New Year
Djokovic didn’t show this time, but that didn’t dampen this Serbian New Year party
Two weeks after most of us sang Auld Lang Syne, members of Melbourne’s Serbian Orthodox Community ate, danced and were merry at their own New Year’s Eve party.
- Carolyn Webb
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The 7 things I’ll never do again: my reverse-bucket list
Life, or what’s left of it, is too short for the folly of must-do lists. It’s easier to work out your “never-agains”.
- Margot Saville
Instead of big resolutions, I keep track of life’s smaller moments
This will be the fifth year I’ve spent tracking my habits and behaviour in order to witness my actions every day.
- Brodie Lancaster
The secret to keeping your new year’s resolutions? Using this simple strategy
Many people start the year with good intentions to make lasting change, only for their resolutions to fizzle out before they can take hold. This is where they’re going wrong.
- Gretchen Reynolds
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- Fire
‘The sparks flew up’: About 40 people killed in New Year bar fire at Swiss ski resort
The blaze at a crowded bar at Crans-Montana spread after the ceiling caught alight. Witnesses said a sparkler in a champagne bottle may have ignited it and that people were smashing windows to escape.
- David Crowe and Daniel Lo Surdo
- Opinion
- Opinion
2025 was the year of weird celebrity matches, hatches and dispatches
2025 was when celebrities stopped being famous for nothing or concentrating on wellness, and started living big, messy, operatic lives again.
- Kate Halfpenny
- Opinion
- Comedy
These are my 20 definite, undeniable, guaranteed predictions for 2026
Look, I’m often wrong. But not this time.
- Richard Glover
Drone pilot captures explosive footage of Brisbane’s fireworks show
Skimming past exploding rockets and through showering sparks, this footage was months in the making.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
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- Asia
See how the world’s biggest cities rang in the new year
From New York to Paris to Sydney, crowds have marked the start of 2026 with exuberant celebrations filled with thunderous fireworks or drumming.
- Rod McGuirk and Sheikh Saaliq