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Room with a view.

$16,000 for two nights: On board Australia’s answer to the Orient Express

There are just two of the new luxury suites on board the Ghan and, despite the hefty price tag, they’re already all but booked out for the rest of the year.

  • Ute Junker
Mathew Carkeek’s efforts to mine his land at Sporting Flat, halfway between two of Victoria’s great gold towns, Bendigo and Ballarat, follows a 30-year fascination with gold.

Striking gold is the dream for thousands of Australians. But there’s a ‘paradox’ holding them back

Hundreds of thousands of Australians are prospecting, fossicking and mining as the price of the elusive precious metal soars.

  • Simon Johanson
The new Kata Tjuta to Uluru walk in the Northern Territory.

Ten years in the making, Australia’s epic new hike is more than just a walk

With 38 kilometres of new track through previously inaccessible outback, along with hotel-quality overnight stays, this Australian trek is like no other.

  • Jane Reddy
Western Arrernte artist Albert Namatjira painted some 2000 pictures of the West MacDonnell Ranges.

The part of Australia so beautiful it defies explanation

In the outback, some secrets remain secret. I come away from it understanding that this part of Australia isn’t a place to be explained. It’s a place to simply be present.

  • Julietta Jameson
Price delivers a tearful speech for Kumanjayi Little Baby in the Senate.

‘She should still be here’: Jacinta Nampijinpa Price breaks down in parliament over death of niece

In an emotional speech, the NT senator used her condolence speech to demand a national reckoning over violence, neglect and abuse in Indigenous communities.

  • Rob Harris
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Author and journalist Kate Wild.

A masterclass in fiction and a vivid exploration of race: The Age Book of the Year winners

This year’s two winners have been announced at the opening of the Melbourne Writers Festival.

  • Kylie Northover
The Tasmanian Walking Company’s five-day, 54-kilometre Uluru Kakararra Trail includes 38 kilometres of new track.

Ten years in the making, Australia’s epic new hike connects two icons

The just-opened five-day, 54-kilometre trail includes 38 kilometres of new track across rolling sand dunes on land belonging to traditional owners.

  • Jane Reddy
Community members protest outside the Alice Springs Hospital.

I was in the middle of the riot when the tear gas struck. Then an angry man confronted me

At first, I heard shouting from my balcony. Then as Alice Springs descended into chaos, it was difficult to tell the booms apart: rubber bullets, a burning police car, hundreds of angry people.

  • Hannah Murphy
Drilling in the Top End at Barkly Rare Earths’ namesake deposit near Tennant Creek.

Barkly gets green light for 10,000m NT rare earths drilling blitz

Barkly Rare Earths has secured its environmental mining licence, paving the way for a 10,000m drilling blitz to grow its 40-million-tonne resource in the Northern Territory.

  • Murray Ward