Voyage

    Royal Caribbean's newest ship has overtaken its Icon Class sisters to become the largest cruise ship in the world, kicking off seven-night Mediterranean sailings from Barcelona and Rome this month.

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    Executive chef Sarah Chan's signature Sarawak laksa anchors a 160-seat South-East Asian menu spanning Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia — with a new pre-order Lobster, Three Ways built for the table.

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    This Just In: Vinted, the European resale juggernaut Australians have been waiting for, lands here on 1 July

    Vinted, one of Europe's biggest resale marketplaces, lands in Australia on 1 July — fee-free for sellers, backed by Australia Post and opening a UK selling corridor from day one.

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    CP Picks: 14 Australian-Designed Coats for When the Jacket Is the Outfit

    The locally designed outerwear worth buying once (and wearing for a decade).

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    This Just In: Pegassi Is Bringing His All-Night Warehouse Sets to Australia for the First Time This December

    The fast-rising Belgian producer will play extended all-night-long shows at Melbourne's The Wool Store and Sydney's Carriageworks.

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    Bye Bambi Is Closing Its Windsor Store with a Four-Day Warehouse Sale — Where Nothing Is Over $50

    Bye Bambi is closing its Windsor store with a final warehouse sale — four days of archive pieces, samples and one-offs, with nothing over $50.

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    The Book-It List: Every Big Concert, Comedy and Show On Sale Across Australia Right Now

    The shows worth locking in before they sell out, sorted by the month they land.

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    Lisa Gorman on Taking kikki.K Beyond Stationery — and the Brand's New Gertrude Street Flagship

    After two decades at her namesake label and a deliberate creative reset, Lisa Gorman is rebuilding the stationery favourite into a lifestyle brand — starting on Gertrude Street.

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    A $5 Million Baccarat Cookware Clearance Is Landing in Melbourne This Saturday — with Free Air Fryers

    A ten-piece cookset for $250, knife blocks at 90 percent off — and the first 25 through the door at each warehouse on Saturday score a free air fryer.

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    ACMI Is Hiding an Acoustically Tuned, 40-Person Listening Room — and After Dark, Entry Is by Ballot Only

    ACMI and RISING's The Vinyl Factory: Reverb hides an acoustically tuned, 40-person listening room — open to the public by day, ballot-only after dark.

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    ICYMI: PTV Quietly Rolled Out Contactless Payment on Trains This Week — No myki Required

    Tap and go goes network-wide on Saturday, June 14 — full fare passengers only, and trains only for now.

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    ICYMI: Victoria's Free Public Transport Has Ended — and Melbourne's Ticket Inspectors Are Back in Force

    Free travel wrapped up on May 31 and half-price fares are in place until January — and commuters say authorised officers are back in force.

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    This Melbourne Product Developer Has Made the Ultimate Aesthetic Hot Pilates Towel — Because Sweating Should Be Chic, Too

    Melbourne product developer Lauren Farrell built Clammy — a carry-on towel kit in nostalgic prints — after one too many slippery hot mat moments.

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    Melbourne Label Kat the Label Has Dropped a Marilyn Monroe Lingerie Collab — Just in Time for Her Would-be 100th Birthday

    Lace, corsetry and that embroidered quote — the 12-piece capsule is a proper love letter to Old Hollywood.

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    This Just In: Melbourne Airport Is Scrapping Kerbside Pick-Up and Drop-Off — Here's What You Need to Know

    Kerbside pick-up and drop-off is being phased out as part of the $500 million Naarm Way project, moving passengers to a new elevated transport hub later this year.

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    This Just In: The Federal Court Has Just Ruled Coles' "Down Down" Discounts as Misleading

    The Federal Court has ruled Coles misled shoppers through its discount program, finding 13 of 14 sample products were sold misleadingly.

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    This Just In: The Federal Budget Just Handed Australian Hospo Its Biggest Tax Break Since the Pandemic

    The 2026 federal budget announcement just threw struggling bars, cafes and restaurants a multi-part lifeline — including a permanent return of the Covid-era loss carry-back tax refund.

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    This Just In: The Federal Budget Just Confirmed Every Australian Worker Can Claim $1,000 at Tax Time — No Receipts Required

    The federal budget's new $1,000 instant tax deduction will let Australian workers cut their taxable income without keeping receipts — though you won't see the benefit until you lodge your 2026-27 return in 2027.

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    The 2026 Federal Budget Is Shaking up Negative Gearing and Capital Gains Tax — And First-Home Buyers Might (Finally) Catch a Break at Auction

    Tonight's federal budget is set to confirm the biggest changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount in decades, and they're aimed at the investors who've been outbidding first-home buyers at auction.

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    An Astrologer on Decoding Your Dreams, Not Micromanaging the Universe and Why Things Not Going Your Way Is Exactly the Point

    Journalist-turned-dream guru Matt Galea wants you to listen to what your nightmares are trying to tell you.

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