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Perth Zoo’s last elephant Putra Mas has started his journey across the Nullarbor to South Australia, to join fellow Asian elephant Permai in their new home. Putra Mas, who arrived in Perth in 1992, ...

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As Cahoots opens a new chapter in children’s theatre, artistic director Paul Bosco McEneaney tells Gail Bell how the ‘golden ...

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There’s a place in New Mexico where your retirement dreams don’t require winning the lottery or inheriting money from a wealthy relative you didn’t know existed. Truth or Consequences is a sun-soaked ...